Tomb of legendary general Cao Cao unearthed in central China

Subject:	Tomb of legendary general Cao Cao unearthed in central China
Date:	Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:29:48 -0800 (PST)

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Tomb of legendary general Cao Cao unearthed in central China
www.chinaview.cn 2009-12-27 22:58:08 Print

BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The tomb of Cao Cao, a renowned
warlord and politician in the third century, was unearthed in Anyang
City of central China's Henan Province, archaeologists said Sunday.

Cao Cao (155-220 A.D.), who built the strongest and most
prosperous state during the Three Kingdom period (208-280 A.D.), is
remembered for his outstanding military and political talents.

Cao Cao is also known for his poems that reflected his strong
character. Some of the poems are included in China's middle school
textbooks.

Three ancient corpses, one man and two women, were found in the
two-chamber tomb in Xigaoxue village of Anyang. The man was found to
have died in his sixties, which coincides the age of Cao Cao when he
died, Liu Qingzhu, director of the academic committee of Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences, told a press conference in Beijing.

More than 250 articles, made of gold, silver, pottery and etc,
were unearthed from the 740-square-meter tomb, a size appropriate for
a king. Archaeologists also found 59 engraved stone plates logging the
name and amount of the articles buried in the tomb. Seven of the
plates logged weapons "often used by the king of Wei", or Cao Cao, Liu
said.

Also unearthed were a large amount of paintings drawn on stone
plates, Liu added.

Cao Cao wrote in his will that his burial place should be simple,
which corresponds to the fact that the walls of the tome were not
painted and few precious articles were found, said Hao Benxing, head
of Henan's Institute of Archaeology.

The position of the tomb is in line with historical recordings and
ancient books from Cao Cao's time, Hao added.

Although further excavations are yet to be carried out, current
evidences are adequate to prove this is Cao Cao's tomb, said Guan
Qiang, director of the archaeology department of China's State
Administration of Cultural Heritage.

The tomb had been raided for several times before archaeologists
started to excavate it in Dec. 2008, Guan said.

The police are working to retrieve the stolen articles, he added.

The governments of Henan and Anyang are planning to display the
tomb to the public, Hao said.

Cow Cow Boogie

Out on the plains down near Santa Fe
I met a cowboy ridin' the range one day
And as he jogged along I heard him singin'
The most peculiar cowboy song
It was a ditty, he learned in the city
Comma ti yi yi yeah
Comma ti yippity yi yeah

Now get along, get hip little doggies
Get along, better be on your way
Get along, get hip little doggies
He trucked 'em on down that old fairway
Singin' his Cow Cow Boogie in the strangest way
Comma ti yi yi yeah
Comma ti yippity yi yeah

(Chorus)

Now singin' his cowboy songs
He's just too much
He's got a knocked out western accent with a dixie
touch
He was raised on local ways
He's what you call a swingin' half breed
Singin' his Cow Cow Booogie in the strangest way
Comma ti yi yi yeah
Comma ti yippity yi yeah