Located in Mancheng County, Hebei, China, the Han Tombs in Mancheng is the tombs of Liu Sheng, Prince Jing of Zhongshan and his wife Dou Wan in the Western Han Dynasty, which were cave tombs built in 113 to 104 A.D. by manpower in mountains. The tombs are an exact imitation of ground architecture in both structure and layout, presenting a luxuriously decorated underground palace. An extravagant collection of burial articles is found in the tombs, including over ten thousand artifacts of gold, silver, pottery and lacquer wares and silks, among which there are the world famous Jin Lu Yu Yi (Gold Wire and Jade Garment), Chang Xin Gong Deng (Changxin Palace Lantern), Cuo Jin Bo Shan Lu (Gilt Hill-pattern Incense Burner) and Zhu Que Xian Huan Bei (Gilt Bronze Cups with a Bird holding a Wreath in the Mouth).

The magnificently decorated Tomb of Liu Sheng is 51.7 meters long, 37.5 meters wide and 6.8 meters high consisting of tomb passage, a front hall and a rear chamber. The front hall appears grand and luxurious, symbolizing the lobby hosting banquets during the host’s lifetime, which is full of bronze, iron, pottery and gold and silver wares, and pottery and stone tomb figures representing attendants, as well as wooden insignias used in procession. In the rear chamber there locates a white marble coffin. A sophisticated drainage system is also found in the tomb. The tomb passage was found filled with stones and sealed between the two adobe brick walls outside of it.

The tombs were both large in scale and well preserved. With definite time of construction, they have provided important data for studying the ancient Chinese funeral system among princes and the development of handicraft industry and industrial arts including smelting, jade manufacture, lacquer and textile industry in Han Dynasty.

The artifacts unearthed from the tombs in Mancheng were once exhibited in over 30 countries and regions in Europe, Asia and America. On Oct. 20^th , 2000, the four representative pieces including Changxin Palace Lantern, Bronze Dragon-pattern Wine Pot, Gilt Hill-pattern Incense Burner and Gilt Bronze Cups with a Bird holding a Wreath in the Mouth were chosen by the National General Post Office of China as a special-type stamp collection of Tomb of Prince Jing of Zhongshan.