Museum of Pre-Qin Tombs

　　The Museum of Pre-Qin Tombs, formerly known as the Museum of Duke Qin No.1 Tomb, is located in Nanzhi Town, Fengxiang County, and is hailed as the “Inverted Pyramid of the East.” The tomb’s occupant is Duke Jing of Qin, the 14th-generation ancestor of Qin Shi Huang and the great-great-grandson of Duke Mu of Qin during the late Spring and Autumn period. On September 18, 2007, the Duke Qin No.1 Tomb Ruins Museum was nationalized and renamed the “Baoji Museum of Pre-Qin Tombs.” Covering an area of 36 square kilometers, its excavation represents five “firsts” in the history of Chinese archaeology: it is the largest Pre-Qin tomb discovered in China to date; the 186 sacrificial human remains found inside make it the tomb with the most human sacrifices discovered in China since the Western Zhou Dynasty; the outer coffin’s “yellow cypress frame” is the highest-ranking funerary structure unearthed from the Zhou and Qin periods; the wooden tablets on both sides of the coffin chamber are the earliest physical examples of tomb epitaphs in Chinese burial history; and the stone chime unearthed from the tomb is the earliest inscribed stone chime found in China.

　　Address: Nanzhi Town, Fengxiang County, Baoji City

　　Tel: 0917-7585520