Ganling is located on Liangshan Mountain at an altitude of 1047 meters in Ganxian County, Xianyang City. History books call it the crown of emperors' tombs. Ganling was designed by imitating the pattern of Xijing Chang 'an at that time, which was divided into inner city, Miyagi and outer city. The inner city covers an area of 2.4 million square meters, the circumference of Miyagi is 12 miles, the circumference of the outer city is more than 80 miles, and there are 380 houses in the cemetery.
History records the story of the location of Ganling. After Tang Gaozong died in Luoyang, Chen Ziang and other manpower owners built tombs in Luoyang. However, in order to comply with the emperor's last wish to return to Chang 'an and die without complaint, Wu Zetian decided to choose Jidi in the Weibei Plateau of Guanzhong. Soon, the imperial court selected two famous alchemists nationwide, one was Yuan Tiangang, a Sichuan astrologer, and the other was Li, an official in charge of Yin and Yang and astronomical calendar in the palace.
After Yuan Tiangang took the order, he searched all over the banks of the Yellow River, but he didn't find a favorite place. Later, I came to Guanzhong and came out to see the astronomical phenomena in the middle of the night. I saw a purple sky on a mountain, which happened to intersect with Beidou. Yuan Tiangang thought it was a treasure, so he hurried up the mountain to find a suitable place. He couldn't find anything to mark at the moment, so he took out a copper coin and put it on the ground, covered it with aggradation, and then went down the mountain to report to me.
Li, another feng shui master, accepted the order and went east along the Weishui River to find the treasure. One day at noon, when the sun was shining, he saw a grotesque stone mountain suddenly appearing on the land of Qinchuan: from south to north, it seemed that there was a * * * sleeping naked under the blue sky and white clouds. This * * * has complete facial features, a pair of * * * is strong and symmetrical, and there is even a * * * and a navel. What makes him even more amazing is that this * * * legs are slightly separated, and there is a clear spring flowing all day in the middle! Li Dawei was surprised, and hurried up the mountain. Taking meridian as the picture, he put the gossip on the gravel, pulled out his hair pin and plunged it into the soil where the two fish met, and reported back down the mountain to me.
Wu Zetian listened to his words and said that he also chose Jidi in this direction and sent someone to review it again. When the minister came to Liangshan, he found this place to open the aggradation and didn't stand for long. It turns out that Li's hairpin is stuck in Yuan Tiangang's copper coin!
Since it is a land of feng shui, what are you waiting for? Wu Zetian ordered immediate action, and will soon repair Ganling and bury Tang Gaozong. Later, Wu Zetian followed her husband and was buried in Ganling. The terrain of Ganling should be a perfect combination of Yin and Yang and the best coordination between heaven and earth. Dry for the sky is yang, Kun for the earth is yin, and yin and yang make everything happen. "Burial Book" says: Bury people, take advantage of anger. Water is the best way to hide wind and gather gas. So, on the left is Qinglong, on the right is White Tiger, in front is Suzaku, and behind is Xuanwu.
Although Ganling has experienced thousands of vicissitudes, it is still stormy. Grave robbers in all previous dynasties failed in front of Ganling, and even the entrance to Ganling was not found. It can be seen that this geomantic treasure-house has really protected the dragon and phoenix from being invaded by mortals. However, some ancients pointed out that although Liangshan geomantic omen is good, it is beneficial to yin and unfavorable to yang. Wu Zetian chose this place as the tomb where she buried herself and Tang Gaozong, for the sake of the prosperity of the descendants of the Wu family, and put forward the following views:
First of all, Ganling is separate from Zhaoling in Taizong Long Mai. If ordinary people are buried here, they can prosper for three generations, but if the emperor is buried here, I am afraid that after three generations, the country will be in danger. Indeed, the Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline after Xuanzong. At this time, according to Wu Zetian, it is only three generations.
Second, Long Mai's head in the Tang Dynasty was in Jiujun Mountain, where Emperor Taizong was buried, leading the Tang Dynasty, making the Tang Dynasty prosperous. However, Liangshan is the tail of Long Mai in the Zhou Dynasty, and the tail gas will decline.
Third, the northern peak of Liangshan is the highest, and the first two peaks are like * * *. The whole yamagata, seen from a distance, looks like a * * * lying flat with towering nipples. This is a typical shady place, full of yin, which is not conducive to yang, while the main peak of Liangshan is tall and beautiful, belonging to the wooden lattice, and the two peaks in the south are smooth, belonging to the golden lattice. Although the three peaks are tall and straight, they are flat from a distance, belonging to soil facies, Jin Kemu and primary gold. Building a mausoleum under the main peak will inevitably lead to yin overwhelming yang. The reason why Wu Zetian usurped the power of the world was related to her choosing the mausoleum here.
Of course, the above inference can't be confirmed or falsified, but judging from the topography of Liangshan, it seems that there is a beautiful woman lying here quietly. No matter whether Liangshan is beneficial to yin or yang, it is indeed a rare place of feng shui.