1, "Mausoleum" refers to the mausoleum of the emperor.
The tombs of China emperors began to be called "tombs", which first appeared in Zhao, Chu, Qin and other countries after the mid-Warring States period. "Historical records. Zhao Shijia contains: fifteen years of Li Shouling. The Biography of Qin Shihuang contains: King Huiwen of Qin was buried in Gongling, King Wu was buried in Yongling, and King Xiaowen was buried in Shouling. This is why the tomb of the first king is called "Ling".
2. "Tomb" refers to the tomb of ordinary people other than emperors.
Second, the surface building height is different:
1. According to the regulations, the emperor's mausoleum can be built at a height of 90 feet, but generally the imperial mausoleum always exceeds this height.
At that time, the feudal imperial power was constantly strengthened. In order to show the supreme status of the supreme ruler, his mausoleum not only occupied a vast area, but also sealed the land as high as a mountain mausoleum, so the emperor's mausoleum was called "Mausoleum".
2, the tomb is not a grave bag.
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Emperors of feudal dynasties usually have mausoleums after their deaths, but the emperors of Yuan Dynasty left no mausoleums. This is an eternal mystery.
According to records, after Genghis Khan died in Ningxia, his body was transported to a place under the Kent Mountain in Mobei, and a deep pit was dug on the surface for a close burial. His body was kept in a wooden coffin made by hollowing out the middle of a big tree. After the coffin is buried, backfill the soil, and then "Wan Ma Pingchuan".
In order not to let outsiders see the traces of ground breaking, tents should be used around them. When grass grows on the ground of the tomb, it is no different from the surrounding grass, so that the location of the tomb will not be revealed.
After the whole work was completed, the Mongols killed a small camel on the surface of the tomb. At this time, the female camel accompanying the young camel will howl sadly and remember the position. The next year, when she came to sacrifice, she brought this female camel. Where she killed the baby camel, the mother camel would cry sadly. In this way, people who come to sacrifice can find the exact location of the tomb.
Before the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolians had their own unique funeral customs, which were characterized by thin burial and simple burial style. Mongols are nomadic people living on the grassland. They have no fixed place to live and their lifestyle is relatively simple and practical. Especially in the war years when the Mongols expanded on a large scale, the funeral ceremony was particularly simple.
When they were buried, they sat the deceased in the center of a tent used before his death, surrounded by worshippers praying, horses, bows and arrows, tables with meat and milk, and finally put them underground. The purpose is that when the deceased lives in another world, they have tents to live in, horses to ride, meat and milk to eat.
After Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, he implemented the Han method, and was gradually influenced by the funeral customs of the Han nationality, and began to use coffins for burial, but the coffins used were different from those of the Han nationality. After the death of the deceased, the two coffins were connected to form a log and then "nailed together with iron bars".
Although they entered the Central Plains, the Mongols were still frugal when they died. Shrouds are usually worn clothes, and there are fewer items buried with them. Most of them are the weapons that the deceased liked before his death, such as bows and arrows, swords and the like.
After the death of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, it was slightly different from the general royal family. After the death of the emperor, there should be a burial ceremony first, and there should be more funerary objects. Only when the emperor was buried, Han Chinese officials were not allowed to participate, and no large buildings were built on the ground. Without merit archways and tombstones, everything seems very simple.
In addition, in order not to leave clues and traces that can be found by grave robbers, there are very few records of tomb sites, which makes people feel that there is no emperor's tomb in the Yuan Dynasty. Incomplete and deliberately fabricated records make it difficult for future generations to know the truth in this regard. This may be the reason why the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty did not have a mausoleum. But not without, but without.
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