Tangyong Tai Tomb Of Princess And The Restoration Of The Cases

Based on the case study of Li Xianhui's tomb in Tang dynasty, the paper applies relevant literature in preservation, archaeological materials through multiple approaches including history and art history.The research was triggered by the disagreement about the cause of her death between the literature in preservation and the unearthed tomb inscription, through the analysis of her cause of death and the burial course, the paper tries to bring the events of succession to their historical context, revealing the bewildering stories about her death as well as the practice of "upgrading the tomb as the royal necropolis", which was actually the political conflicts between the Li and Wu family.Any gain for one must a loss for the other, Wu Zetian ultimately handed the regime over to her son Li Xian, bring the end to Da Zhou and the restoration of Li's Tang regime. At the beginning of his restoration of power, Zhongzong faced with an embarrassing situation of transferring his children, brother and biological mother's tombs at the same time. After balancing the weight, he finally decided to luxurize his daughter Princess Yong Tai's tomb while compromise the tomb inscription. In addition, Zhongzong inherited the legacy of the early Li family tradition of constructing temples for the welfare of relatives while at almost the same time carried out the construction of Yong Tai Temple in the memory of Princess Yong Tai, which can be verified by the similarity between the artistic relics on the wall of the temple by elite painters and her tomb murals.