永泰公主墓

The Tomb of Princess Yongtai

我们现在到了永泰公主墓，我先给大家介绍一下它的历史。

永泰公主墓是乾陵17座陪葬墓之一，位于乾陵东南约3千米处。

永泰公主名李仙蕙，是唐中宗李显的第七个女儿、唐高宗和武则天的孙女。公元701年，永泰公主死于洛阳，年仅17岁。其死因不详，有人说她是被武则天害死的，但也有人说她是死于难产。

永泰公主墓前排列有石狮1对，石人2对，华表1对。1960年至1962年，国家对永泰公主墓进行了发掘清理。这是中华人民共和国成立以来发掘的唐墓中最大的一座。墓冢为覆斗形，墓道全长87．5米，宽3．9米，墓室深16．7米。作为乾陵的陪葬墓之一，其墓地离乾陵不远，且因其大型壁画——《宫廷侍女图》而闻名于世。壁画展现了唐代高度的绘画艺术水平，为研究唐代的绘画艺术提供了参考。全墓由墓道、5个过洞、6个天井、甬道、8个便房、前后墓室组成，象征着永泰公主生前居住的多宅院落。墓道两侧画有巨大的青龙、白虎和由身穿战袍、腰佩贴金宝剑的武士组成的仪仗队。天井两侧的8个便房内放着各种三彩俑群和陶瓷器皿等随葬品。

永泰公主墓虽然被盗，但仍出土了壁画、陶俑、木俑、三彩俑、金、玉、铜器等珍贵文物计1 000余件。特别是三彩俑，造型精致，色彩鲜艳，纹饰奇特，反映了唐代高度发展的陶瓷工艺水平。

后墓室停放着永泰公主与其丈夫合葬的庑殿式石椁，中间有门，两边的门上各刻有一名守门侍女。石椁内外均刻有线刻画，姿态生动，线条流畅，刻工熟练，十分精美。石椁内的木棺因长期浸泡在淤泥中，早已腐烂。

相信大家都感受到了，从永泰公主墓里，我们可以发现唐朝的辉煌。

We have now arrived at the Tomb of Princess Yongtai.First of all，I will introduce its history to you.

The Tomb of Princess Yongtai，one of the 17 satellite tombs of the Qianling Mausoleum，lies three kilometers southeast of the Qianling Mausoleum.

The name of Princess Yongtai was Li Xianhui. She was the seventh daughter of the Tang Emperor Zhongzong（Li Xian）and the grand－daughter of Em peror Gaozong and his wife Empress Wu Zetian.In 701 AD Princess Yongtai died in Luoyang，Henan Province at the age of 17 for unknown reasons. Some say she was persecuted to death by Empress Wu，yet others say she died of a miscarriage.

The path to Princess Yongtais tomb is lined with a pair of stone lions，two pairs of stone figures，and a pair of obelisks（ornamental stone columns）．The excavation of the tomb was carried out between 1960 and 1962．It is the largest of the Tang tombs excavated since 1949．The tomb is pyramid－shaped，87．5 meters long and 3．9 meters wide．The burial chamber is 16．7 meters deep．As a companion tomb of the Qianling Mausoleum，the eternal place of Princess Yongtai was not far away from the mausoleum and is noted for its large mural Palace Maids－in－Waiting．The mural demonstrates so high an artistic level that it is a model for the study of the Tang－style paintings．The tomb consists of a main passage，five doorways，six skylights，a corridor，eight small niches，an antechamber and a burial chamber．The burial chamber represents the house where she lived before her death．The walls on both sides of the tomb passage are covered with murals of a Blue Dragon，a White Tiger，and warriors in uniforms，with gilded swords in their belts．In the eight small niches on both sides of the skylights there are a multitude of tri－colored glazed pottery figurines，pottery and porcelain ware，and other burial objects．

Although once robbed，the Tomb of Princess Yongtai still held more than 1 000 valuable cultural artifacts．These treasures were murals，pottery and wooden figurines，tri－colored glazed pottery figu rines，gold vessels，jade articles，and copper ware．The tri－colored glazed pottery figurines，which are beautifully shaped and have a peculiar decorative design in many bright colors，demon strate the high artistic level of the Tang ceramic in dustry.

In the rear chamber lay the outer stone coffin of Princess Yongtai and her husband.In the middle of the coffin was a door，with a servant in waiting on each side.The outer stone coffin was carved with exquisite pictures on both sides.The inner wooden coffin has completely rotten away due to its saturation in silt over a long period of time.

I believe that everyone can see that the Tang Dynasty was very glorious from the Tomb of Princess Yongtai.