As we all know, the ancients were very particular about the choice of cemetery after death, especially geomantic omen. After the death of the ancients, in order to avoid being disturbed by irrelevant people or grave robbers, they usually choose places with few people and few wild animals, and generally do not leave historical records about tombs. In this way, looking for the address of an ancient tomb on a vast land is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and the probability of a grave robber finding the correct grave address is extremely low.
Most of the ancient tombs unearthed now were discovered and excavated unintentionally, possibly because of construction or environmental changes. Like most ancient tombs found today, the excavation of this ancient tomb was also because the builders who dug the reservoir accidentally dug into the ancient tomb, which belongs to the type that the ancient tomb was found in the construction process. So what secrets are hidden in this ancient tomb?
Favorable geographical location
Zunyi City, Guizhou Province was a small vassal state-Tortoise State in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Qin and Han Dynasties were called Yong County; The Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties were called Bozhou. The ancient tortoise family living in Tanshui River valley near the eastern foot of Dalou Mountain is one of the important branches of Ba people and one of the important origins of Shu people.
The Turtle Order created the Enlightenment Dynasty of ancient Shu *** 13 generations, and in the 9th century it created Chengdu, which is located in the cultural center of Shu. During the Tang Dynasty, Bozhou was an important border town in Bashu area to resist the attack of highland tribal countries. During the Song Dynasty, Yang Jiajiang in Bozhou was also a solid force in southwest China to resist the invasion of Mongolian enemy.
In the Yuan Dynasty, Bozhou Tusi controlled the whole territory, from the Yangtze River in the north to the Hongshui River in the south, across the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. During the war in the late Ming Dynasty, Sichuan was massacred, and only Zunyi Prefecture survived. During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Zunyi was one of the important grain producing areas and financial sources of the imperial court. 1The Zunyi Conference held in Zunyi in June, 935 was also an important historical turning point in the development and growth of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants. Therefore, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province was called "the city of turning point and the conference capital".
Long Tusi culture
Tusi culture refers to the culture that emerged, developed and passed down in Bozhou Tusi from the third year of Tang Ganfu (AD 876) to the 29th year of Ming Wanli (AD 160 1 year). This culture involves famous historical sites such as Buffalo, Mayangcheng, Bozhou City, Yonganzhuang, Yunmendun and Hemingdong, mainly in the ancient military castle Hailongdun and Yang Can's tomb in China in the middle ages. Unfortunately, after the "Pingbo Campaign" in the 28th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1600), the Tusi culture was quietly silent for 400 years.
Unexpected discovery of a thousand-year-old tomb
Zunyi is a famous historical city and a cultural relic, so Zunyi is not short of historical and cultural relics. However, due to the high and steep terrain and hot and rainy climate, this area is flooded all the year round. Every rainy season, many hillsides and mountains will be washed away by heavy rain. In order to solve the problem of flood disaster, the government decided to build a reservoir here to store water. Just as the workers were preparing for the construction and began to dig the reservoir, they accidentally discovered this thousand-year-old tomb.
Archaeologists arrived and found that it should be a tomb group, which is very common and impermanent in appearance, and even has obvious signs of theft. They began to speculate that this tomb group should be just a civilian tomb. After preliminary examination and discussion, archaeologists began to excavate this tomb group. Although this ancient tomb has been stolen by grave robbers, archaeologists have always been very careful when opening the tomb door, because after exploration, this ancient tomb should be very old, and a little carelessness may cause damage to precious materials such as historical relics.
Carry out archaeological exploration
However, after entering this "ordinary and impermanent" tomb, experts were surprised to find that a coffin made of pure gold was buried in this tomb, and even the nails used in the coffin were made of pure gold. This discovery surprised the experts and scholars who came to dig.
In addition, a large number of funerary objects were found in this tomb, including some precious cultural relics such as gold, jade and Gu Jian. It is not difficult to see that these funerary objects are exquisitely made and beautifully shaped. This mausoleum should be a royal mausoleum. Experts and scholars speculate that the appearance of this ancient tomb is unusual to prevent it from being stolen by grave robbers.
It is precisely because of this that these precious and unusual historical relics have been completely preserved. Later, according to the burial cultural relic unearthed in the ancient tomb-an exquisite silver candlestick engraved with the words "One Mao Tian Tong", and after consulting relevant historical materials, it is determined that the owner of this tomb should be Yang Jia, the fourteenth toast of Bozhou in the Southern Song Dynasty, which belongs to the husband and wife burial tomb. Yang Jia, the owner of the tomb, was not only a red man in Bozhou, but also led troops to the battlefield to fight against foreign aggression many times. Yang Jia's status at that time was still very high.
Fight bravely for your country and lead the attack.
According to historical records, at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Bozhou was the period when Yang Jia and his son Wen Yang were in charge. When the Song Dynasty went to war with Mongolia, the military garrison in Sichuan Theater was very weak, so this area became the first choice for Mongolian fighters to attack and occupy. The Mongolian army is very threatening. They are very brave. There are rumors that the Mongolian army can take one as ten.
Just when everyone was unable to capture alive and prepare for defeat and surrender, an army that had never seen or heard of it appeared. This army was the Bozhou Army trained by the then Bozhou Tusi Yang Jia. According to legend, the Yang family formulated very strict military laws for this campaign. Once soldiers send troops to fight, they can only die and not be defeated, otherwise they will be dealt with by military law.
Although the Mongolian army is very good at horseback riding and archery, it is not suitable for fighting in the vast darkness, and fighting at night is what Bozhou army is best at. Coupled with the soldiers' familiarity with Bozhou terrain, Bozhou army became more and more brave in the Vietnam War, and it was invincible wherever it went. The Mongolian army is also losing ground in the attack, and its tactics and staffing are becoming more and more passive. In desperation, we had to order it to flee in a hurry.
After the death of Yang Jia, the toast, in order to reward him for his outstanding contribution to the defense of Bozhou, the Southern Song Emperor ordered Yang Jia to be a hero and built a luxurious mausoleum for him. Even the nails nailed to the coffin are pure gold. It can be seen that he has made great contributions. And in order to prevent being disturbed by grave robbers, this luxurious mausoleum will be so mediocre in appearance.