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On January 6, 2009, Qing Dynasty mummies were found under Huoyan Mountain in Shanshan County, Xinjiang
On January 6, 2009 (December 11, 2008 in the lunar calendar), Qing Dynasty mummies were found under Huoyan Mountain in Shanshan County, Xinjiang. On January 6, 2009, Qing Dynasty mummies were found under Huoyan Mountain in Shanshan County, Xinjiang. At the foot of a Huoyan Mountain in Shanshan County, Turpan Prefecture, Xinjiang, local farmers found five Han male corpses during construction. Wearing a long plait of the Qing Dynasty, wearing a coarse linen cotton-padded jacket, and shoes and hats, all in ancient styles, he was lying next to a small mound... The Tourism and Cultural Relics Bureau of Shanshan County, who heard the news, immediately The ancient tomb site was protected. Lu Enguo of the Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology said that the mummified corpses were well preserved. Based on his clothing, hairstyle, and burial form, it can be preliminarily judged that he was a Han man of the Qing Dynasty. After investigation, the staff found that there were five tombs that could be identified around the corpse. There were either similar mummies, or only bedding and clothes in the tombs. "His appearance tells us at least one fact. During the Qing Dynasty, Han residents or troops were stationed in Shanshan County, Turpan Prefecture. "said Zhang Yongbing, associate researcher at the Turpan Research Institute. Zhang Yongbing introduced that there are historical records that the Qing government once guarded the border and wasteland in what is now Shanshan County, and several wasteland sites have been discovered before around this location.


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