One of four Earth Spirits from the Tang Dynasty (ca. 850 CE).

Posted on June 2, 2020June 2, 2020

An earth spirit’s role is to protect the tomb from evil spirits, with one figure placed at each of the four cardinal directions.

Here is an amazing opportunity to research unique documents online, available throught the efforts of the Pamplin Historical Park.

Pamplin Historical Park and the Museum of the Civil War Soldier is proud to have among our collection of artifacts and images, a large archive of documents dating from the 18th to 20th Centuries – including the famed Wiley Sword Collection which was donated in 2015. Many of those documents are too delicate for display, so to advance our mission of education and preservation we are making digital versions of these invaluable resources available to the public for use and research.