The door slightly opened and a woman leaned out. She was dressed in a long dress and sweater, with a plump face and smiling eyes. She stood humbly, as if welcoming guests or hiding unfinished matters... This is a scene on a brick carving on the north wall of the Song Jin tomb in Mawu Village, Linfen, Shanxi. The excavation data recently released by Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology shows that the Song Jin Tomb in Mawu Village is a wooden structure painted brick carved tomb from the Song Jin period. It is located in Mawu Village, Yaodu District, Linfen City. In April 2015, it was excavated for salvage purposes by the Linfen City Cultural Relics and Archaeology Workstation and relocated for overall protection. On the north wall of the tomb chamber, there is a lifelike brick sculpture of a woman opening the door, which is of great significance in Song and Jin tombs. The tomb chamber is a rectangular wood like brick chamber. The four walls and corners are built with wood like components such as leaning columns and arch of wooden architecture. The arch of wooden architecture are painted with ochre as the base and ink lines as the edges. A grid door is built on the north wall, and a coarse porcelain lamp is placed in a small niche at the top of the door; Symmetrically carved four glazed lattice fans and broken lattice windows on the east and west walls. The four corners above the arch of wooden architecture are folded into octagonal shapes layer by layer, forming the octagonal stacked steeple, which shows the construction characteristics and era style of ground buildings in the late Song Dynasty and early Jin Dynasty. The brick carving of "Woman Opening the Door" is built on the right side of the north wall grid door, with a height of 39 centimeters, a width of 10.5 centimeters, and a thickness of 6.5 centimeters. The woman on the brick faces the tomb with a smile. The image of a woman opening a door is a common sight in ancient Chinese tombs, originating from the Han Dynasty and reaching its peak during the Song and Jin dynasties. Experts and scholars have various speculations about the meaning of the image, either believing that the woman is the guide of the immortal heavenly realm, or that it represents a broader underground world behind the door. The phrase 'women opening doors' embodies the ancient people's hope for the continuation of life and also reveals their gentle imagination of the unknown. Archaeologists explained that there are no dating or written materials such as epitaphs unearthed from the tomb, and the age of the tomb can only be determined based on its structure, decoration, and unearthed artifacts. A total of 27 pieces of porcelain bowls, plates, jars, lamps, and copper coins were unearthed from the tomb as burial objects. Among them, the copper coins were the latest from the Northern Song Dynasty's "Zhenghe Tongbao" period. Based on the characteristics of the tomb's form, it is inferred that their age is around the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, and the tomb owner should be a relatively wealthy commoner. Experts point out that the Song and Jin tombs in Mawu Village are relatively well preserved, with exquisite construction techniques, sophisticated brick carving techniques, and distinct historical features, making them of great research value. (New Society)