The tomb group covers a large land area.
Complete tomb explorations and excavations by the Museum of Hebei Province
conducted in 1971 connected the tomb group with nobles of the Northern Dynasty.
A total 134 tombs, including several coffin chambers of the tomb of Gao Run,
minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577).
The tomb of Gao Run conforms to the typical
character of the Northern Dynasty. The brick tomb consists of a tomb passage,
rain sewer and coffin chamber. The passage, which is 50 meters long and 2.96
meters wide, is connected by a corridor of 5.62 meters long and 1.86 meters
wide. At the end of the passageway is the square coffin chamber, 6.4 meters wide
on each side. The coffin is located at the center of the chamber. The four
chamber walls and two sides of the passageway were adorned with colored
paintings, and the mural on the north wall is well intact. A wall painting 6
meters wide and 2.8 meters tall depicts the owner of the tomb who is about to
die. The middle-aged man, who is sitting in a tent with a scarf on head, is
surrounded by many female and male servants. The painting vividly recreates the
sad moment. In addition, wall paintings of cart and horse outings are also
represented in the unique style of the Northern Qi.
Over 300 pottery figures and more than 100
pieces of chinaware were also unearthed. Inscription steles from the Eastern Wei
(534-550) and Northern Qi were discovered in the tomb yard, which were famous
during the Northern Dynasty.