Tomb of Princess Linhe

The Tomb of Yujiulu Chidilian, the Tomb of Princess Linhe, the Tomb of a Rouran Princess or the Tomb of a Ruru Princess is located in Cixian County, Hebei, China. Built at the turn of the 6th century, it is the tomb of Yujiulu Chidilian (郁久閭叱地連), formally Princess Linhe, a Princess of the Eastern Wei of Rouran descent. The tomb is lavished with artistic features; even though it was pillaged, the excavators found gold and jeweled ornaments, Byzantine coins, and pottery. It contained about a thousand valuable clay figurines. These figurines wear different and particular costumes, providing important information on the costumes used at the time. Among the unearthed figures was that of a shaman, which points to Princess Linhe's nomadic Rouran descent. The murals feature mythical creatures, attendants and officials and they are credited with marking a "decisive visual change" in the art. The tomb is one of the few excavated large-scale tombs from the mid-sixth century in China, and one of the three largest tomb in the Ye region.