A 800-year-old tomb group belonging to the Song Dynasty
(960-1279) has been unearthed in Fengcun village of Changning
County in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
According to archaeologists with the Changning culture heritage
bureau, the tomb group, covering 200 square meters of land, was
formed by ten odd tombs, each with three chambers.
The bureau director told Xinhua that featured with architecture
style of Song Dynasty, the tomb group has a complete set of corbel
brackets, coffer, and colorful statues of the master and maids.
Wei Zhijun, an official with the village, said that two
strangers came to him several days ago and told him that they were
willing to build a road for the village free of charge, and the
only condition was that they could dig soil in the nearby hill, and
no villagers were permitted to participate.
Words of the two men sparkled doubt from the villagers, who
reported to local police. The tomb group was thus found.
(Xinhua News Agency February 18, 2007)