A 1,000-year-old couple’s tomb has been discovered in China

A 1,000-year-old tomb for a couple buried together with a window cut through the dividing wall to allow them to continue their romance in the afterlife has been unearthed in central China.

The husband and wife were found lying on the tiled floor of their brick-lined grave, with their heads propped up on a tile pillow, at the ancient Tangjiawan cemetery in Ningxiang, Hunan province.

Several pieces of pottery were discovered with the bodies which are thought to have been interred during the Northern Song Dynasty (960 to 1127 AD). The inclusion of the hole in the wall, or ‘fairy bridge’ is rare in ancient Chinese burials.

Their skeletons were found in the tomb but have since been removed, according to national newspapers China Daily and People’s Daily.

Archaeologists began excavating the grave ahead of plans to put the Ningxiang-Shaoshan motorway through the site. It is expected to open to vehicles in 2022.

Lead archaeologist at the site, Yang Ningbo, said it was rare to find a couple with a ‘fairy bridge’ placed between them.

It is based on an ancient belief that the window would allow the couple to connect again in the afterlife.

Charcoal found outside the tomb’s entrance offers the chance for it

to be more accurately dated through radiocarbon dating, he said, allowing them to estimate when the couple may have been laid to rest.

The few grave goods suggests the occupants were normal civilians, possessing only basic items.

However, the fact they were buried with them and in a stone tomb indicates they may have had access to some wealth.

Pottery piled up at the side of the tomb is shown. Cross marks have also been cut into the bricks used for the tomb

It was one of several tombs discovered in a cluster at Nanfentang Village and investigated by the Hunan Provincial Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.

A second tomb that was also unearthed at the site was dated to the Eastern Han Dynasty, AD 25 to 220, and contained just 13 objects including an iron cauldron and stand.

The cooking items are similar to those used to prepare a traditional Chinese meal known as a hotpot, it was claimed.

The Northern Song Dynasty oversaw a period of rapid population growth in mainland China following the discovery of a fast-ripening type of rice, and cemented a number of trade routes with other nations.

A separate tomb nearby yielded an iron cauldron and stand which archaeologists said would have been used to make a traditional Chinese dish called ‘hot pot’ at the time

Emperor Taizu founded the dynasty following the collapse of the Tang reign in 960 AD, and established its capital at Kaifeng.

During its almost 200-year lifespan the dynasty oversees the creation of printing presses with movable parts – which revolutionise European communication in the 15th century – and a more powerful type of gunpowder.

The Song court had sought peace with outsiders but faced repeated attacks from its Mongol neighbours led by Kublai Khan.

It collapsed ten years after Marco Polo reached Beijing in 1266 AD, where he met the Mongol ruler who had already assumed control of most of the dynasty.

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