Largest number of Tang Sancai unearthed in Jinan
A large number of glazed pottery pieces, or Sancai - a Chinese porcelain characterized by a glaze with three intermingled colors - were unearthed at the M49 zone from the Tang-era tomb of Zhu Man located at the Fanjia site in Jinan's Licheng district, Shandong province. A total of 241 tombs, 101 ash pits, two ash ditches, two wells and one stove from the dynasties of Zhou, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing were discovered containing 565 artifacts including bronze mirrors, copper coins, spinning wheels, porcelain bowls and lacquer ware. This archaeological discovery confirms that the Fanjia site was important to Longshan culture, a civilization inhabiting the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, from the late Neolithic period to the Qing Dynasty. A tri-colored glazed pottery, or Sancai - a Chinese porcelain characterized by a glaze with three intermingled colors - is unearthed at the M49 zone from the Tang-era tomb of Zhu Man located in the Fanjia site of Jinan's Licheng district.
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