The Lijiawan cemetery of the Spring and Autumn period lies at Songfu town about 25km southwest of Macheng city proper, Hubei province. It was surveyed and excavated in 1993 by the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, which resulted in the revelation of 12 tombs of the Spring and Autumn period, all medium- or small-sized rock-cut shafts. The funeral objects are mainly ritual bronzes; pottery and jades occur seldom. Most of the bronzes belong to the types of ding tripod, dui round container, fu rectangular container, fou pot, hu pot, pan basin, yi ewer and ladle. They usually bear coiled serpent and S-shaped patterns.
