The tomb is 12 meters deep, with a path, 33 meters in length and 1,4 meters in width, descending to the tomb chamber. The chamber was built with brick, containing two separate parts: the front and rear parts. The walls of the front part and the ceiling are decorated with colorful paintings. The content of these paintings are loyal figures, loyal life, farming and hunting activities, flowers, birds and animals. The paintings in the rear chamber contain subjects of arrows and silk.
There are the picture that the owner of the tomb is indulging himself in pleasures after he stays at home idly, dock wall, farming, winnowing, husbandry, picking mulberry, flower nursery, garden, poultry, simple cattle, killing pig and cooking in the Human World. The underground place is painted with house and magic tortoise that is the symbol of loading the earth.
The back chamber is painted with box, fan, horsetail whisk, bow and arrow, silk, silk bunch, etc. Judging from the system about carriage and clothes reflected by the mural paintings, the status of the tomb's owner is within the range of queen. The structure of these mural paintings is compact and well-arranged with a masterful technique. Apply bright and flamboyant colors to these paintings. All these offer datas used for reference to study the origin of the mural painting of the Grotto in Gansu.
Features
The Mural Paintings of Eastern Jin Dynasty are found inside a tomb of Eastern Jin Dynasty ( 220-420), 42 kilometers to the northwest of the city, on the Gobi desert.
Transportation
Take the Jiuquan to Jiayuguan public bus at Xiguan Bus Station and get off at the Silk Road Museum.