What is "crossing the fairy bridge"?

There is a small window between the two burial rooms of the couple's burial tomb, commonly known as "crossing the fairy bridge", which is the product of the ancient concept of "death is like life". Husband and wife are together when they are alive, and they will be together when they die. There is a hole in the middle, imagining two loving souls, lying in it and chatting. In ancient times, the ancients hoped to continue their marriage in the afterlife.

Recently, archaeologists conducted a rescue excavation of Yangjiawan ancient tomb in Nanfentang Village, Batang Town, Ningxiang City, Hunan Province, and found a tomb of the Eastern Han Dynasty and a tomb buried by couples in the Northern Song Dynasty.

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Archaeologists have completed the excavation of an ancient tomb in Yangjiawan, and unearthed 13 cultural relics, such as iron pots and clay pots. At present, the burial tomb of husband and wife in the Northern Song Dynasty is being excavated. According to archaeologists, there are two burial rooms in the joint burial tomb of husband and wife in the Northern Song Dynasty. There is a small window between two relatively independent tombs, commonly known as "crossing the fairy bridge".

Yang Ningbo, an associate researcher at the Hunan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, said that the burial tombs of husband and wife were very common in ancient times, but there were not many tombs that crossed the fairy bridge, expressing the ancient people's beautiful expectations for continuing their marriage in the afterlife. The excavation of Yangjiawan ancient tombs provides important archaeological data for studying the history, folk customs and burial customs of southern China during the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty.

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