1. There are more than 80 tombs in Zhaoling of Emperor Taizong and his eldest grandson/kloc-0, mainly including the tombs of Wuji, Cheng,, Wen Yanbo, Duan, Gao Shilian, Fang, Kong, Li Jing, Wei Chijingde, Princess Changle and Wei Guifei, as well as the generals of ethnic minorities such as Ashner 15.
2. Except for the dry tombs of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, all the tombs in the Tang Dynasty were stolen. Moreover, most tombs in the Tang Dynasty were built on mountains, which was more troublesome to dig than tombs in the Han Dynasty or the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It will definitely destroy the tomb or the tomb and cause damage to the cultural relics in the mausoleum.
The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of ancient China, and there must be a lot of precious cultural relics in the imperial tombs. With the existing technical level in China, it is impossible to guarantee whether these cultural relics can be preserved after being unearthed. Just like the terracotta warriors and horses painted at the beginning, it would be a pity! ! !
Why didn't the national archaeological team excavate Li Shimin's mausoleum, Zhaoling? Reason:
1, there are still some organs in Zhaoling, and it is inevitable that unauthorized entry will be risky;
2. Out of respect for the dead and the attitude of protecting cultural relics, if you suddenly enter an ancient tomb that has been sealed for thousands of years, precious cultural relics may drift away with the wind and cease to exist. At present, the level of archaeology and science and technology in China is not mature, and the preservation method of unearthed cultural relics is not advanced and difficult.
Zhaoling is the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong and Empress Wende. It is located on Jiuyang Mountain, 22.5 kilometers northwest of Liquan County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province.
From the time when Empress Wende was buried in the tenth year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty (636) to the twenty-ninth year of Kaiyuan (743), the construction of Zhaoling took 107, with a circumference of 60 kilometers and an area of 200 square kilometers. * * There are more than 80 tombs/kloc-0, which are the "Eighteen Tombs of the Tang Dynasty" in Guanzhong and the imperial cemetery in China. It is a representative imperial mausoleum in the Tang Dynasty, and is known as "the famous mausoleum in the world".
Why is there a short-lived woman buried in Li Shimin's grave? This woman is Duan Youbi, the daughter of Princess Gaomi. Because she had great affection for her father before her death, she often went to the grave to pay homage. Later, the court allowed her to be buried next to Duan Lunbi's tomb. Later, after the death of Princess Gaomi, she was also buried next to her husband and daughter. At that time, Gaomi left his last words, which probably meant to be buried next to Tang Gaozu to show filial piety, so Duan Youbi should be buried in Li Shimin.
More than 40 years ago, archaeologists discovered an ancient tomb of the Tang Dynasty in a mountain village in the north of Zhangjiashan Village, Xia Yan Township, Liquan County. The tomb has been destroyed after more than 1000 years of wind and rain. If you don't look from the outside, you can see that the owner of this tomb is very unusual. Li Shimin's tomb of Emperor Taizong is in Jiuzhang Mountain. The closer to him, the higher the status of this tomb, but at that time.
At that time, I got two important news: Mrs. Pi Guo of Duan, the aristocratic woman named Duan, which was not recorded in the history books at that time. However, if you look at the epitaph, you will find Duan's parents are not very ordinary people. At that time, she was a lady of high society, and the most important thing was that her family background was very good. She is Duan Youbi, the daughter of Princess Gaomi.
Her father helped Li and his son lay Chang 'an, and was sent to Bashu to take part in appeasement. After Li Shimin came to power, his father was also a senior official like Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and her mother, Princess Gaomi, was the fourth daughter of Emperor Gaozu and the fourth sister of Li Shimin, so Duan Youbi's identity was also very noble, so her tomb was normal in Li Shimin.
What's in Li Shimin's tomb of Emperor Taizong? Why not develop it? Zhaoling, the mausoleum of Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, is known as the "Famous Mausoleum in the World". Zhaoling cemetery is a rich treasure house of cultural relics. Zhaoling Museum displays a large number of historical relics left on the ground and underground, showing the grand occasion of politics, economy and culture in the early Tang Dynasty.
Zhaoling is the place where Emperor Taizong Li Shimin and his eldest grandson were buried together. Jiuchong Mountain, located at the northeast of Liquan County 10 km. Zhaoling is the largest imperial mausoleum in the Tang Dynasty, with a total area of 20,000 hectares and a cemetery circumference of 60 kilometers. There are more than 200 princes and nobles buried with Zhaoling. At present, there are 185 tombs that can be identified. These buried tombs are distributed in the southern half of Zhaoling, just like the stars on the arch moon.
