1. Kunlun Mountain is also called Kunlun Xu in ancient legends, the first famous mountain in China, Wanzu Mountain, Kunlun Mountain or Yushan Mountain. The mountain system in Central Asia is also the backbone of the mountain system in western China. It starts from the eastern Pamirs in the west, crosses Xinjiang and Tibet, and extends to Qinghai, with a total length of about 2,500 kilometers, an average elevation of 5,500-6,000 meters, a width of 1.30-200 kilometers, and a total area of more than 500,000 square kilometers. As the "ancestor of thousands of mountains", Kunlun Mountain has a prominent position in the cultural history of the Chinese nation. The ancients called Kunlun Mountain the "Long Mai ancestor" of China.
According to ancient mythology, there lived a fairy named "Queen Mother of the West" in Kunlun Mountain, and she was served by a leopard head and two bluebirds. This is a problem. Taoism is the true god, and Dong is divided into men and women to cultivate immortals.
According to historical records
(Warring States) Qu Yuan's "Songs of the South and Questions of Heaven" said: "Where does Kunlun hang in the garden? Zengcheng No.9 Middle School, how high is it? The gate of the square, who is it? Why is the northwest open? "
Zhou Muwang, the son of Lieyukou (Warring States), said: "The son of heaven rose on the hill of Kunlun ... the former king called it the hanging garden."
(Warring States) Anonymous "Erya Shiqiu" said: "Thirty percent (three floors) Kunlun Hill".
(Warring States) The anonymous book Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Xi Jing says: "Kunlun is 800 miles empty, and Wan Ren is high. There are trees and grass on the ground, and it is five times long and five times big. There are nine wells on the surface, with jade as the pillar. There are nine doors in the face, and there is a enlightened beast town in the door. "
(Han) Sima Qian's Historical Records says: "Evil winds live in the northwest and kill them."
(Han) Liu An's "Terrain Training of Huainanzi" said: "The hill of Kunlun Mountain, or twice as high, is called a hanging garden." "Digging the land below Kunlun has Zengcheng No.9 Middle School." "The north gate is not healthy." .
"Huainanzi Terrain Training": "Nine wells and nine gates, surrounded by weak water:" There is a weak water ring under it, and there are burning mountains outside, which can throw things. "
(Han)' s "Wonderful Book China Famine Classic" said: "Kunlun Mountain (Mountain) ... is surrounded by three thousand miles, as thin as a knife."
Many of the above-mentioned ancient books and documents describe the landscape of Kunlun Mountain from different angles, such as hanging, nursery, four gates (nine gates), increasing (layered) city, harmony, nine scenes, enlightened beasts, five cities and twelve floors and its surrounding areas.
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(Warring States) Lieyukou's Liezi Zhou Muwang Note: "Don't climb the Kunlun Mountain just to see the Palace of the Yellow Emperor, but seal it for future generations. He was invited by the Queen Mother of the West to sit on the Yaochi. The rumor that the Queen Mother of the West is the king, and the king's words are sad. It's a day trip to Wan Li. "
(Han) Sima Qian's Biography of Historical Records in Dawan: "Kunlun ... with Liquan and Yaochi on it." "Biography of Mu" Volume III: "Ugly, the son of heaven is above the jade pool." Shengwangping in Xicheng Mountain is the hanging garden of Yaochi in ancient myths and legends of China.
2. Why not build the imperial tomb in Kunlun Mountain? There is a saying in China that Kunlun Mountain is the ancestor of Wanshan Mountain and the root of Long Mai. The ancient emperor thought that being buried in Long Mai after death could protect the mountains and rivers forever, and his descendants could not afford the disaster. Then why didn't the emperor build the imperial tomb in the main vein of Kunlun Mountain?
Although Kunlun Mountain is regarded as the ancestor of Wanshan Mountain, its natural conditions are also very bad. Under the ancient production level, it is not easy to station in Kunlun Mountain all the year round, and the tombs of emperors are very large, and the manpower, material resources and financial resources to be spent are unimaginable! Most of Kunlun Mountain was closed by heavy snow, and there were no cold-proof facilities like today in ancient times. In case hundreds of thousands of craftsmen are sent to be buried here, it will not be worth the candle. Moreover, Kunlun Mountain is far from the Central Plains. The emperor should enter the mausoleum immediately after his death to prevent the corpse from rotting.
