These are all materials for research into ancient architecture and the economic conditions of Han dynasty. 

 

Liu Sheng was a Chinese prince of the Western Han dynasty. He is most renowned now for his tomb.

The Chinese imperial period began with the unification of China in 221 by the state of Qin and the consolidation of a huge empire under the succeeding Han dynasty (206 BC – AD 220). Consolidating the empire involved not merely geographical expansion, but also bringing together and reconciling the ideas and practices that had developed in the different states. The new state incorporated elements of Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism in its ideology but the officials who administered the state came to be identified more and more with Confucian learning. Reflecting the development of religious practices during the Warring States period, Han art and literature are rich in references to spirits, portents, myths, the strange, and the powerful.

In 1968 two tombs were found in present-day Mancheng County in Hebei province. The first undisturbed royal Western Han tombs ever discovered,they belong to the prince Liu Sheng (d. 113 BC), who was a son of Emperor Jing Di, and Liu Sheng’s consort Dou Wan. The structure and layout of the tombs departs from earlier traditions in significant ways.

Liu Sheng’s tomb contained over 2,700 burial objects. Among them, bronze and iron items predominate. Altogether there were:
=419 bronze objects
=499 iron objects
=21 gold items
=77 silver items
=78 jade objects
=70 lacquer objects
=6 chariots (in south side-chamber)
=571 pieces of pottery (mainly in north side-chamber)
=silk fabric