Because the tomb of the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty cannot be found at all
Where is the tomb of the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty?
On the Ordos Plateau in Inner Mongolia, three yurt-style halls inlaid with colorful glazed tiles are hidden among pines and cypresses. The clothes, saddles, bows, arrows, knives and other relics used by Temujin during his lifetime are enshrined in the halls. Here , is the royal mausoleum of Genghis Khan, the founding monarch of the Yuan Dynasty. However, this is only the tomb of Genghis Khan. After people buried Genghis Khan's body, they took the clothes and the knife he wore with them as a souvenir. With constant migration and conquests, these things were left here and enshrined by future generations. But where the real mausoleum is, no one has been able to tell clearly for hundreds of years.
Not just Genghis Khan, the tombs of all emperors of the Yuan Dynasty have not been discovered to this day. It stands to reason that every emperor of the feudal dynasty would have a mausoleum after his death, but only the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty did not leave a mausoleum. What is the reason for this? It turns out that the Mongolians, as a nomadic people, are different from the Han people who have lived in the Central Plains for generations. In order to survive, they have to follow the growth patterns of pasture and change different living locations on the vast prairie. During the migration, some people died and were buried on the spot. Then, the tribe continued to the next place with abundant water and grass. In order to prevent enemies and tomb robbers from disturbing their relatives who are sleeping underground, according to Ye Ziqi's "Caomuzi", Mongolian nobles did not use coffins after death, and there were no burial objects. Hollow it out, make it into a coffin of human-like size, and place the body in it." Then dig a deep pit and bury it. After the soil was piled on the ground, it was "leveled with thousands of horses" and a team was sent to temporarily block off the area. After the grass had grown and no traces were visible, the blockade was lifted and the team was withdrawn. The loess above grew lush wild grasses again. It won't take long for people to no longer be able to tell which is the grave and which is the grass. This funeral method is called "horse treading the green grave".
According to analysis by historians, the tombs of some emperors of the Yuan Dynasty are likely to be outside the territory of China and in certain areas within Mongolia. Since the 20th century, experts and scholars from my country, Mongolia, Japan and other countries have tried to find these tombs, and even used high-tech methods such as aerial detection on a large scale. However, so far no one has enough evidence to prove that they have discovered the tombs. Waiting for the tombs of the Yuan Dynasty emperors, Genghis Khan is still smiling at the vicissitudes of the world.
Genghis Khan fought throughout his life, unified all Mongolian tribes, and established the Mongol Empire. This was the largest empire in history, covering 1/5 of the Earth's total land area. In 1226 AD, Genghis Khan went to Xixia. On the 12th day of the seventh lunar month in 1227, Genghis Khan died of illness during the expedition. According to legend, after his death, Genghis Khan was mysteriously buried in a mausoleum built for him by 2,500 craftsmen. After the tomb was built, all the craftsmen were collectively killed by 400 Mongolian soldiers in a secret location. Subsequently, all 400 soldiers were executed, and each person's ears were cut off to prove that their heads were missing. The Mausoleum of Genghis Khan has become an eternal secret. No one knows where it is, and no one knows what is buried in the tomb... In recent years, many archaeological teams have claimed to have found the Mausoleum, but they all died down after a period of excitement. , and the various clues left behind make Chengling even more confusing.
Mongolian Mausoleum Sites
During the reign of Emperor Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty, he found a way to prevent the tombs from being robbed for himself and for future generations. To this end, he made a plan for the tombs of the Yuan Dynasty emperors. He made careful arrangements: choosing a sparsely populated Feng Shui treasure land as the burial place of the mausoleum, and then moving the entire local population to turn this place into a blank space that no one knew about. During the burial, Han officials were not allowed to attend the funeral ceremony of the Yuan Dynasty emperor and arrive at the burial site; after the emperor's death, it was announced that the emperor's body was transported back to Mobei for burial, and recorded in historical records, so as to achieve the purpose of confusing the real one with the real one and allowing tomb robbers. Thieves cannot attack; the mausoleum does not have too many buildings, too many funerary objects, or tombstones, so that the appearance of the imperial mausoleum is no different from ordinary tombs; when recording the imperial mausoleum, only the clear information of the Mongolian nobles and royal family is recorded The place name makes it difficult for outsiders to detect that everything is a carefully planned scam.
Incomplete records and intentional fabrication have made the Yuan Dynasty, a dynasty other than the Han people, increasingly shrouded in mystery. In addition, there are many unique cultural customs and living habits of the Mongolian people that are not known to the outside world. Understand, which makes it difficult for future generations to understand the truth of history. This may be the reason why the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty did not have tombs. It’s not that there is none, it’s that there is no discovery.