Below is an engraving made 5000 years later during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). It is in the Wukaiming grave, a part of the complex at Wuliang Ancestral Temple in Jiaxiang, Shandong Province. The carving shows the Big Dipper, a simplified form of the Emperor's cart a constellation or xiǔ. Next to the sixth star from the left, there is a small star. It is an accurate depiction for the time.

The inclusion of celestial features in graves is found all over the world in early societies that developed astronomy and astrology. The belief that the cyclical occurrences in nature had some sort of plan and a spirit or power to guide them led man to try to discover ways to appease, to control, or to influence those powers. The Chinese belief that there was a direct link between the celestial plan and the imperial house was one of the essential ingredients for the continuous dynastic system with consistent heritage from era to era. To cut ties with the heavens meant cutting the government off from legitimacy. Even in death, the king prepared to assume his rightful place among those who had been given the mandate of heaven.