悬棺葬,是长江以南古越族的一种奇特葬俗,距今已有近三千年的历史。关于悬棺葬,史志记载较少而欠详,神秘成分居多,古往今来流传于民间的传说更是无奇不有。为了解开这“千古之谜”、“中国悬棺研究”课题组曾走过许多悬棺葬地区,进行了大量的实地考察和调查,并绘制了中国悬棺葬分布图册,这对进一步研究分析悬棺葬的起源、年代、族属、升置方式提供了第一手资料。目前所知悬葬主要分布在长江流域及其以南的地区,如江西、福建、四川、广西、贵州、湖南、云南、广东、浙江、湖北、及 Hanging coffin, is a kind of peculiar burial custom of the ancient Yue people south of the Yangtze River, dating back nearly three thousand years of history. On the coffin coffin, the history of Chronicles recorded less and less detailed, the majority of mysterious ingredients, ancient legend has spread in the folk is even more amazing. In order to solve this “eternal mystery”, the research group of “China’s Research on the Coffin” has traveled many coffin burial areas, conducted a large number of site visits and surveys, and mapped the distribution chart of China’s coffins, To study and analyze the origin, age, ethnicity and way of ascension of the coffin provide first-hand information. At present, the known burials are mainly distributed in the Yangtze River valley and its south, such as Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Hubei and