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Author: Chasing History and Exploring the Present.Zhu Yuanzhang is known to everyone in China, and he is a rare emperor in Chinese history who was truly born in cloth.Editor: Tracing the Past and Exploring the Present.
He became famous at a young age, joined the Red Turban Army led by Guo Zixing at the age of 25, and after taking power, he waved the anti-Yuan banner, chanted the slogan of "expelling Hulu and restoring China", fought in the south and the north, and unified the whole country in the fourth year of Hongwu.
He was extremely ambitious and capable, and during his reign, he strengthened the centralization of power, abolished the prime minister and the Zhongshu Province, and firmly controlled the power in his own hands.
Zhu Yuanzhang is the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his mausoleum, Ming Xiaoling, is naturally brilliant.
Ming Xiaoling is located in the Purple Mountain, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, is the imperial tomb of the Ming Dynasty to call 100,000 military workers and built with 25 years, it can be called "the first of the imperial tombs of the Ming and Qing dynasties", the scale is very large, and the preservation is complete.
Everyone knows that there are countless treasures in the Ming Tomb, and its location is not a secret, but why for more than 600 years, no one has hit the idea of the Ming Tomb, and no tomb robbers have broken into it?Do they dare, or can't?
Zhu Yuanzhang was born in cloth, established an empire, and had extraordinary ability, he originally planned to pass on the throne of the emperor to his son Zhu Biao, but he never thought that the prince would die early, and he died in the prime of life.
In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang died in the palace of Emperor Yingtian, and passed the throne of the emperor to Zhu Biao's son Zhu Yunwen, what he didn't expect was that not long after his death.
He worked hard and alone, and the political situation that had been planned for many years was broken, and Zhu Di, the fourth son of the emperor, launched a martyrdom and broke into Beijing in the name of "Qing Jun's side" and seized the throne of the emperor.
Although Zhu Di's position as emperor is not right, he has special respect for his father Zhu Yuanzhang, after he succeeded to the throne, he personally supervised the construction of the Ming Tomb of filial piety, which was officially completed in the third year of Yongle.
Ming filial piety mausoleum was completed in the mountains and rivers, the cultural landscape and the natural landscape are natural, it is huge in scale, 2 in depth62 km.
Circumference 225 kilometers and quite majestic.
Although it has been more than 600 years since the completion of the Ming Tomb, archaeological findings show that the pattern of the Ming Tomb is quite well preserved and basically undamaged.
The stone statues, Shinto, and Ming Towers in the mausoleum area are also preserved quite completely, and the reason why the Ming Tomb is so well preserved is due to the following reasons.
Zhu Yuanzhang was quite concerned about the location of the mausoleum, and he carefully selected and chose the quiet place at the southern foot of the Purple Mountain.
It is rumored that this place was originally the location of the national dragon vein, which is sacred and inviolable, so no one dares to fight the idea of this place.
Feng Shui theories and mechanisms can only repel those who are faint-hearted, and the officers guarding it and the brilliant design are the best guarantees for the Ming Tomb.
Zhu Yuanzhang expelled Hu Lu, restored China, and established the empire, and was a hero in the hearts of many people, so later generations respected him a lot.
During the Ming Dynasty, the descendants of the Zhu family paid great attention to the Ming Tomb of filial piety, not only sending heavy troops to guard it outside, but also maintaining the beauty and showing the face of the heavenly family.
During the reign of the Ming Dynasty, there was no one who could get close to the body of the Ming Xiaoling.
After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchurians became emperors and became the new masters of Beijing, and the tomb robbers were also ready to move, wanting to go in, but the Qing Dynasty rulers did not give them this opportunity.
When the Qing army entered the customs, it did not blatantly break into the Central Plains, but entered the Central Plains in the name of "restoring the Ming Dynasty and repelling the rebel army".
In order to maintain the legitimacy of their rule and regain the hearts of the people, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty did not choose to put the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum into the ground, but focused on protecting the Ming Tomb.
When Emperor Kangxi went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he went to the Ming Tomb to pay homage and bow nine times, in order to express the respect of the Qing court for Zhu Yuanzhang, and he also left a stone tablet of "Zhilong Tang and Song Dynasty" there, which has been preserved to this day.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the country was in turmoil, and many ** teams broke into China to invade, and the Qing Dynasty imperial mausoleum was destroyed, but the Ming Tomb was still unaffected.
* During the lifetime of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, he lived in Nanjing, and was particularly concerned about the protection of cultural relics.
Sun Yat-sen respected Zhu Yuanzhang very much, praised him very much, and maintained the Ming Tomb of filial piety, even if Nanjing was lost later, and the Japanese army poured into Nanjing, he did not dare to act rashly because he was afraid of the majesty of ***.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the state also adopted legal protection for the ancient tombs, and carried out restoration and repair while protecting them.
The Ming Tomb has now become a key cultural relics protection unit in China, and under the protection of the first and high-tech, no one dares to fight the idea of the Ming Tomb anymore.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese archaeologists entered the Ming Tomb and carried out archaeological research work for many years, and found many traces of cave theft and man-made destruction here.
Most of these traces are outside the mausoleum and do not have any impact on the inner chamber, which can also reflect the wisdom and skill of ancient craftsmen.
Ming Xiaoling is located in the mountain, built by the mountain, the craftsman in the construction, with the way of horizontal chiseling into the mountain, in the mountain built a hanging palace.
After the craftsmen hollowed out the mountain, they arranged the palace chambers and sealed them with huge stones, and the entire mausoleum was wrapped in huge stones, and even explosives were difficult to blow up, let alone attempt to cause damage by man.
In order to avoid the occurrence of tomb robbery, Zhu Yuanzhang recruited skilled craftsmen from all over the world to build many mechanisms in the tomb to deter outsiders and prevent intruders.
It is worth mentioning that when the staff used advanced instruments to explore the structure of the imperial tomb, they also detected a thick layer of pebbles above the tomb road, which is very ingenious.
If someone tried to open the gap with brute force, the pebbles would fall and crash into the grave robbers below.
In fact, not only Zhu Yuanzhang, but also the mausoleum of Wu Zetian, the only empress in our country, is also located in the deep mountains, and its mausoleum is also well preserved and has not been destroyed.
It can be seen that the construction of a mausoleum with the deep mountains as a barrier can indeed effectively deter tomb robbers.
If you want to open the boulder and enter the palace, you must mobilize the army, but who can make such a big move in the heavily guarded imperial tomb?In this way, naturally no one intrudes into it.
Combining the above factors, it can be seen that the theft of the Ming Emperor's tomb is definitely not a wise choice for tomb robbers.
Under the protection of many elements, this landmark building that embodies wisdom and history and culture has been preserved, and Zhu Yuanzhang has been able to sleep peacefully.
The Ming Tomb has now become a landmark in Nanjing, which has been well maintained and protected, and people who want to know more about it can also go to Nanjing to explore the majesty of the imperial mausoleum.