Reason: the national cultural relics protection policy is to give priority to protection and rescue first. Archaeological teams of all sizes have no time to clean up the mess behind grave robbers and construction teams, and it is also difficult to concentrate huge manpower and material resources to actively explore the highest-ranking imperial tomb among all ancient tombs.
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In the tenth year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan (636), Empress Shi was critically ill and her last words were buried. Following the last words of his eldest grandson, Emperor Taizong temporarily settled the queen in a newly carved grotto in jiusan after her death, and named it Zhaoling. And decided to make Zhaoling the home, buried with the queen after her death, and immediately began large-scale construction projects.
Emperor Taizong chose Jiuyi Mountain as the site of Zhaoling, which had a strong cultural and political background. In ancient China, the so-called theory of tomb geomantic omen was gradually improved with the continuous expansion of surnames and the spread of the theory of yin and yang of the five elements, and a set of theories for evaluating geomantic omen was basically formed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Jiuyi Mountain meets all the requirements that Kanyu scholars believe that imperial tombs should have. Since the Tang Dynasty, geomantic scholars generally believe that the geomantic omen in Zhaoling is the best among the imperial tombs in China.
In addition, Emperor Taizong's choice of Zhaoling had additional political background. According to the original idea of Emperor Taizong, the Mausoleum of Emperor Taizong should completely imitate the mausoleum of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. However, Yu Shinan, who is well versed in classics and history, raised objections, arguing that the Han system not only wastes manpower, but also encourages thieves. Therefore, most of the Han tombs were stolen, and the remains of emperors were abandoned in the wild, which was really harmful.
He suggested that Emperor Taizong should follow the example of Emperor Yao, because the mountain is the tomb, and there is nothing hidden in the tomb. A monument was erected outside the tomb to explain it. Yu Shinan's idea of "taking mountains as tombs" can not only save manpower but also guard against theft, which has played an enlightening role in thought and theory for Emperor Taizong's final decision to choose Jiuyi Mountain as Zhaoling site.
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It has always been a mystery. Was the tomb of Emperor Taizong stolen? The tomb of Emperor Taizong has not been stolen, and the original Preface to Lanting will be in the tomb.
During the seven-year rampage in Wen Tao, the dry tombs of Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian survived and remained motionless, because grave robbers had to give up because of the storm.
But this explanation is a bit far-fetched Wen Tao has been stationed in this area for a long time. He has a lot of leisure time to ponder over Ganling and a lot of manpower and material resources to dig Ganling. I'm afraid this is not a good explanation.
It can only show that Wen Tao has encountered the same technical problems as Huang Chao, and has never found the tomb door, or it can't be opened at all. Later, large-scale warlords robbed tombs and used explosives, which was also unsuccessful.
Emperor Taizong loved this calligraphy work all his life. He got it by extreme means, and later he didn't want to let go. Legend has it that he was buried.
Some people think that the Preface to Lanting should be in the dry tomb where Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian were buried together. This may be a good wish. I don't want the sacred works of the book saints to be destroyed and still safely preserved in dry graves. Good-hearted people gave the task of protecting calligraphy works to Wu Zetian and his wife in Tang Gaozong.
In the tenth year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan (636), Empress Shi was critically ill and her last words were buried. Following the last words of his eldest grandson, Emperor Taizong temporarily settled the queen in a newly carved grotto in jiusan after her death, and named it Zhaoling. And decided to make Zhaoling the home, buried with the queen after her death, and immediately began large-scale construction projects.
Emperor Taizong chose Jiuyi Mountain as the site of Zhaoling, which had a strong cultural and political background. In ancient China, the so-called theory of tomb geomantic omen was gradually improved with the continuous expansion of surnames and the spread of the theory of yin and yang of the five elements, and a set of theories for evaluating geomantic omen was basically formed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Jiuyi Mountain meets all the requirements that Kanyu scholars believe that imperial tombs should have. Since the Tang Dynasty, geomantic scholars generally believe that the geomantic omen in Zhaoling is the best among the imperial tombs in China.
In addition, Emperor Taizong's choice of Zhaoling had additional political background. According to the original idea of Emperor Taizong, the Mausoleum of Emperor Taizong should completely imitate the mausoleum of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. However, Yu Shinan, who is well versed in classics and history, raised objections, arguing that the Han system not only wastes manpower, but also encourages thieves. Therefore, most of the Han tombs were stolen, and the remains of emperors were abandoned in the wild, which was really harmful.
He suggested that Emperor Taizong should follow the example of Emperor Yao, because the mountain is the tomb, and there is nothing hidden in the tomb. A monument was erected outside the tomb to explain it.
Yu Shinan's idea of "taking mountains as tombs" can not only save manpower but also guard against theft, which has played an enlightening role in thought and theory for Emperor Taizong's final decision to choose Jiuyi Mountain as Zhaoling site.