Did you find Genghis Khan's mausoleum?
Genghis Khan Mausoleum, located in Yijinhuoluo Banner, Erdos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, has always been concerned at home and abroad. A grand sacrificial ceremony is held here every year, and the Mongols regard it as a sacred place. However, some people think that it is just the cenotaph of Genghis Khan.
Qi Zhongyi, a 78-year-old man, once served as the vice-president of Yike Zhao Meng (now Erdos City) in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and retired from the post of vice-president of CPPCC in Inner Mongolia several years ago. At his home in Hohhot, the old man was interviewed by Xinhua News Agency.
"Outsiders don't know that the mausoleum of Genghis Khan in Ejinhoro Banner is very important, not just the cenotaph of Genghis Khan. There are many secrets in Genghis Khan's coffin, but we can't tell them. I remember 1954, when the coffin was opened, Ulanhu, then chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, saw it with his own eyes. There are indeed some human bones in it. " The reporter also visited a portrait of Genghis Khan's family in Qi's home, which contained *** 12 people. The portrait of Genghis Khan is different from the image circulating in the world now. Qi Zhong Yi said that the portrait was taken from Genghis Khan's coffin.
"Judging from the Mongolian customs and shamanism believed in in the past, ancestor worship is mainly about offering sacrifices to souls, not bones. According to Mongolian custom, after a person dies, his last breath-soul will leave the human body and attach to the nearby camel hair. According to historical records, camel hair that absorbed the last breath of Genghis Khan's ancestors, that is, the soul, has been collected in Genghis Khan's mausoleum in Ordos for hundreds of years. " Qi Zhongyi said.
The old man Qi Zhong Yi thinks that Genghis Khan died in Liupanshan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It was summer and the climate was hot. The body cannot be transported far away, and it is very likely to be secretly buried in Ordos. " He also told reporters a beautiful legend circulating in Ordos grassland:
At that time, when Genghis Khan led his army to Xixia, he passed by Bao 'er Tolgoi in Ordos grassland and was deeply intoxicated by the beautiful scenery of lush water plants and deer infestation. If I missed it, I dropped the whip on the ground, and Genghis Khan stopped me when my entourage tried to pick it up. Khan felt it and recited a poem: "Jin Lu, Hua Jiao is the habitat, the hometown of Dai Sheng birds brooding, the place where the declining dynasty is revived, and the white-haired old man enjoys happiness." And said to the left and right, "I can be buried here after I die." After Genghis Khan died in Liupanshan, his men were going to transport his coffin back to his hometown for burial, but when the hearse passed the Ordos grassland, the wheels suddenly fell into the ground and the horse-drawn frame did not move. At this time, everyone remembered Genghis Khan's words before his death, so Genghis Khan was buried on the Ordos grassland, leaving 500 "Darhutes" to guard him.
When the Japanese invaded China, in order to protect the mausoleum of Genghis Khan, the then Kuomintang government moved Genghis Khan's coffin to Xinglong Mountain in Yuzhong County, Gansu Province and Ta 'er Temple in Huangzhong County, Qinghai Province on 1939. 1954, 1 In April, the new central government of China moved Genghis Khan's coffin back to Erdos, rebuilt the cemetery in Ejinhoro Banner, and gradually concentrated the scattered Genghis Khan's relics to Genghis Khan's mausoleum. Now, Genghis Khan Mausoleum still houses Genghis Khan's wife and brother, and the coffins of Genghis Khan's fourth son, Tuo Lei, and his wife.
"The Genghis Khan Mausoleum in Erdos will always be a sacred place for the Mongolian people," Qi Zhongyi said. [Edit this paragraph] Zhu said that according to Mongolian tradition, Genghis Khan was buried in secret. He didn't want future generations to find out that ancestors should be respected for future generations, and Mongolian descendants didn't want Genghis Khan's tomb to be excavated. Pan Zhaodong was even more surprised: "We may not find a definite burial place in the future. Maybe Genghis Khan left nothing behind. Our thinking has always been wrong. " At that time, the Mongols had no tradition of body worship, and thought that the human body came from nature and should return to nature after death. Early burial can lift the soul to heaven. Therefore, in the silver coffin shaft dedicated to Genghis Khan's mausoleum, what is preserved is the soul adsorption of Genghis Khan when he died-the top mane of the white camel, not the remains of Genghis Khan.
