Throughout the 5,000-year history of China, many emperors built their own tombs immediately after they ascended the throne, which consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. And after the emperor died, he needed a lot of funerary objects.
Because of this, most emperors' tombs are often stolen, but only Wu Zetian's mausoleum is an exception. I was hacked by the sword of the cold weapon era, swept by the machine gun of the hot weapon era, and bombarded, but so far many people want to visit but can't get in?
So what is it in Wu Zetian's mausoleum that makes it an iron wall that no one can enter?
In China's 5,000-year history, politics was dominated by men. However, a female politician has written the glorious history of her own generation of queens by virtue of historical conditions, specific marriage and personal talent and wisdom. She is Wu Zetian.
It is an indisputable fact that Wu Zetian had Toy Boy after she became emperor, but few people thought about how many men she had loved.
If you ask which emperor's mausoleum is the most difficult to dig in the world, then there is no doubt that it is Wu Zetian's "eternal life domain"-Ganling.
Today, however, the mausoleum of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has been hollowed out, and the Zhaoling Tomb of Emperor Taizong has also been looted. Emperor Kangxi even has no bones, but the dry tomb of Wu Zetian?
This matter has to start with the construction of Ganling.
Ganling is located in Liangshan, 6 kilometers north of Ganxian County, Shaanxi Province, only 76 kilometers away from the ancient city of xi 'an. It was built in 684 AD, and it took 23 years for the project to be basically completed.
Liangshan is a naturally formed limestone mountain, with three peaks towering into the sky, the northern peak is the highest, with an altitude of 1047.3 meters, and the southern peak is lower, east-west. Locals call it "Nitou Mountain".
Looking from the east and west directions of Ganling, Liangshan is like the body of a woman lying on her back, with the north peak as the head and the south two peaks as the chest. Locals often say that it is a wonderful symbol of Empress Wu Zetian.
The geomantic master (Mr. Feng Shui) in the Tang Dynasty believed that Liangshan was beneficial to the hostess.
Therefore, Wu Zetian chose Liangshan as her husband, Tang Gaozong and her "longevity domain" a hundred years later.
When Ganling was built, it was in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. Its national strength was strong, the cemetery was large in scale, and the building was magnificent and rich. It was called "the crown of emperors' tombs" and it was unparalleled.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, learned from historical lessons that there is no immortal country, and there is no grave that will not be dug. Starting from Zhaoling, he and his eldest grandson initiated the burial system of "taking the mountain as the tomb". The mausoleum designed by famous artists Yan Lide and Yan presided over consists of buildings and sculptures, which are scattered on the hills with the trend of "dragons and phoenixes".
The dry tombs of Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian developed and perfected the shape of Zhaoling in later generations. The cemetery is modeled after Chang 'an, Tang Dou, and is divided into Imperial City, Miyagi City and Outer Guo Cheng, of which the north-south main axis is 4.9 kilometers long.
As for the value of the treasure inside, after years of exploration and investigation by archaeologists, a cultural relic worker estimates that there are at least 500 tons!
On both sides of the front and rear passages, there are four caves filled with the most valuable treasures of the Tang Dynasty.
On both sides of the nearly 100-meter corridor leading to the King Kong Wall, there are various gold and silver ritual vessels. What interests the world most is the Preface to the Lanting Pavilion, a top national treasure. Among the folk rumors circulating around Ganling, Preface to Lanting has long been said to bury Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian is a person who conquers everything with time. She entered the palace at the age of 14, became the queen in 18, and became the first female emperor in China 35 years later. After her death, it took 65,438+0,200 years to prove the firmness of her mausoleum and the immortality of her charm.
It can be said that Wu Zetian conquered the world before his death and history after his death.