Conditions for burial in Babaoshan after death

After death, the conditions for being buried in Babaoshan are those who are above the county regiment level, or democrats who have great influence on society.

There are three hills arranged in the north of the Babaoshan area. There are important buildings on the hills. From east to west they are: Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, Beijing Babaoshan People’s Cemetery, and Laoshan Columbarium. The three hills have gentle terrain and beautiful scenery. After liberation, they became world-famous for the construction of the highest-level revolutionary cemetery in the country. After death, the conditions for being buried in Babaoshan are those who are above the county regiment level, or democrats who have great influence on society.

As the name suggests, Babao Mountain is related to the "Eight Treasures". There are different opinions on the content of the "Eight Treasures". Some say that there was a treasure cave on the mountain, and there were eight kinds of gold objects in the cave; some said that there were eight kinds of soil; some said that Babao Mountain once produced eight kinds of building materials, namely white, green gray, red soil, crucible soil, and yellow pulp. , slate, sandstone, horse tooth stone; there is also a saying that there were many kinds of temples on the mountain, so people took the eight sacred objects of Buddhism and called the mountain Babao Mountain.

Discovery of Cultural Relics at Babaoshan Mountain

A long time ago, Babaoshan Mountain was a cemetery in the western suburbs of Beijing, containing both the tombs of ordinary people and the tombs of dignitaries. In July 1965, during the construction of Beijing Subway Line 1, an oval-shaped tomb with a vaulted roof was excavated on the northeast side of the Babaoshan Subway Station. The cultural relics department identified it as a rare ancient tomb from the Western Jin Dynasty in Beijing. As a result, the cultural relics team quickly conducted rescue excavations. Although this ancient tomb was robbed twice, a large number of national treasure-level precious cultural relics were still unearthed.

"Hua Fang Epitaph", with 1,630 words in full, is the epitaph of the Jin Dynasty with the largest number of words known in Beijing. The text determines the geographical location of Jicheng in the Yan State, which has important historical, geological and archaeological value. Important historical materials for studying the gentry system of the Western Jin Dynasty; Bone Ruler, 24.2 cm long and 1.6 cm wide, the most complete standard Jin Dynasty ancient ruler existing in Beijing; Silver Bell, 2.6 cm in diameter, with 8 musicians woven into the upper part of the sphere with silver wire , playing flute, panpipe, trumpet and other musical instruments respectively, the characters are lifelike.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Babaoshan