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Tombs

stone mound with embedded graves, typical Hongshan tomb structure

a round altar, usually found as part of a tomb complex

sample grave, with jade burial objects

Pottery

While the Hongshan people were highly proficient in jade work, both in their artistic conception and in implementation techniques, their contribution to the art of pottery was very limited

a unique Hongshan pottery, bottomless tub with no practical usefulness; rows of such tubs are layed out to edge stone tomb piles covering individual or multiple graves; another example below

another  distinct tyoe of Hongshan pottery, not clear for what use as the open mouth reduces its content holding capacity especially for liquids; perhaps used for presenting offering to gods with content easy to see from above

a some- what often seen type, close to the type found in chahai and xing long wa

Left: another relatively common type, though an unusual specimen in being more elaboratively decorated

Right: a somewhat altered shape, with stylistically similar drawn motifs

Left: yet another slightly varied version

Goddess Temple

Excavated temple site, an elogaged structure with multiple side chambers for various statues

side profile of goddess statue head (body not located)

a hand (may or may not be part of same statue)

ears whose size shows they do not belong to the same statue

Below: claws from large bird statue

 Above: a wing from another bird statue

Right: a bear's paw; part of a chin was also located in the temple ground debris

Below: a female statue found in the nearby Dongshanzui site

Left: pottery fragments probably part of an incense burner

Below: Fragments of temple walls indicate that they were decorated with paintings, but little besides geometric patterns survive to tell us what the paintings depict