Solve the mystery of the ages, Yecheng site, Cao Cao was buried in the west of Yecheng.
Tongquetai site is the only site where Cao Cao once asked future generations to visit his mausoleum.
According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao ordered 72 suspected graves before he died, so that future generations did not know his tomb site. This is not a historical fact, but the theory of seventy-two suspected tombs was not created by Luo Guanzhong, and the location of Cao Cao's tomb has been a mystery since the Song Dynasty.
Recently, some cultural relics and cultural and historical workers have made unremitting efforts to find Cao Cao's tomb and unearthed stone tablets and stone carvings that can prove the location of Cao Cao's tomb. Although the exact location of Cao Cao's tomb cannot be determined, its approximate scope has been basically determined, that is, it is in the south-central part of Ying Township, Shi Cun, Ci County, Hebei Province, and in Wujiang Urban and Rural Area or the west of Anfeng Township, Anyang County, Henan Province. Although the two places are two provinces, they are adjacent to each other across the Zhanghe River. Experts believe that after archaeological excavation, the mystery of Cao Cao's tomb can finally be solved.
Judging from the existing historical materials and archaeological discoveries, Cao Cao did not have a secret burial, let alone a suspected burial, but only advocated a simple burial. Unexpectedly, this "simple" funeral has added a lot of complexity to history. According to historical records such as the History of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao died in Luoyang in 220 AD, and the coffin was transported to Yecheng and buried on the hill west of Ximen Bao Temple in the west of Yecheng. There are no civil tombs, no gold and jade funerary objects, and no tall and solid memorial halls. Hundreds of years later, this simple tomb of Cao Cao was lost in history. After the Song Dynasty, Cao Cao was regarded as a traitor, and the unknown tomb site also proved his treachery. Seventy-two suspected tombs are widely spread in folklore and literary works, and many people believe them.
Yecheng was once in Linzhang County, Handan City, Hebei Province, and Cao Cao's tomb attracted great interest from some local cultural relics and literary and historical workers. According to "Notes on Zhicheng Deng Bone Dong Quan", Cui Laorong, a farmer from Cixian County, found an ancient tomb in 1922, and the stone carving was named Cao Cao, which was preserved by the county government department. Archaeologists in Handan city have specifically researched this clue, and the results have not found a reliable basis.