Mausoleum M1 of the Jiangdu Feudatory Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty at Dayun Hill in Xuyi County, Jiangsu Province

AbstractThe mausoleum precinct of the Jiangdu Feudatory Kingdom at Dayun Hill is a well-preserved mausoleum precinct of the feudatory kingdoms of the Western Han Dynasty; the occupant of tomb No. 1 (M1) in this precinct was Liu Fei, the first generation of the feudatory kings of Jiangdu Feudatory Kingdom. M1 was a vertical stone shaft pit tomb in Φ-shaped plan with huangchang ticou (walls built of cypress heartwood timbers laid with their stacked ends forming the facing of the walls) structure. The tomb chamber had been looted in early years, but large amounts of grave goods including bronzes, iron implements, gold and silver wares, lacquer wares, jades, glass wares and pottery wares were unearthed. The excavation of M1 provided important materials for the in-depth researches on the burials of the feudatory lords of the Han Dynasty and their system.