"Maybe our latecomers have always had problems thinking and always want to dig something, but in fact there is nothing." Pan Zhaodong disapproves of mass grave robbery. According to Mongolian tradition, disturbing the soul of the dead is disrespectful to the dead. The body has no value, the key is the immortality of the soul. Large-scale archaeology violates the culture of grassland sacrifice and has always been opposed. It has been proved that nothing has been done.
Not long ago, Mongolian President bagabandy said in an interview with CCTV reporter Shui Junyi: "According to a will handed down by Genghis Khan, that is, a passage he said when he died, he said that his mausoleum should never be known to the world. Therefore, we obey the will of Genghis Khan ... The question of which direction and what state Genghis Khan mausoleum is in should be as you asked, so that it will always be a riddle-like question, so that those who are willing to guess the bottom of the riddle can continue to guess this riddle! " [Edit this paragraph] The layout of Genghis Khan Mausoleum Palace covers an area of about 55,000 square meters. The main building consists of three Mongolian-style halls and corridors connected with them. The building is magnificent and has a strong Mongolian national style. The building is divided into six parts: main hall, bedroom, east hall, west hall, east corridor and west corridor.
The main body of Genghis Khan Mausoleum consists of three Mongolian-style palaces lined up. There are corridors between the three temples, on the domes of three Mongolian palaces. The golden glazed tiles sparkled in the rotten sun. The upper part of the dome is made of blue glazed tile, which is the color and pattern advocated by Mongolians.
The main hall in the middle is 26 meters high, with an octagonal plane, a double-eaves yurt roof, covered with yellow glazed tiles and blue glazed tiles; The East Hall and the West Hall are the roofs of an octagonal single-eave yurt with unequal sides, which are also covered with yellow glazed tiles and 23 meters high. The shape of the whole cemetery is like an eagle spreading its wings, showing the unique artistic style of the Mongolian nation.
There is a statue of Genghis Khan in the center of the main hall, 5 meters high, dressed in armor and holding a sword, sitting in the center of the main hall. The arc-shaped background behind the statue is the map of "Four Great Khan Countries", which indicates the outstanding achievements of Genghis Khan who led the army to the Central Plains in the south and Central Asia and Europe in the west more than 700 years ago. The back hall is the bedroom, and there are four spiritual capsules covered with yellow satin, which are dedicated to the spiritual pivot of Genghis Khan and his three wives respectively. There is a big altar in front of the spirit bag, with incense burners and butter lamps on it. There are also precious cultural relics such as saddles used by Genghis Khan before his death.
Tuo Lei, the fourth son of Genghis Khan (father of Kublai Khan in Yuan Shizu) and his wife's coffin were placed in the East Hall. Because Wokuotai and his eldest son, the Mongolian emperor, are descendants of Tuo Lei, their status is extremely prominent.
The West Hall is dedicated to nine flags symbolizing nine generals and the "Su Le Ding". Suluddin is the iron spearhead on the flag. Genghis Khan used it to command thousands of troops in the wars of conquering the south and marching to the north. It is said that Genghis Khan's soul was attached to it after his death. Therefore, in the eyes of Mongolian people, Suledin is very sacred.
There are large murals in the East-West Corridor of the main hall. It mainly describes the birth and death of Genghis Khan, the Western Expedition, the Eastern Expedition, the unification of Mongolian ministries and other major events. The mural also shows the grand occasion that Genghis Khan's grandson Kublai Khan unified China with Beijing as the capital, and officially changed his country name to Yuan on 127 1, and established Genghis Khan as the leader.
The most lively and grand day here is March 17 of the lunar calendar every year. This day is the day when Genghis Khan established immortal feats, and a grand memorial meeting will be held for "Suleydin".