Study On The Culture Of Jiangxi Seignior Tombs In Ming Dynasty

The tomb of the royal members is the most significant part of imperial mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty. The thesis of this essay is taking the royal member's tomb of Ming Dynasty in Jiang Xi as an example to introduce systematically about the basic rules of the funeral ceremony of Ming Dynasty, then get a more deeper analyze and conclusion about the imperial mausoleum,tomb's structure and royal member's funeral objects. At last,by studying the tomb,analyzing the cultural factors, the hierarchy and the conception of spirits,we'll figure out the historical role of the Jiangxi royal funeral system in Ming Dynasty.This thesis is composes of five chaptersChapter 1: the preface. It's mainly talks about the observe condition of Jiang xi royal member's tomb, and try to introduce the study methods.Chapter 2: to figure out the building structure, preservation condition, cleaning condition of each mausoleum.Chapter 3: the author classificatorily study the Jiangxi imperial mausoleum in Ming dynasty;to find out the development vein, and divide the development history of Jiangxi imperial mausoleum in Ming Dynasty for several parts.Chapter 4: we'll study at the Jiangxi imperial mausoleum system,such as the choose of location,the funeral,the sacrifice, and then find out the traditional and innovational elements.Chapter 5: Summary and outlook. Jiangxi imperial mausoleum can not only reflects the feudal hierarchy, the culture of imperial mausoleum, the Emperor thought, but also has it realistic meaning for archaeological investigation. it's an effective shortcut to study the social relations and developmental conditions of local society. Meanwhile,it's significant and meaningful for perfecting and enriching the study of imperial mausoleum system in Ming Dynasty.