Chelukou Han Tomb

Chelukou Han Tomb

The Chelukou Han Tomb is a cultural tourism attraction.

The Chelukou Han Tomb is located about 300 meters north of Chelukou Village, Gukou Township, backed by Phoenix Mountain (also known as Tiger Mountain). It has a remaining height of 6 to 7 meters. In May 1990, it was jointly excavated by the Jining Cultural Relics Bureau and the Zou County Cultural Relics Preservation Office. The tomb chamber faces west and is entirely constructed of stone, consisting of a front chamber, a middle chamber, two rear chambers, and south and north side chambers on either side of the middle chamber. It measures 6.2 meters in length from east to west, 6.15 meters in width from north to south, and 2.15 meters in height. In front of the front chamber is a narrow, elongated passage, with the ceiling sealed using a corner corbelled technique. The lintel, the lintels of each chamber, and the caisson ceiling are engraved with patterns such as “Two Dragons Passing Through a Wall,” “Door Knocker with Ring,” “Rare Birds and Auspicious Beasts,” and “Sun and Flowing Clouds.” The carving technique used is shallow relief on a curved surface. The structure of the tomb chamber is rigorous, the composition of the images is precise, and the carving techniques are highly skilled. The tomb had been looted in the past, but artifacts unearthed during this excavation include ancient coins such as “Ban Liang,” “Huo Quan,” and “Wu Zhu,” as well as fragments of glazed pottery. Based on the structure of the tomb chamber and the presence of “clipped-edge Wu Zhu coins,” it is determined that this is a late Eastern Han Dynasty tomb.