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Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering >> 2007, Volume 1, Issue 2 doi: 10.1007/s11709-007-0028-9

Development and utilization of underground space for the protection of relics in the Yang Emperor Mausoleum of the Han Dynasty

1.Research Center of Underground Space of PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210007, China; 2.Engineering Headquarter of the Yang Emperor Mausoleum of the Han Dynasty, Xi′an 712038, China

Available online: 2007-06-05

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Abstract

By analyzing the ten burials that have been unearthed at the Yang Emperor Mausoleum of the Han Dynasty, and China s first wholly underground protection and exhibition hall of relics that is under construction, the article expounds the importance of relic site protection through underground space. In particular, it discusses the preservation of historical and cultural relics, the harmonious relationship between architecture and nature, and the collection and security of cultural relics.

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