Why hasn't Genghis Khan's tomb been found so far?
After Temujin's death, according to the burial custom in ancient China, many good things will be buried in his mausoleum. So after the Yuan Dynasty, many people were thinking about his mausoleum, and even Japan and the United States used satellite remote sensing, but nothing was found. So, where is Temujin's tomb?
According to Yuan history, Temujin accidentally fell off his horse and was trampled to death when he attacked Xixia in July 1227, but historians think this statement is a bit far-fetched, because Temujin was a military soldier all his life.
According to the famous traveler Kyle Polo's travel notes, Temujin died of a poisoned arrow during the Xixia battle, which is somewhat reliable. But then someone questioned whether Kyle Poirot had been to China. If he has never been to China, this record in his travel notes may be hearsay.
There are two kinds of rumors about Temujin's death. One rumor is that when Temujin attacked Xixia, the king of Xixia offered the princess for peace. Even so, Xixia finally perished. Who knows that the Xixia princess, who was worried about the country and the people, bit off Khan's nakedness under the stimulation of national subjugation and hatred for the rich, causing infection and finally died.
Another rumor is that Khan was struck by lightning in his campaign. This death is said to have been recorded by the Portuguese. After Temujin led people to fight in the past, in order to understand this brave army, Portugal specially sent people to China. After studying, this person told the history of Mongolia's development, including Temujin's death, in a letter to the Pope.
It is said that Mongols are afraid of thunder and hide their heads when it thunders. Temujin was killed by lightning. In the eyes of the ancients, this kind of death is a kind of fate, so even a fact can't be written into history.
In this way, Temujin's death became a mystery at first, and his burial became another mystery.
Special funeral customs, no monuments, no obvious landmarks on the ground. In Ejinhoro Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, there is a tomb of Temujin. Some malicious people dug it up, but only a few pieces of Temujin's clothes and a handful of camel hair were found inside, only to know that it was just a cenotaph.
There is camel hair because the Mongols believe in Shamanism. They think that after death, the soul and body will attach to the camel hair around them, so when everyone is dying, their relatives will put a handful of camel hair under his nose so that the soul can attach.
The camel hair in Temujin's mausoleum carries Temujin's soul, so where is his body?
There is a reliable saying. According to Yuan Shi, when Temujin died, he made a will to prevent his sons from mourning, so for a long time after his death, the world did not know the news of his death.
When he was buried, his son, Dad, led people to pull his body for a long time. The place he went to was a treasure trove of feng shui that he was optimistic about during the election campaign. The pedestrians he met along the way basically killed each other.
It is said that hundreds of people were killed along the way. Thanks to the people at that time, they were timid after the war. If people like to watch the excitement as modern people do, I wonder how many people will die.
After Temujin was buried, the soldiers attending the funeral were also killed, making them observe a moment of silence. First of all, there are very few insiders.
Secondly, tombs are also relatively hidden. According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, when Temujin's tomb was excavated, the excavated soil was placed in order, and when it was buried, it was buried in the original order. Each layer of soil should be compacted to ensure that the geological structure on the coffin would not change. So the method of exploring the tomb with Luoyang shovel failed.
In addition, Mongolian coffins are not as beautiful as those in the mainland. Even the royal family just looks for a big tree, cuts off the middle and hollows it out, and then puts people in it. After burial, they don't pile graves.
So is Temujin's burial place. Not only did he have no tomb, but he was also said to have trampled on it with ten thousand horses. After stepping on it, I planted vegetation on it and sent a thousand soldiers to guard it. After a year, there was no trace of burial, so the soldiers had to retreat. Of course, none of these soldiers were spared, and they were all silenced.