As an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang must have too many things to be buried with, but more than 600 years have passed, but no one has stolen them. What the hell is going on?
Among the more than 100 imperial tombs in history, three mausoleums can be called "milestones". They are Qin Shi Huang, Li Shimin, and Zhu Yuanzhang, which lasted 32 years, spent millions of taels, and mobilized hundreds of thousands of migrant workers. The Ming Tomb at the southern foot of the Purple Mountain in Nanjing is the mausoleum of Zhu Yuanzhang.
According to legend, soon after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he began to choose a cemetery, one day, he, Xu Da, Tang He, Liu Bowen went to the Purple Mountain to choose a place, wrote down the best cemetery, and looked at each other. No one thought that the four of them would think of a place, that is, "Dulong Fu Everest".
And Meihua Mountain is buried Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms, geographically speaking, Sun Quan's mausoleum is higher than Zhu Yuanzhang's mausoleum, according to the ancients, this mausoleum should be moved. But Zhu Yuanzhang was magnanimous, saying that Sun Quan was a character and let him be his bodyguard. Therefore, Sun Quan's tomb was not moved.
The Ming Tomb was built in 1376. By 1382 the first phase had been largely completed. But that year, Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite concubine Queen Ma died of illness, and Zhu Yuanzhang was so grief-stricken that he buried Queen Ma in his own cemetery. Ming Xiaoling is the "Empress of Filial Piety" that comes from this.
Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness in 1398. Later, he was buried in the Ming Tomb by Zhu Yunwen and buried with Queen Ma. According to historical records, the Ming Tomb covers an area of more than 20 kilometers, and in the past 32 years, a lot of manpower and material resources have been consumed. Why has no one dared to steal such a magnificent imperial mausoleum for more than 600 years?
First: the anti-theft design of the Ming Tomb is also unique. Unlike other tombs, it has four characteristics. First, its excavation method is relatively special. Other tombs are dug from top to bottom, but Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb is horizontally inward!It's the safest option, but it's also a very time-consuming and energy-consuming task.
Second: the peculiarities of building materials. Generally speaking, the tombs of emperors will choose a flat place, or an ordinary hill, and dig a clearing on it. And the materials used by Zhu Yuanzhang are not the same as ordinary people. According to the speculation of archaeologists, Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb should be a stone mountain, in order not to be destroyed, so the person who built the mausoleum dug a tomb in the stone mountain. In order to open this stone mountain, you must have explosives.
Third: the peculiarity of the Shinto entrance of 2,400 meters. Generally speaking, the entrance to the tomb is in the place where Shinto is cultivated. But Zhu Yuanzhang is not, his is at the other end of the passage, so it is difficult for tomb robbers to find out.
Fourth: When archaeologists explored the treasure top of the Ming Tomb, they found a thick layer of round pebbles. Originally, these small stones were buried in the low-lying mountain stream, in order to prevent theft, these small stones were used to cover the treasure roof, if the tomb robbers hit a hole, these small stones will be like a mudslide, from all directions, fill the big pit, so that the tomb robbers have no return.
Fifth, there is its geographical location. The Ming Tomb is near the city of Nanjing, and if something happens, it will definitely alarm the people of the city. Zhu Yuanzhang's grave needs explosives, and once the explosives are **, everyone in the city will know about them. Who would dare to be so blatant?
No matter how good the geographical location is, no matter how good the anti-theft measures are, they can't stop the tomb robbers from patronizing, what clever means does Zhu Yuanzhang have?
It turned out that after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, his grandson Emperor Jianwen sent 5,000 people to guard the tomb for him, called "Xiaoling Wei". Although it is not as good as Jinyiwei, its status is not inferior at all.
These 5,000 warriors are all carefully selected elites from the major legions. After Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, Xiaolingwei has been stationed in the Ming Xiaoling Tomb for 267 years. So in the Ming Dynasty, there were so many guards, no one dared to touch Lao Zhu.
After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, in order to win over the Han people, Kangxi had to go to the Ming Tomb to worship every time he went south to Nanjing. He not only showed his admiration for Zhu Yuanzhang, but also won the support of the people.
In addition, the Ming Tombs and Zhu Yuanzhang's mausoleum were also strictly protected, and the tomb robbers were all sentenced to death, which also allowed Zhu Yuanzhang's mausoleum in the Qing Dynasty to be protected again.
Later, Sun Yat-sen also personally led a team to the Ming Tomb in Nanjing to worship Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. From Kangxi to Sun Yat-sen, it shows that the emperors of the past dynasties attached great importance to the Ming Tomb. This not only reflects the importance that successive generations have attached to this ancient building, but also reflects the respect and love that people have for the founding emperor.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ming Tomb was listed as a national key cultural relic and a world cultural heritage. In 1997, archaeologists surveyed the Ming Tomb and concluded that the Ming Tomb had never been stolen in the past 600 years. This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang's mausoleum can be preserved for so many years without falling, in addition to Zhu Yuanzhang's clever anti-theft methods, it is also related to the importance of the tombs of emperors in previous dynasties.
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