Tomb of Wang Chuzhi

The grave of Chuzhi Wang (Chinese王 处 直 墓/王 处 直 墓, Pinyin Wang Chizhi mu, English Tomb of Wang Chuzhi ) is the grave of Wang Chuzhi ( 863-923 ), a high military governor from the late period of the Tang Dynasty and the Later Liang Dynasty from the period of the Five Dynasties. It was discovered in 1980 in the village Xiyanchuan the circle Quyang ( Baoding ) of Hebei Province.

The grave was robbed in July 1994. It is because of its artistic located on high level wall paintings and reliefs of great historical value.

Painted marble reliefs

On two painted marble reliefs is a group of maids and a fifteen -member Damenorchester to see ( photo). There are clues to the musical tastes of the upper class of the outgoing Tang Dynasty.

Damenorchester

The group consists of a conductor in front of him two young dancers, the actual orchestra is zwölfköpfig. In the front row is of five ladies - from right to left - on the instruments konghou箜篌( bow harp), zheng筝( Wölbbrettzither ), pipa琵琶(lute), paiban拍板( strip rattle ) and dagu大鼓(large drum) makes music, in the back row of seven women on the instruments sheng笙(mouth organ), fang xiang方 响( impact plate game), dalagu答 腊 鼓( west Asian cylindrical drum ), bili筚 篥( oboe; 2x) and Hengdi横笛(bamboo flute; 2x).