The Feng's Tomb Group lies 7.5km southeast
of Jingxian County in Hebei Province.
The Feng's Tomb Group, which was called
Eighteen Disorderly Tombs in old times, is the graveyard of the Feng's family, a big family in
the Northern Dynasty (386-581). The tomb group was unearthed in 1948
along with more than 300 pieces of cultural relics. In 1955, the Beijing History Museum (now the National Museum of Chinese
History) made an all-around research into the tomb group. They collected
more than 100 pieces of cultural relics, including pottery, china, bronze ware,
copper seal, among which there were four pieces of
celadon Zun (wine vessel), decorated with fine patterns and evenly
glazed. Praised as the outstanding representative of the northern celadon, they
are now treasured up in the National History Museum of Chinese History.
Furthermore, five inscriptions on the
memorial tablets within the tombs of the Northern Wei
(386-534), Eastern Wei (534-550), Northern Qi (550-577) and Sui (581-618)
dynasties were unearthed, which were respectively the inscriptions for Feng Monu
in the second year (521) of the Zhengguang reign, for Feng Yanzhi in the third
year (541) of the Xinghe reign, for Feng Zihui in the fourth year (565) of the
Heqing reign, for Feng Yuhui's wife in the third year (583) of the Kaihuang
reign and for Feng Yanzhi's wife in the ninth year (589) of the Kaihuang reign.
According to historical records, Feng Monu and Feng Yanzhi both died in Shanxi,
but after their deat their coffins were all buried in their ancestral home
Jiuying, thereby confirming the custom of Ji Zu Er Zang (buried together
with the ancestors) practiced by the big families in the Northern
Dynasty.