In archaeology, the types of tombs include masonry tombs, pit tombs, cremation tombs, cliff burials and sarcophagus burials. However, this tomb was built with big stones as the main carrier, and the top of the tomb was covered with big stones, so the archaeological team named this tomb Dashi Tomb.
Xichang is located in the southwest of Sichuan Province, China. As early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was once an important political and center in the southwest of China. As the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, it is also the only place where the ancient Southern Silk Road passed.
With the discovery of Dashi Tomb, the focus of the archaeological team shifted from the excavation of Neolithic sites to the investigation and study of Dashi Tomb. It was also from that day that the archaeological work of stone tombs in Anning River Basin began.