西夏墓葬的考古发掘,始自20世纪70年代。与其他朝代相比,已知的西夏墓葬屈指可数,得以正式发表的简报和报告就更加有限。因此,有关西夏葬俗的研究还处于起步阶段。就墓葬地上和地下两部分而言,地上葬俗的研究又要超出地下。这得益于30多年来考古工作者对西夏王陵陵园调查和发掘的重视,特别是对三号陵地面遗迹的全面 Archeological excavations of the Xixia tombs began in the 1970s. Compared with other dynasties, there are only a few known tombs of the Xixia Dynasty, and the number of formally published briefings and reports is even more limited. Therefore, the research on funeral custom of Xixia is still in its infancy. As far as the burial ground and the underground part are concerned, the study of funeral customs on the ground goes beyond the ground. This is due to more than 30 years of archaeologists’ attention to the investigation and excavation of the Western Xia Imperial Tombs. In particular,