It's true, preliminary confirmation!
The newly discovered Yang Di Mausoleum is located in a real estate project site in Xihu Town, Hanjiang District. The specific location is the former West Lake Town Waterworks, and now it is the center of a real estate called "Zhongxing Maritime Purple County". The news is as follows:
"Epitaph of Emperor Yang" Unearthed in Yangzhou? Originally thought to be Yang Di's mausoleum?
20 13 April 14? 17: 18 Source: China News.
Public trust. Com Yangzhou, April 14 (reporter? Cui Jiaming)
Recently, an ancient tomb suspected of Yang Di's mausoleum was discovered in Hanjiang District, Yangzhou City. On June 5438+04, Yangzhou held a news briefing. Shu Jiaping, director of Yangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, confirmed that on April 12, National Cultural Heritage Administration sent three archaeological experts to make an on-the-spot investigation. Experts initially thought that the owner of the mausoleum should be Emperor Yang Di Yang Guang. ?
According to Shu Jiaping, in order to cooperate with the basic construction of the city, Yangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology found two remaining ancient tombs at a real estate project site in Xihu Town, Hanjiang District. After rescue cleaning, it was found that the two tombs were brick tombs at the end of Sui Dynasty and the beginning of Tang Dynasty, and an epitaph was unearthed in the tomb on the west side. The inscription contains the words "Epitaph of Emperor Yang Di", indicating that the owner of the mausoleum is Emperor Yang Di Yang Guang. In this tomb, some cultural relics have also been unearthed, such as gold-plated bronze paving heads and gold-inlaid jade belts. The excavation of Dongling has just begun, and the details need to be further revealed.
Shu Jiaping said that Yangzhou Cultural Relics Department immediately reported this discovery to Jiangsu Cultural Relics Bureau and National Cultural Heritage Administration. On April 12, National Cultural Heritage Administration sent three archaeological experts, Xin and Lin Liugen, to conduct on-the-spot investigation and guide the archaeological work. At the special report meeting on archaeological work jointly held by National Cultural Heritage Administration and Jiangsu Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, experts initially thought that the owner of the tomb should be Emperor Yang Di Yang Guang.
At present, the archaeological site has taken closed protection measures to ensure the safety of the archaeological site. The cultural relics department of Yangzhou has perfected the archaeological plan and will carry out the next archaeological work in a scientific and orderly manner in strict accordance with the requirements of the Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics and the Detailed Rules for Field Archaeology.
According to documents, Yang Di was first buried in Liu Zhuting Hall of Jiangdu Palace, and then reburied in Wugongtai. This archaeological discovery is consistent with some literature records.
Yang guang (569-6 18), a native of Huayin, was born in Chang' an, the capital of Sui Dynasty. He was the second emperor of Sui Dynasty, the emperor of Tang Dynasty, the emperor of Dou Jiande of Xia Dynasty and the grandson of Shi Zuming, Dong Yang. An English, small print Amin. The second son of Emperor Wendi and Empress Dugu of Sui Dynasty, he was made King of Jin in Kaiyuan (58 1), Prince in November in Kainian (600), and succeeded to the throne in July in Renshou (604). During his reign, he built the Grand Canal (Kaiyongji Canal, Tongji Canal, Jiahangou Canal, Jiangnan Canal), built Luoyang City as the east capital, started the imperial examination system, personally conquered Tuguhun and Koguryo, and was killed by his men in Jiangdu in 6 18. (End)