The Historical Story of Luwangling in Henan Province

King Lu Jian's Tomb has gone through many vicissitudes, wars, wind and rain erosion and ten years of turmoil. The original wooden buildings on the ground, such as Ling 'en Hall, Ling 'en Gate, Annex Hall of Ming Building and many ancillary houses, have disappeared, and a large number of precious gold, silver and bronze wares, jewels and jade articles, brocade embroidery and so on in the tomb have been looted.

The existing ancient buildings, a large number of stone carvings and stone tablets are still spectacular. In recent years, the state has allocated special funds for comprehensive renovation of King Lu Jian's tomb area, protecting and restoring ancient buildings, building gardens, planting flowers and trees, and gradually reappearing the features of ancient tombs.

Due to the lack of literature, we can only infer from the existing inscriptions and Ming Di's practice of building tombs before his death that the tomb of King Lu should be built in the 40th year of Wanli (16 15) and the tomb of Princess Zhao should be built in the 30th year of Wanli. Today, they have gone through nearly 400 years of vicissitudes. Several tall and towering wooden buildings were destroyed, and a large number of precious cultural relics in the tomb were looted. However, the existing Ming Dynasty buildings and a large number of stone carvings and steles are still in appearance, which is also the first case in the Ming Dynasty prisoners' tombs found in China.

In recent years, in order to protect this precious large-scale cultural heritage, the state and local people's governments have allocated special funds to comprehensively transform Wang Luling, rebuild the garden and reproduce the style of Otsuka. /kloc-0 was officially approved as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council in February, 1996. Today, it is attracting many Chinese and foreign tourists with its quaint and majestic posture.

The tomb of King Lu Jian is located in the southern foot of Fenghuang Mountain (the remnant vein of Taihang Mountain) in the northern suburb of Fengquan District, Xinxiang City, Henan Province, surrounded by mountains and deep springs and valleys. At that time, it was called "resting on the Phoenix Mountain, climbing the old Longtan with your feet, holding the Golden Lantern Temple in your left hand, and knowing the mountain with your right hand", and the scenery was very beautiful and pleasant. It is the best-preserved and largest tomb of the Amin dynasty in China.

Zhu Yichang, the owner of Lu Jian's tomb, is the only half-brother of Zhu Yuanzhang IX, the fourth son of Ming Taizu Mu Zong Zhu Zaihou and Wanli Emperor. Its mausoleum was built in the 43rd year of Wanli (16 15), completely imitating the Ming Tombs of Emperor Wanli of Beijing. Now it is a national AAAA-level scenic spot, known as "Dingling in the Central Plains".

The layout of the main building of Lu Jian Mausoleum is basically the same as that of Beijing Ming Mausoleum. There is a finely carved stone workshop in front of the tomb, which is engraved with "Lucheng" in regular script. On the east and west sides of the stone workshop, there are two stone watches engraved with Yunlong patterns. Cross the Stone Square and enter Shinto, with a length of189.5m.. On both sides are 15 pairs of stone men and beasts. The images are deified monsters such as civil servants, sisters-in-law, unicorn, camel, elephant, sheep, horse, etc., or standing, squatting or lying down, with different shapes.

Both the stone man and the stone beast are carved from a whole piece of bluestone, with the largest being 2.77m high and the smallest being1.55m high. For more than 400 years, despite the vicissitudes of generations and the erosion of wind and rain, it is still well preserved and the details are clear. It is really a rare art treasure.

Reference: King Lu Jian's Tomb _ Baidu Encyclopedia