According to historical records, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reigned for 54 years and built a mausoleum for 53 years. He used to spend one-third of all the tributes on building tombs and collecting funerary objects. During Liang Wudi's reign, he fought back against Xiongnu invasion and communicated with the western regions. Develop production and culture internally and create more; On the basis of the unification of the whole country by Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty reached its peak. On the one hand, Liang Wudi was a talented and accomplished emperor; On the one hand, he is very extravagant and a cruel tyrant. Maoling can be said to be a witness to his wasting people's money. There are more than 20 buried tombs in the whole Maoling District, but the most famous one is the tomb of General Huo Qubing.
18 years old, Huo Qubing went out with General Wei Qing and led 800 Qing soldiers to annihilate more than 2,000 Xiongnu invaders. He made great achievements in resisting the invasion of Xiongnu, which basically ended the threat of Xiongnu to the Western Han regime, so he was highly valued by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu wanted to give him a noble house, but he refused to say: The Huns are still alive, why are they at home? Unfortunately, he died young, at the age of 24. Deeply regretful, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty buried him next to his tomb, and built a Qilian Mountain-shaped mausoleum for him to commemorate his achievements in six wars and six victories there, and it is said that it will last forever.
All kinds of large animal stone carvings in front of Huo Qubing's tomb are carved from a whole stone. Ancient sculptors carved 16 stone into a vivid image by using the methods of round carving, relief carving and line carving, and skillfully using the sense of quantity and texture of the stone itself. Its high artistic value is rare in the early sculpture art in the world.