The Imperial Tomb of the Northern Song Dynasty is located in Gongyi, which was selected after Song Taizu ascended the throne! For the Song Dynasty, this place has very good feng shui, with Mount Tai on one side and the Yellow River on the other. According to the Tang dynasty, this is a proper mountain. However, what Song Taizu didn't expect was that the address he set would cause great losses to the tombs of the Northern Song Empire.
Seven emperors were buried in the imperial tombs of the Northern Song Dynasty. It stands to reason that such a place should be protected a lot. But for the weak Song Dynasty, it is very difficult to take care of it. During the Jingkang Revolution, the imperial tombs in the Northern Song Dynasty were severely damaged. What's more, the bones of the emperor buried inside have been discarded everywhere. Because the imperial tomb was destroyed, Yue Fei once led troops here to fight against the 8 Jin Army. But at that time, there was really no way to protect it all the time in the Southern Song Dynasty, so it was destroyed for a long time.
Moreover, grave robbers not only destroyed Jin Jun, but also caused great damage to the imperial tombs of the Song Dynasty. Because the imperial tombs in the Song Dynasty were all sealed with earth, they did not follow the method of Qin Shihuang and Tang Dynasty, and adopted the method of relying on mountains as tombs. As a result, in this position, you can see through the place at a glance, and you can imagine the crisis he suffered.
In addition, the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty did not have the habit of presetting tombs, and generally dug holes after death and then buried them. Then there was a rule in the Song Dynasty that the emperor must be buried seven months after his death, otherwise it would be bad for the emperor. Therefore, the burial in the Song Dynasty was hasty and their tombs were rough.
Tell me, how can such a tomb of the Northern Song Dynasty be preserved after such an era of war? Although there is a museum about the Imperial Tomb of the Northern Song Dynasty in Gongyi today, there are not as many cultural relics as we thought. More often, we can only feel the bearing of the imperial tomb in the Northern Song Dynasty from the stone carvings there. An emperor's mausoleum has turned into cultivated land in the changes of the world, and everything inside is very embarrassing!