Liu Bei died in Yong 'an Palace in Fengjie, Sichuan in 223 AD. There are three main theories about his burial place.
Liu Bei's tomb is located in Chengdu.
The west side of Wuhou Temple Hall is known as Hui Ling in history. According to Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms, in April 223, Liu Bei died of illness. In May, Zhuge Liang helped the coffin back to Chengdu and was buried in August. Chen Shou is a historian of Guan Ge in Shu Han Dynasty (engaged in the management of documents and archives). He has lived in Shu Han for more than 30 years, so he must know the burial place of Liu Bei.
Buried in Fengjie
When Guo Moruo visited Fengjie at 196 1, he thought that Liu Bei died in the summer when the temperature was extremely high. At that time, the traffic was very inconvenient, and it took at least 30 days from Fengjie to Chengdu. With the technical conditions at that time, the body was bound to rot. So he thinks that Liu Bei's tomb is more likely to be in Fengjie. Ren Yuan, a bachelor of Southern Song Dynasty, also said in Rebuilding the Ancestral Temple that Hui Ling in Chengdu is just a tomb with a bow and sword, not a real tomb.
Lotus Dam Buried in Pengshan, Sichuan
Lianhua Village, Muma Township, Pengshan has a legend of the imperial tomb since ancient times. The imperial tomb here is surrounded by nine surrounding hills. Locals call it nine petals lotus, and the imperial tomb is in the middle, called "lotus heart". Standing on the top of the imperial tomb, nine hills not far apart have a panoramic view. ancient customs
Mr. Shui also called this area "looking back at Kowloon". This kind of "looking back at Kowloon" can only be enjoyed by feudal emperors. A Guanxian stone weighing dozens of tons was also found near the imperial tomb. The total area of this imperial tomb is up to.
100 mu, which is made of lime, yellow mud and this guanxian stone. Because the tomb building is mixed with lime, there are no ants, mosquitoes and the like above the mountainside of the imperial tomb. But at that time,
How can there be so much yellow mud that is not available locally? So how did this boulder get to Lianhua Village from hundreds of miles away? The body of shellfish transported to Lianhua Village will not rot, will it? It is still a mystery.