Qualla: Dahuting Han Tombs https://qualla.com/dahuting en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Dahuting Han Tombs https://qualla.com/dahuting Dahuting Han Tombs: Introduction https://qualla.com/dahuting/ The man in the tomb died wearing someone else's clothes. Zhang Boya, Governor of Hongnong Commandery, put on the garments of the fugitive Liu Xiu and rode out to face the pursuing army of the usurper Wang Mang. Liu Xiu escaped. Zhang Boya did not. When Liu Xiu later ascended the throne as Emperor Guangwu, founder of the Eastern Han dynasty, he repaid the debt the only way he could: he ordered Zhang buried near his ancestral home in a tomb constructed at imperial expense. That tomb, discovered by construction workers in December 1959 near Dahuting Village in what is now Xinmi, Henan province, turned out to be one of the most richly decorated burial sites of the Eastern Han period.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/0/s/dahuting-wp/ww0s-dahuting-han-tombs-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Dahuting Han Tombs: A Debt Repaid in Stone https://qualla.com/dahuting/ The story of the Dahuting tombs is inseparable from the story of how the Eastern Han dynasty began. During the chaotic civil war that followed Wang Mang's seizure of the throne, Liu Xiu was a rebel commander being hunted by the usurper's forces. When he sought shelter at Zhang Bo...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/0/s/dahuting-wp/ww0s-dahuting-han-tombs-a-debt-repaid-in-stone.mp3 0:06 2 full Dahuting Han Tombs: Painted Walls, Carved Doors https://qualla.com/dahuting/ The two tombs, designated M1 and M2 by archaeologists, house Zhang Boya and his wife in matching subterranean structures with mounds rising 10 and 7.5 meters above ground. Both are built of rectangular stone slabs and blue bricks, with vaulted ceilings, paved paths, and carved st...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/0/s/dahuting-wp/ww0s-dahuting-han-tombs-painted-walls-carved-doors.mp3 0:06 3 full Dahuting Han Tombs: Unearthing the Governor's Rest https://qualla.com/dahuting/ The discovery was accidental. Construction workers digging west of Dahuting Village in December 1959 struck the southern edges of the two subterranean tombs. The Institute of Cultural Relics of Henan Province conducted excavations from February through December 1961, and further ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/0/s/dahuting-wp/ww0s-dahuting-han-tombs-unearthing-the-governors-rest.mp3 0:06 4 full Dahuting Han Tombs: Living Color from a Dead Empire https://qualla.com/dahuting/ The Dahuting murals are celebrated not for their religious symbolism but for their documentary quality. They depict the daily life and aspirations of the Eastern Han elite with an immediacy that archaeological artifacts alone cannot provide. Banquet scenes show entertainers perfo...

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