Earliest landscape mural of Tang Dynasty unearthed

Authorities of the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology said on November 18, 2014 that the excavation of a recently discovered tomb was completed, and over 100 relics were found in it. Archaeologists confirmed the grave belonged to Han Xiu, a senior official of Tang Dynasty, and his wife. A landscape mural found in the tomb was proved as the earliest one of Tang Dynasty.

An archaeologist shows a bright-colored mural in an ancient tomb of Han Xiu, a senior
 official of Tang Dynasty (618–907), unearthed in Chang'an district of Xi'an, capital 
of Shaanxi province [Credit: China News Service]

Figure paintings were found on the wall of an ancient tomb unearthed in Chang'an 
district of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province [Credit: China News Service]

Paintings were found on the wall of an ancient tomb unearthed in Chang'an district 
of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province [Credit: China News Service]

Figure paintings were found on the wall of an ancient tomb unearthed in Chang'
an district of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province [Credit: China News Service]

Workers clean an ancient tomb of Tang Dynasty unearthed in Chang'an district 
of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province [Credit: China News Service]

An archaeologist shows a bright-colored mural in an ancient tomb of Han Xiu, 
a senior official of Tang Dynasty (618–907), unearthed in Chang'an district of 
Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province [Credit: China News Service]

Source: People's Daily Online [November 18, 2014]