The Guangwu Han Tombs are a famous tourist destination for Shuozhou archaeological remains.
The Guangwu Han tombs are located in the southwest of Shanyin County, Shuozhou City, and to the north of the old Guangwu and New Guangwu cities. There are 288 of them. The entire tomb complex is surrounded by mountains to the south and Shuozhou Pingchuan to the north. When viewed from south to north, there are dotted with mounds of sealed earth of different sizes from high to low. The highest seal is more than ten meters, and the lowest is more than three meters. Its scale and number rank first in the country. In 1988, it was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit, and the Guangwu Han Tombs Custody Center was built at the southern end of the Han Tombs. Although the Guangwu tombs have not yet been excavated, the four tombs that were washed away by water at the northwest end of the tombs are considered to be brick chamber tombs. The unearthed cultural relics include pottery pots, pottery pots, pottery bowls, pottery boxes, and five-baht coins. From the shape of the tomb and the unearthed cultural relics, it is believed to be from the Eastern Han Dynasty.
New Guangwu and Old Guangwu areas were under the jurisdiction of Yinguan County in Yanmen County during the Han Dynasty. Yinguan County was established in the third year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty (154 BC). During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the administration of Yanmen County was moved here from Shanwu County (Youyujing, Shanxi Province). According to "Taiping Huanyu Ji": Yinguan City is now named Xiuguancheng, so its governance is the area around Guancheng in Bianzituan Township, Shuocheng District, Shuozhou City. It is surrounded by dangerous mountains and stands in front of Yanmen Pass. In ancient times, it was a battleground for garrison troops and military strategists. The Han Dynasty set up counties and counties here to resist the Xiongnu nobles from going south. Its role is self-evident. Therefore, the Guangwu Han tombs are the centralized cemeteries of officials and wealthy families in Yanmen County and Yinguan County in the Han Dynasty. It is an important physical basis for studying the politics, military, economy and culture of the Han Dynasty in my country.
After the Yuan-Taiwan Expressway was opened to traffic, I usually took a car when I returned to my hometown. When I went out to Yanmen Pass for the first time and saw the Guangwuhan tombs, I was shocked by the towering and continuous tombs. I am eager to get out of the car and walk closer to see these ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty. Although these are not all the tombs of border guards in the Han Dynasty, in my eyes, every Han tomb that is shaped like a hill and is more than ten meters high is no different from a Monument, when you are in it, you immediately feel the insignificance of an individual. The moon is bright in the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty is close. The people who have marched thousands of miles have not yet returned. Jun Moxiao is lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have returned from the ancient battles. Qingshan is lucky enough to bury loyal bones. Why do they need to wrap their bodies in horse leather? This is it. Every tiny individual protected the infinite empire of the Han Dynasty. Thousands of years later, they were still standing in neat formations in the autumn wind outside the Great Wall.