So, in the second year of his succession, he ordered Li Si, the prime minister, to build a mausoleum in Lishan Mountain, which cost more than 700,000 laborers. After 39 years, he finally completed the construction of the mausoleum. The whole cemetery covers an area of 56 square kilometers, which is equivalent to 78 Forbidden City. It is magnificent!
Why did the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang choose Mount Li?
1. Mount Li is an ideal mausoleum with superior geographical location.
Because of psychological and practical needs, the ancients often chose places with high terrain and beautiful environment as ideal tombs.
The mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is located on a plateau between Mount Li and Weihe River, with Mount Li in the south and Weihe River in the north!
Mount Li is the remnant vein at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains. It is 25 kilometers long from east to west and 7 kilometers long from north to south. From a distance, it looks like a beautiful horse, and the color is like Li. The color of Mount Li is black, so it was named Mount Li. Qin people always advocate black!
Mount Li suddenly unfolded in an arc at the location of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, like a blooming lotus, surrounded by the tombs among the peaks of Mount Li, and integrated with the whole Mount Li, just like a lotus nut in the middle.
What's more, in order to achieve the geographical form of "surrounded by mountains on all sides and surrounded by water on all sides", the Mausoleum of the First Qin Dynasty transformed a river that originally came from the northeast of Mount Li and the water flowed from south to north into a river that came from the northwest and bypassed the northeast of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Dynasty, so that the southern part of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Dynasty was surrounded by mountains, and the east, west and north sides became water.
In addition, Mount Li produces gold and beautiful jade, which are rare treasures. Li Daoyuan, a geographer in the Northern Wei Dynasty, explained the location of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum: "Qin Shihuang built a grave on Lirong Mountain, a Lantian, rich in gold and beautiful in jade. At first, the emperor was greedy for his good name, so he was buried. "
Therefore, from the practical point of view at that time and the concept of geomantic omen in later generations, Mount Li is an ideal place to establish a mausoleum.
2. The ancient burial system decided that the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor was located in the east of Zhiyang.
According to historical records, Qin Dongling is located in Zhiyang area, where Qin, Qin Zhuang Township and Qin were buried. Modern archaeological discoveries have also confirmed this record.
The tombs of emperors in Qin Dynasty are often arranged according to their rank and rank before their death. The west is the most respected and the east is the most humble. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lun Heng said: "The husband is in the west, the land of the elderly, and the position of the honorable person is also. The honorable person is in the west, and the humble person is in the east. " According to this burial system, Qin's four major cemeteries, namely, Xihuang Cemetery, Yongcheng Cemetery, Zhiyang Cemetery and Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, are arranged on both sides of the Weihe River from west to east.
As a junior, if Qin Shihuang built the mausoleum in Zhiyang West, it would violate the traditional burial system. Therefore, Qin Shihuang can only find a suitable tomb in the east of Zhiyang, and Mount Li completely conforms to the burial system of the younger generation living in the East!
Qin Shihuang left Zhiyang Royal Cemetery, which showed the uniqueness of the first emperor.
In fact, Zhiyang is the royal burial area of the Qin royal family. According to tradition, Qin Shihuang was also buried in Zhiyang Cemetery. However, after completing the great cause of reunification, Qin Shihuang thought that he was "a Huang San with both ability and political integrity, and contributed to the Five Emperors", so he separated his mausoleum to show his special and noble status.
He built three emperors and five emperors before his death, and was a unique first emperor. After his death, he must be the only person in the tomb who meets his identity and identity!
This is why Qin Shihuang chose the Lishan Mausoleum!