Has Ganling ever been stolen? Is there any basis?
Ganling was the burial tomb of Wu Zetian and Li Zhi in the Tang Dynasty, and because of Wu Zetian's identity, this tomb became very famous. When it comes to ancient tombs, a topic that can't be avoided naturally is "tomb robbing". According to legend, Ganling has never been stolen. Is this true? If Ganling has not been stolen, what is the reason? An ancient tomb can not be visited by grave robbers for thousands of years, because there are some mysterious organs in it? Let's take a look together. 1. The Legend of Ganling
Location of Ganling
After Tang Gaozong died, Wu Zetian decided to choose Jidi to build the Mausoleum in Weibei Plateau of Guanzhong. Soon, the imperial court selected two famous alchemists all over the country, one was Yuan Tiangang, a astrologer, and the other was Li Chunfeng, an official in charge of Yin and Yang and astronomical calendars in the palace.
after receiving the order, Yuan Tiangang searched everywhere on both sides of the Yellow River, but couldn't find a favorite place. Later, I came to Guanzhong and came out at midnight to watch the celestial phenomena. 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 the right position, but he couldn't find anything to mark it at the moment, so he pulled out a copper coin and put it on the ground and covered it with eluvial soil, and then he went down the mountain to report to me.
Li Chunfeng, another Feng Shui master, took orders and went eastbound along the Wei River to find a treasure. At noon one day, when the sun was shining brightly, he saw a strange stone mountain protruding from Qinchuan. From south to north, it looked like a young woman was sleeping naked under the blue sky and white clouds. The young woman had complete facial features, a pair of breasts were firm and symmetrical, and even nipples and navel were available. What makes him even more amazing is that the young woman's legs are slightly apart, and there is a clear spring flowing in the middle all day long! Li Chunfeng was greatly surprised, so he hurried up the mountain, took the meridian as a figure, put gossip on the gravel, pulled out his hair pin and plunged it into the soil at the intersection of the two fish, and went back down the mountain to report to me.
Wu Zetian heard them say that they had chosen Jidi in the same direction and sent someone to recheck it. When the minister came to Liangshan, he found that the hair pin of Li Chunfeng was stuck in the money eye of Yuan Tiangang's copper coin! Wu Zetian ordered immediate construction, and soon Ganling was repaired and Tang Gaozong was buried, and then her husband was buried in Ganling. The topography 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 the intercourse of Yin and Yang gives birth to everything.
Headless Stone Statues
The stone statues on the east and west sides of Shinto outside Zhuque Gate in Ganling have no heads, and there are different opinions. It is rumored that the heads of these stone statues were cut off by the people of the Ming Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, a foreign envoy visited Ganling, and found that his ancestors were actually standing here to guard the mausoleum for the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He felt that it was not only detrimental to the national dignity, but also humiliating to his personality, and his self-esteem was greatly damaged, so he wanted to destroy these stone statues. But he was afraid of causing dissatisfaction among the local people, so he thought of a clever plan. Every night, he tramples on the grain in the crops near Ganling, and then the next day, like fanning the flames, he tells the people that these statues are all made, and they become refined at night and start to spoil the crops. If you want to protect crops and food, you must destroy these stone statues and cut off their heads so that they can't harm crops. The local people thought that what the foreign envoy said was very reasonable, so they chopped the heads of these stone statues in a rage.
Historical coincidence
There are two dry tombs in the history of China-Li Zhi dry mausoleum in Tang Gaozong and Yeluxian dry mausoleum in Liao Jingzong, one in Gan County, Shaanxi Province, and the other in Beining, Liaoning Province. The two tombs are separated by 3 years. Interestingly, there are many similarities between the two mausoleums-the emperors were unable to go to court due to long-term illness after they ascended the throne, and they were all regents, and the emperors all died first. The queens all served as empress dowager, and they all did something beneficial to the people. They all developed society, became female politicians, and all had erotic histories. They were buried in the dry mausoleum after their deaths, which is a rare coincidence in the mausoleum of Hadrian. 2. Has Ganling been stolen?
Ganling is the only tomb among the eighteen tombs in the Tang Dynasty that has not been stolen. Experts believe that the reason for this is that its pyramid-shaped mound is complete and no stolen cave has been found.
In history, there were as many as 17 stolen Ganling tombs with names, and the bigger one was three times, so grave robbers never gave up on the crossing of Ganling tombs.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao used 4, uprising troops to March into Liangshan Ganling. He dug endlessly and only dug a "Huang Chao" ditch with a depth of 4 meters. The reason for the failure seems to be that no one in the army understands the structural characteristics of Ganling sitting in the north facing south, so digging in the wrong direction failed.
Wen Tao, the secretariat of Yaozhou in the Five Dynasties, was a grave robber. He led his troops to dig up more than a dozen tombs in the Tang Dynasty and made a windfall. The greedy snake swallowed the elephant, led tens of thousands of people to dig Ganling again, but in the process, it was always difficult because of the storm, which scared the gang, so it stopped and broke the idea.
In the early years of the Republic of China, Sun Lianzhong, the general of the Kuomintang, led his troops to camp in Liangshan 'an, and under the guise of military exercises, he blew up three layers of rocks beside the tomb, but still found nothing.
Let's not talk about how many treasures there are in Ganling for the time being. Let's just talk about why Ganling has been completely preserved, and whether it is protected by gods or ... 3. The reason why Ganling is difficult to steal is the basis to prove that Ganling has not been stolen.
According to geomantic theory, it is the geomantic omen of the owner's grave, which will definitely affect the fate of the family, while the geomantic omen of the king's tomb will affect the future and destiny of the country. Therefore, the choice of the points of the imperial tombs in past dynasties is the most important, for the sake of permanent imperial power and prosperity of the country. Therefore, the imperial tombs in the Tang Dynasty have a characteristic: "the mountains are the tombs".
For example, the Zhaoling Mausoleum in Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, has a steep main peak, with 167 tombs buried with heroes and relatives, covering an area of about 3, mu alone. Look at Li Zhi and Wu Zetian's buried mausoleum, which is located in Liangshan, northwest of Ganxian County. The terrain is like a human body lying on its back with its head north and its feet south on the earth, which conforms to the saying that "the living face south and the dead face north", although it contains superstitious elements.
Book of Rites: Therefore, the living went south and the dead went north, all from the beginning. And Ganling chose Liangshan, dug a cave halfway up the mountain until the bottom of the mountain, and then buried the coffin in it. Compared with the tomb built with earth, it is difficult for a master like a captain to steal it.
It not only shows the majesty of the supremacy of imperial power, but also makes grave robbers unable to start. Or there are thieves who plan to give up the pyramid-shaped mound and dig another hole from the mountainside of Liangshan, so they can only say "admire". Friendship reminds us to choose this method carefully.
There are also things that make thieves feel sad. For an emperor's mausoleum, the entrance to the tomb is the key to a locked door. If it was easily taken by thieves, it would have been dug out long ago. Therefore, the tomb of the Tang Dynasty is centered on the tomb below, surrounded by a square Baicheng on the ground, and there are two gate valves outside the door.
The sign of the first gate valve is Shishi, and there are a large number of stone carvings arranged in order outside the second gate valve. It is said that people call it "Shan Ye Little Court", which is quite interesting. Zi Zhi Tong Jian Tang Dezong Jian Zhong Four Years: The desert Gu Dao is narrow and dangerous, and it may be invited by thieves. If you don't go north from Ganling, go with Baicheng. Therefore, it is reasonable for experts to believe that Ganling has not been stolen, at least it is intact at present, and there is no stolen hole.