During the seven-year rampage in Wen Tao, the dry tombs of Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian survived and remained motionless, because grave robbers had to give up because of the storm.
But this explanation is a bit far-fetched Wen Tao has been stationed in this area for a long time. He has a lot of leisure time to ponder over Ganling and a lot of manpower and material resources to dig Ganling. I'm afraid this is not a good explanation.
It can only show that Wen Tao has encountered the same technical problems as Huang Chao, and has never found the tomb door, or it can't be opened at all. Later, large-scale warlords robbed tombs and used explosives, which was also unsuccessful.
Emperor Taizong loved this calligraphy work all his life. He got it by extreme means, and later he didn't want to let go. Legend has it that he was buried.
Some people think that the Preface to Lanting should be in the dry tomb where Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian were buried together. This may be a good wish. I don't want the masterpiece "The Book Sage" to be destroyed and still be safely preserved in a dry grave. Good-hearted people gave the task of protecting calligraphy works to Wu Zetian and his wife in Tang Gaozong.
In the tenth year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan (636), Empress Shi was critically ill and her last words were buried. Following the last words of his eldest grandson, Emperor Taizong temporarily settled the queen in a newly carved grotto in jiusan, named Zhaoling. And decided to make Zhaoling the home, buried with the queen after her death, and immediately began large-scale construction projects.
Emperor Taizong chose jiusan as the site of Zhaoling, which had a strong cultural and political background. In ancient China, the so-called theory of tomb geomantic omen was gradually improved with the continuous expansion of surnames and the spread of the theory of yin and yang of the five elements, and a set of theories for evaluating geomantic omen was basically formed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Nine _ Mountain meets all the requirements that the scholars of Kanyu think the imperial mausoleum should have. Since the Tang Dynasty, geomantic scholars generally believe that the geomantic omen in Zhaoling is the best among the imperial tombs in China.
In addition, Emperor Taizong's choice of Zhaoling had additional political background. According to the original idea of Emperor Taizong, the Mausoleum of Emperor Taizong should completely imitate the mausoleum of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. However, Yu Shinan, who is well versed in classics and history, raised objections, arguing that the Han system not only wastes manpower, but also encourages thieves. Therefore, most of the Han tombs were stolen, and the remains of emperors were abandoned in the wild, which was really harmful.
He suggested that Emperor Taizong should follow the example of Emperor Yao, because the mountain is the tomb, and there is nothing hidden in the tomb. A monument was erected outside the tomb to explain it.
Yu Shinan's idea of "taking the mountain as the mausoleum" can not only save manpower but also guard against theft, which has played an ideological and theoretical enlightenment role in Emperor Taizong's final decision to choose jiusan as the site of Zhaoling Mausoleum.
The tomb buried by Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong has never been stolen for thousands of years.