马王堆

Three tombs of the early Western Han were opened here in 1972–1974, those of the chancellor of Changsha, 利苍, his wife 辛追 and their son. Her body was found almost perfectly preserved, along with silk paintings and silk manuscripts of the 道德经 and the 周易. The full name is 长沙马王堆汉墓.

memory

The name, "King Ma's mound", comes from an old belief that the mound was the tomb of Ma Yin, a 10th-century king of Chu.