In April-June 1998, three brick-chambered tombs of the Sui and Tang period were discovered to the north of Xiyue village in Lianghe township, Pingshan county, Hebei. Tomb M1 faces to the south and consists of a tomb-passage, a corridor and a chamber. It yielded a celadon jar and an epitaph. Tomb M2 is unclear in shape and contains an epitaph and 17 remaining funeral objects, such as terra-cotta tomb figurines, domestic animals and other models, tomb-guarding creatures and vessels.Tomb M3 is in the best condition and close to M1 in shape. Its funeral objects include an epitaph and more than 160 terra-cotta tomb figurines, tomb-guarding creatures, domestic animals and other models.The three unearthed epitaphs indicate that M1 belonged to Li Liyi of the Sui period, M2 to Li's husband Cui Zhongfang dying in the Tang period, M3 to Cui Zhongfang's son Cui Dashan who died in the Sui dynasty, and the whole burial ground was the graveyard of Cui, a noble family in Boling.
Discovered in August2002in urban Zhuozhou,the tomb was buried with a couple,Li Yi and his wife who died in1331and1339respectively.The tomb has an octagonal plan,and its walls were covered with colored murals showing bamboo,birds,feasts,auspicious clouds and crane,stories of filial sons,etc.The pictures were well executed with smooth,simplistic lines,and colored in a harmonious way,showing a higher level than tomb murals of the Yuan Dynasty uncovered in recent years.
