Cliff-cave tombs

…In addition, there are hanging tombs (a burial custom in which a wooden coffin is placed on a wooden stake driven into the middle of a cliff) that are widely distributed throughout the Yangtze River basin, and some of them have a structure similar to cliff tombs, and these were built by the Bo people in imitation of Han burials. In addition, in the north and south of the Wuwei Mountains in Guixi, Jiangxi Province, and Chong'an, Fujian Province, there are burials from the Warring States period that make use of natural caves in steep cliffs, but these are called cliff-cave tombs and are distinguished from cliff tombs. [Akiyama Shingo]…

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "cliff-cave tombs" is listed below.

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…このほか，長江流域一帯に広く分布する懸棺葬墓(断崖の中腹に挿した木杭に木棺を置く葬俗)に，崖墓と同様の構造をもつものがあり，これは〈僰（ほく）人〉が漢族墓葬をまねて築いたものである。また，江西省貴渓，福建省崇安の武威山脈南北に，険しい断崖の自然の洞穴を利用した戦国時代の墓葬があるが，これは崖洞墓といい，崖墓とは区別される。【秋山 進午】。…

※「崖洞墓」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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