January 8th, at the Hunan archaeological conference in 2016, the staff of the Chenzhou municipal cultural relics department introduced an ancient tomb, which was in the seventh group of Zou Maling,Aoshang town Suxian district and 6 kilometers away from Chenzhou city. The painted murals of Southern Dynasties were on the wall brick column of back grave wall and were the earliest mural tomb in Hunan.

Two maid images were in the mural. The young maid on the left was standing posture, slender waist, double bun, wide forehead, thin eyebrow, small mouth, slightly rounded chin, delicate features, both hands down, and in shape of glancing back. She wore two gear blouses, open collar strapless, long sleeves, chest waist hit flowers and skirts in drag. The maid on the right had fat body, thick hair, high nose, small mouth, slightly chin, face showing its age, and half closed eyes. Both dresses are the same.

According to the buried objects, the archaeological staff speculated that the tomb was the late Southern Dynasties. In addition, more tombs of Han Jin and Southern Dynasties have been found in this area in recent years,, proving that the people who lived there were a relay station or the center of the area.

"It was rare in the South that the mural tombs of Southern Dynasties appeared in Chenzhou and were the earliest mural tombs in Hunan, in the South is rare." The archaeologists of Chenzhou City Cultural Relics Department, Luo Shengqiang introduced that the same murals were not found at the same era in the South and similar dressed portrait bricks were found only in Jiangsu and Changzhou. But there are some different places, such as the high open collar strapless dress of the maids could enrich and improve the history of China's clothing.
 

The archaeological report also showed the other archaeological findings of Hunan in 2016, including one of the tallest and strongest walls in Hunan's history - Yuanzhou Ancient City Wall, watered with "mortar" of yellow mud, glutinous rice or lime to make wall be strong and durable; In dating 100-200 thousand years ago, Yiyang Chishan Island in Dongting Lake has human life, and the archaeologists also found a delicate Chinese original stone ax; The Luo Jiachong ruins in the first group of Qiaobei village Qing Shanqiao town Ningxiang county was identified as the settlement sites from the late Neolithic age to Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It was of great academic significance to study on unearthed background of Ningxiang bronzes and the relationship with the Charcoal River Site.