Jiangkou Cliff Tombs, Pengshan, Meishan, Sichuan 眉山彭山江口崖墓

Location: China, Sichuan, Pengshan District, Meishan Google Maps Amap
Part of: National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit
Chinese Culture: Ancient Chinese Architecture, Chapter 3: Qin and Han
Nearby: Chengdu ↑︎57km, Leshan Giant Buddha ↓︎76km, Mount Tiantai (Sichuan) ←︎80km, Anren Old Town, Dayi, Sichuan ↖︎42km, Xiling Snow Mountain ↖︎88km, Dujiangyan Irrigation System ↑︎92km, Mount Qingcheng ↖︎92km, Mount Emei ↙︎95km, Mount Longmen ↑︎115km, Mount Siguniang ↖︎144km

Around Jiangkou in Pengshan lie many Eastern Han cliff tombs, cut into the red sandstone slopes beside the Min River. The chambers copy houses above ground, with a passage, front and rear rooms and side rooms. Some have octagonal pillars and brackets cut in the rock; Liang Sicheng says the octagonal pillars and brackets here are the only surviving Han examples of free-standing columns and brackets. A cliff-tomb museum now stands at Jiangkou, and part of the tombs can be entered.

Jiangkou Cliff Tombs, Pengshan, Meishan, Sichuan

Photo: Nekitarc (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)