Qin Gong No. 1 Tomb

The Qin Gong No. 1 Tomb is located in Nanzhihui Village, Fengxiang District, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province. It is an ancient tomb from the pre-Qin period excavated in China. The tomb contains 186 sacrificial victims, with 166 placed around the outer coffin chamber on three tiers and 20 buried in the fill soil. It is the tomb with the most sacrificial victims discovered in China since the Western Zhou Dynasty. The cypress wood “Huangchang Ticou” outer coffin structure represents high-level burial equipment from the Zhou and Qin periods. The wooden steles outside the coffin chamber walls are physical evidence of tombstones in Chinese burial history. Particularly significant is the stone chime discovered in the tomb, which bears inscriptions – the first inscribed stone chime found in China. Most precious are the over 180 characters carved on the chime in Zhouwen script, resembling the “Stone Drum Script.” Based on these inscriptions, the tomb is believed to belong to Duke Jing of Qin.