Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology Lu Sili and his wife’s tomb was excavated at Yangcun village,Guodu township,Chang’an district,Xi’an city,in March,2003.It was consisted of a tomb passage,an arched passage,a light well,an underground passage and a tomb chamber.67 itemb of well-preserved potteries,porcelains and jades were discovered in the tomb chamber,including the pottery figurines of human and animals,the porcelain jars and light,and the stone epitaph.The owners of this tomb were Lu Sili and his wife Xin.They lived and died in West Wei dynasty ,but were buried in Sui dynasty.Lu was Qibing Shangshu(七兵尚书)of West Wei,which a kind of military officer,the third class.He was died at his age of 38,in 538A.D.;the second year,his wife was died at her age of 24.They were buried together in 592 A.D.Xi’an was used to be the capital of Sui dynaety,but there are no more than thirty Sui tombs have been found in Xi’an by now.Excavation of this tomb provided new data for the research of the burial institution,art and social life of Sui dynasty.
Lying in the north outskirts of Xi’an,the tomb of Anjia(安伽)which belonged to the BeiZhou dynasty is composed of a long sloping qassage ,five shafts,ine vaulted passage and an large arched roof brick-chamber.It is not only rather to mb up to now .A stone gate being in good condition and astone painted-enclosing- bed decor ated with scilptires and covdition with gold leaf were unearthed.The exquisiyte patterns and figures on the gate and bed reappeared vicidly the scenes of sacrificing of pyrolatry (祆教)procession,hunting,feast ing,dancing,saily life,nation r elation and traveling businessmen of Sogdian (粟特)The discovery provides valuab le materials for the research of culture exchanges of China and the West,the dis semination of pyrilatry(祆教) .in ancient China s acrificing and burial customs o f believer of pyrolatrg(祆教)On the other hand,th e excvation also declared that the Center Government of BeiZhou dynasty had set up the special offocial positio n ──Sabao(萨保)in the Capital and other states to run the foreign businessman.
