The Haojiaping Warring States Tombs in Qingchuan

The Haojiaping Warring States Tombs in Qingchuan

The Haojiaping Warring States Tombs in Qingchuan are a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level.

The Haojiaping Warring States Tombs in Qingchuan (Qingchuan County)

The Haojiaping Warring States Tombs in Qingchuan were designated and announced as part of the seventh batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level on May 5, 2013, according to the "Notice on the Verification and Announcement of the Seventh Batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level" issued by the State Council. Located on the ancient Shu Road in Qiaozhuang Town, Qingchuan County, they represent the largest surviving group of coffin-and-coffin chamber tombs from the middle to late Warring States period in Sichuan Province. Over 150 tombs have been identified, with more than 70 excavated, yielding a large number of artifacts of high quality and significant influence. These findings have resolved many disputed historical academic issues, corrected certain erroneous conclusions, and verified numerous historical matters such as the pre-Qin Tian Law and legal codes, the production level of Chengdu lacquerware, the migration of people from the pre-Qin period into Shu, the tomb structure characteristics of Chu, and the origins of clerical script. They provide valuable historical materials for studying the cultural relations among Qin, Chu, and Ba-Shu cultures, as well as the political measures taken by the Qin state in conquering Shu and subsequently unifying the country. In particular, the pre-Qin wooden slips unearthed here caused a great sensation nationwide.

Protected Area: East to the location of the cultural relics protection marker stele, west to the 1-meter wall on the east side of the Qiaozhuang Middle School dormitory building, south to the 1-meter wall on the north side of the Qiaozhuang Middle School teaching building, and north to the southern edge of the roadbed on the Shuangfenliang Ring Road, covering an area of 27,600 square meters.

Construction Control Zone: An area extending 1,000 meters beyond the protected area.

Further Reading:

· Seventh Batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level