jiang nan di yi mu jing qu

The "First Tomb in Jiangnan" is located in the county museum beside the 105 National Highway in Jishui County. This "First Tomb in Jiangnan" that once amazed archaeologists is in the shape of a "品" character. The tomb chamber is built on flat ground with gray bricks with a net money pattern. The tomb consists of a tomb door, a corridor, a front room, two side rooms (wing rooms) on the left and right, two caissons on the left and right, a back room, and a square corridor. The front room is in an octagonal sawtooth shape, and the back room is in a square shape. The front room and the back room are connected by a corridor, and the corners are rolled into a dome. The bottom of the tomb is 15 meters high from the mound, and the north-south and east-west lines are 30 meters long each. The cemetery covers an area of ​​900 square meters. The mound is in the shape of a funnel and is made of rammed yellow clay. The appearance of the entire tomb gives people the feeling of a medieval castle in Europe.

The front room of the tomb, walk about 3 meters further forward, and you will reach the main room of the tomb. The top of the main room is in the shape of a pointed castle, and there are two semi-circular side rooms (wing rooms) on both sides leading to the left and right, which are slightly lower than the main tomb room. The back room behind the main room is where the tomb owner's coffin is placed. There are two caissons on the left and right parallel to the back room, and at the end of the caissons are two small pointed castles. The entire tomb is like a closed manor, and its scale shows the owner's prominent status during his lifetime, and he will enjoy such extraordinary wealth and glory after his death.