The cemetery scale of Xu Shen cemetery

The old people in Xuzhuang say that Xushen's tomb is huge. How big is it? Standing on the Shahe embankment of Wanzhuang Wanda Temple in Luohe, you can see that it covers an area of about one acre and three points. There is a man named Wang Shiming in Wangcun, Heilongtan Township. He is 66 years old. 65438-0959 worked as a salesperson in Heilongtan Township Supply and Marketing Cooperative. He often crosses the river from Lidu by the river to deliver and collect eggs on Mondays, and often passes by Xu Shen's tomb. On the third day of March this year, he had an idea to see how big Xu Shen's tomb was. He put the pickaxe down and counted it with steps: 72 steps around (local custom, one small step is one step, two steps are one step, about one meter), that is, weeks.

Its circumference is 72 meters. About six people are tall, which means about three feet, which means 10 meter. The tomb is covered with grass and jujube trees, and the top of the tomb is foggy. Mr Logan, an 80-year-old man from Luo Zhuang, said that when he was young, he often went to Xu Shen's tomb to catch scorpions, which were much bigger then. Wang Shiming also said that in the early days of the Republic of China and the founding of New China, the name of Heilongtan Township was Zhongshu Township, which was far away from "a village in Zhongshu Township, twenty-five miles east of the city" written by Heilongtan people in his hometown and other provinces, and was separated from Jishi only a few years ago (the separation between Heilongtan Township and Jishi Township was 1997). In June 5438 +065438+2005 10, the bronze statue of Xu Shen was unveiled, and Wang Shiming went to Xu Shen's tomb again. He is very unhappy with this expression. Why is the tomb so small? It turned out that during the Cultural Revolution, a resident cadre surnamed Yang came to a certain unit. He went to the cemetery and said, whose grave is so big? Take up so much? Then he gave an order: plow! This plow seems to have plowed into Xu Zhuang's heart. As a result, some people plow the fields during the day and add soil at night. At the same time, there is a saying circulating in the village: Xu Shengren appeared! There is also a well-known jingle: "Xu Shengren's tomb sits on the dragon ridge, and there is good feng shui underground." Foot on Dashahe River, headrest Cai (Shangcai) and Xiang (Deng Xiang), plow a plow during the day and add two baskets at night, so that people can extinguish the storm and the month will continue to grow! " So, during the Cultural Revolution, Xu Shen's tomb was flattened by half. In February of 65438 and February of 65438 last year, Wang Shiming drew a picture of the grass he measured at 1959, framed it with a glass frame, recorded the general situation of the tomb in that year, and sent it to Xu Shen cemetery. He also brought a tape measure, and Xu Zhigan and I re-measured the tomb. Now the tomb is 48.5 meters in circumference.