A mural unearthed from an ancient tomb in the northwestern Chinese province of Shaanxi last week depicted how traditional Chinese medication was practiced 1,000 years ago, archaeologists said Wednesday.
Song Dynasty murals are not rare in and around the ancient Chinese capital Xi’an, but researcher Sun Bingjun at Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology said this was the first found to depict traditional Chinese medication, prevalent in China for nearly 5,000 years.
The mural, about four meters square, had a man sitting on a chair, whom experts believed was the tomb owner. “Jars and bottles were seen on a table nearby,” said Sun.
Two other men were sitting at the table, one of whom was carrying two bags of herbs and the other consulting a huge collection of herbal formulas.
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