Wei Shenming’s tomb was found and excavated at Weiqu township,Chang’an district,Xi’an city,in September,2002 It was a typical tomb of a governmental officer of prosperous period of Tang dynasty It was consisted of a tomb passage,three arched passages and light wells at lest,four untouched little niches,and an underground passage and tomb chember which made of bricks 240 items of well-preserved and colourful pottery figurines of human and animals discovered on their original places in the little niches There were murals on the walls of tomb chember Espicially on the west wall there were six pictures liked screen,each picture was painted a woman under a tree who rode a horse This kind of theme was infrequnt before in tomb murals The owners of this tomb were Wei Shenming and his wife, Liu Yue Wei was a member of the celebrated Wei’s(韦氏家族) family of Tang dynasty He was appointed to be the highest administrative officer of Peng state (彭州刺史),and died at his age of 76 After death,he and his wife were buried in his hometown,Chang’an,in 736 A D Many Tang dynasty tombs of Wei’s have been found in Chang’an district by now,and all of the owners of those tombs were high class officers of Tang government This tomb is very important for the research of the Wei’s
Sun Chengsi’s couple joint tomb was found and unearthed in April of 2002,at Weiqu Chang’an district,Xi’an It is a typical tomb of prosperous period of Tang dynasty,which consists of an entrance passage,two compartmants,two verfical air-shafts,a covered corridor and a burial chamber sealed by bricks 159 pottery figurines of human and animals discovered in the covered corridor and the tomb chamber,including a big noble woman wearing men’s clothing and animal figurines The occupant of this tomb were Sun Chengsi and his wife Gao Sun was a informal military officer,and had not been promoted all his life He died at the age of 63 in 736 A D after his wife’s death and she buried in 717A D The fine pottery sculptures of this tomb are very important for the research of art and dayily life of Tang
