Then, why is the construction of Ganling so powerful and why does it lead to large-scale looting?
The mausoleum was built in Liangshan. When it was built, the whole Liangshan was integrated with the tomb, which caused grave robbers to be at a loss, unless the whole Liangshan was overturned.
Ganling, located in Liangshan, 6 kilometers north of Ganxian County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, was built in the first year of Tang Guangzhai (684) and in the second year of Shenlong (706). That is to say, after the death of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, the body was transported from Luoyang to Ganling for burial in the second year, and it was not sealed at that time. In 705, after the death of Wu Zetian, the body was also transported from Luoyang to Ganling for burial the next year, completely sealed.
It is said that when the Ganling was built, more than 200,000 craftsmen were employed and it took 23 years (some say 22 years) to complete it. During the construction, craftsmen adopted the construction method of "taking the mountain as the mausoleum", that is, the whole Liangshan Mountain was regarded as a part of the dry mausoleum, the tomb was paved with carefully selected extremely hard bluestone, and the underground palace was cast iron. This point is also recorded in the Biography of Yanshan Temple in the Old Tang Dynasty: "The Xuanque in Ganling is sealed with stone, and the cracks in the stone are fixed with cast iron."
According to historical records, Ganling was built in imitation of Chang 'an, the former capital of Beijing. It has two inner and outer walls, and four gates: South Zhuquemen, North Xuanwu Gate, East Qinglong Gate and West Baihumen. At the same time, there are many magnificent buildings such as Xiandian and Quelou, with a total area of 2.4 million square meters in the inner city.
Later, 17 small burial tombs were successively added around, most of which were members of the royal family and heroes, and were called "Eighteen Tombs of the Tang Dynasty". However, among the eighteen tombs in the Tang Dynasty, Ganling is the only tomb that has not been stolen.
It is said that it took 7749 days for Yuan Tiangang and 998 1 day for Li, the navy division at that time, to choose the location of Ganling. Later, they also built it together.
However, when Wu Zetian was a talented person in Li Shimin, both Emperor Taizong and Yuan Tiangang had died. How could she choose a site for Ganling through living, let alone participate in the supervision?
Perhaps, Li has more to do with it. After all, Li was an official of the times before Ganling was completed 10 years ago.
However, Liangshan, which built Ganling, is really famous for its geomantic land. Liangshan * * * has three peaks, and there is a main peak in the north, towering into the sky; There are two peaks in the south, facing east and west, with low terrain. Each top has a pedestal, which looks like a woman's breast from a distance, so it is called "double breasts peak".
After the completion of the mausoleum, once again overlooking the sea of clouds, Ganling looks like a long-haired girl who has just taken a bath. Therefore, Ganling is also known as "the crown of emperors' tombs" and "sleeping beauty".
Later, Ganxian TV also reported that one day there was lightning and thunder, and a python with a height of more than 10 meter ran out of Ganling. The pattern is black, and there are two protrusions on the head, which seems to be a precursor for the python to become a dragon. Therefore, the magic of Ganling is mostly circulated among the people.
Imagine that the whole mausoleum has been integrated into Liangshan, surrounded by hard bluestones. I am really not afraid of cutting and shelling, unless the whole Liangshan is turned upside down, but that will be a big project.
The failure to find the entrance to the tomb is the key to the failure of robbery.
In the face of such a turtle shell mausoleum, it is really impossible to start without finding the entrance to the mausoleum. However, a large number of treasures stored in Ganling are very attractive. According to the History of the Five Dynasties, there is a saying in Wen Yi's stealing Zhaoling (Li Shimin's Tomb): "The palace is magnificent, just like the human world, with a right bed in the middle. The stone bed is arranged in the east and west compartments, and the iron box is in the stone letter on the bed. I know all the paintings and calligraphy of the previous dynasty. The handwriting of Zhong (Yi) Wang (Xizhi) is as good as new. "
Therefore, it is speculated that as the son of Li Shimin, Gan Ling should be buried with him at the same time. However, with the addition of the "Emperor of Heaven" to the dry tomb, the number of funerary objects will naturally increase.
It is said that there are five peerless treasures in Ganling. One is the original work of Preface to Lanting by Wang Xizhi. The second is the two coffins of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian; The third is a gold pillar with a length of 1.5 meters, engraved with the history of the prosperous Tang Dynasty; Fourth, Wu Zetian personally wrote "Hanging Arch Collection". At the same time, there are priceless treasures such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, ancient jade seals, daily utensils and daily clothes, about 500 tons.
As the saying goes, "money touches people's hearts!" As a result, it attracted some daring grave robbers and extended a black hand to Gan Ling. According to the data, there are 12 burglars, 3 thieves and 17 named grave robbers in Ganling.
For example, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, during the Huang Chao Uprising, 400,000 troops were mobilized to dig Ganling, almost half of Liangshan, but the entrance to Ganling was still not found; During the Five Dynasties, Tao Wen once dug seven tombs of Tang Dynasty in Zhaoling, Li Shimin, etc. 17, but he still hit a big nail when digging Ganling, but failed. During the Republic of China, Sun Lianzhong, the general of the national army, mobilized the reorganization division and used artillery and explosives, but failed to bomb the mausoleum.
Although, it is said that when they robbed Ganling, there were tornadoes flying sand and stones, storms caused by lightning and thunder, sudden and bizarre deaths of soldiers, and so on in paranormal. However, these are too mysterious and not necessarily credible. As for the 6 1 headless stone statue in front of the tomb, it can't scare those bold grave robbers.
Obviously, in the face of building a solid dry tomb, the failure to find the tomb passage should be the key to the failure of grave robbers, which makes many grave robbers only look forward to "Baoshan". So these should be the main reasons why the tomb of Wu Zetian was stolen at the end of 1300.
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