Ancient emperors were in awe of Kunlun Mountain. In traditional culture, Kunlun Mountain is a place where gods live and are sacred and inviolable. Ancient emperors were superstitious, and generally they would never take the risk without reliable truth. The emperor attached great importance to geomantic omen. Since Kunlun Mountain is the ancestor of Wanshan Mountain, they dare not offend their position. In addition to being sent to find immortal Buddhists, the ancient emperors also regarded Kunlun Mountain as a place where immortals lived, so it was impossible to build a mausoleum in Kunlun Mountain.
Kunlun Mountain is the "mountain of thousands of mountains", the birthplace of Long Mai and the closest place to heaven. For ancient emperors, burying their graves in such a place was for fear of offending heaven and endangering their country. Therefore, the location of their tombs was chosen in Long Mai, the ridge of the Central Plains, so as to connect with Long Mai without disturbing your immortals.
3. Geographical location of Kunlun Mountain In modern geography, Kunlun Mountain generally refers to Kunlun Mountain, which is located at the junction of Tibet and Xinjiang.
In ancient Greek mythology, there was an Olympus Mountain where the gods lived. In China mythology, there was also such a mountain, which was called "the father of Long Mai" and "the father of thousands of mountains" in China, and that was the first mountain in China-Kunlun Mountain. However, is the Kunlun Mountain we are talking about really the Kunlun Mountain recorded in ancient books?
The earliest records of Kunlun Mountain can be found in Shan Hai Jing and Huai Nan Zi. The Kunlun Mountain described in the book is in the northwest of China, which is the palace of the Yellow Emperor, and the Yaochi of the Queen Mother of the West is also in Shan Ye. Legend has it that Kunlun Mountain is the source of the Yellow River, rich in jade, and there are immortal trees and various exotic animals on the mountain. But because Kunlun Mountain is so mysterious, its location has become an eternal mystery, with different opinions and no conclusion.
Now the location of Kunlun Mountain was decided by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, because Zhang Qian learned a lot about the northwest geography when he went to the Western Regions. When he came back, he reported to Emperor Wu that the source of the Yellow River was Khotan (now Hotan, Xinjiang). However, Zhang Qian thought that Kunlun Mountain was further west, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't think so. He saw that "the source of the river rises in Khotan and its mountains are full of jade", which is exactly the same as the Kunlun Mountain recorded in ancient books, so he decided that Kunlun Mountain is the Nanshan Mountain in Khotan, and this name has continued to this day.
However, there are still many historians and geographical researchers who disagree with this statement. Sima Qian, who lived in the same dynasty as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, disagreed. He thinks that the Nanshan Mountain in Khotan is not as beautiful as Jun Gao, and it is not worthy to be called Kunlun. In his Hanshu, Ban Gu only called Nanshan Nanshan Nanshan, without mentioning the word Kunlun.
Later generations generally hold two opinions on the location of Kunlun Mountain. One thinks that there is only one Kunlun Mountain, but it is not in the south of Khotan Mountain. As for which mountain it is, some people think it is Qilian Mountain and some people think it is Yanshan Mountain. It's hard to evaluate each other's opinions.
Another view of Kunlun Mountain is that there is more than one Kunlun Mountain. Because there is a "Que of Kunlun Mountain in the Sea" recorded in Shan Hai Jing, later scholars think that there are inland and overseas points, and that Kunlun Mountain has inland and overseas points. Later, they put forward the view that Kunlun Mountain is big and small. In the Qing Dynasty, people summed up the views of predecessors and counted seven Kunlun Mountains: "One is overseas, one is in Xining and the other is in Suzhou. What's more, it is considered that Kunlun Mountain is the general name of the towering mountains by the ancients. Now the Pamirs, Himalayas, Kunlun Mountains and some mountains in Qinghai are Kunlun Mountains.
Where Kunlun Mountain is, there is no conclusion today, and it may never be. Perhaps it is precisely because of the close connection between Kunlun Mountain and myths and legends that no mountain in the world can match the charm of Kunlun Fairy Mountain in people's minds. The emptiness of Kunlun Mountain, which bears the beautiful imagination of countless people, is probably in everyone's heart.