China Travel
Chinese archeologists found eight tombs in northwest China's Shaanxi Province dating back to the Western and Eastern Zhou dynasties (1046 BC-256 BC), with seven of them completing excavation.
Taoqu Ruins is located in northeastern area of Taoqu Village of Hancheng City in Shaanxi Province. Archeologists discovered a total area of 800,000 square meters of ruins dating back to the Western and Eastern Zhou dynasties. Among them, eight large tombs were found, dating from the late Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC -771 BC) to the early Spring and Autumn period (770 BC-476 BC).
Experts inferred that the Taoqu Ruins was the location of the State of "Jing" during the period between the Western and Eastern Zhou dynasties.
The family of "Jing" was enfeoffed to Taoqu Village by the ruler of Zhou Dynasty.
"We have carried out excavations on seven 'qp'-shaped tombs. The common feature of them is that complete horse carts are found in the passage. We can deduce that the Taoqu Ruins should be the remains of the State of 'Jing' in the Western and Eastern Zhou dynasties. Judging from the size of the tombs, the side pits of horse carts, and the scene of whole buried horse carts in the tombs, we can conclude that the owners of these eight tombs were probably the monarch of State of 'Jing' and his wife," said Geng Qinggang, archaeological team leader at Taoqu Ruins.
Since May 2020, archaeologists from Shaanxi Province have carried out archaeological investigations, exploration and excavations at the site, focusing on the burial area.