Why can't Wu Zetian's dry mausoleum be dug up until now?
In the twelfth month of 683, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi died in Luoyang Wei Zi Palace, leaving a will? Garden mausoleum system, to be frugal? There is another interesting point in the testamentary edict, namely? Those who are hesitant about military affairs will be punished in a few days. "This is basically Wu Zetian set the tone of the Regent, and Li Zhi's two sons, Li Xian and Li Dan, are so afraid of their mother's cowardice. It is only a matter of time before Wu Zetian faces the court.
Wu Zetian appointed Wei, the official minister at that time, as the ambassador of Yanling and began to build Yanling. At that time, the location of Ganling was on Liangshan Mountain in Guanzhong area, belonging to one of the eighteen tombs in Tang Dynasty. There are many legends about the location of Ganling. For example, Liangshan is the address of Ganling selected by Li and Yuan Tiangang at the same time, but this is just a legend and not credible. After all, Yuan Tiangang died in 635, and Taishiling Li died in 670.
The construction of Ganling follows the legacy left by Li Shimin, that is, the mausoleum is built because of the mountains, which is different from the previous organizational system including Li Yuanling. This is a great change, which reduces the workload but increases the firmness of the tomb. One of the purposes is to prevent grave robbers from patronizing. However, the imperial tomb has always been the most popular among grave robbers. After all, there are too many treasures in it. Even if Li Shimin once claimed that Zhaoling had no treasure, grave robbers wouldn't really believe that thieves would steal it again, and they would never feel at ease until they opened it.
It took more than seven months to build Ganling at first, and then Li Zhi was buried in August 684. More than 20 years later, in May 706, Wu Zetian was buried in Ganling. This incident caused quite a stir at that time. Wu Zetian died in the winter of 705. The testament left at that time was: Ruodian, Guiling, ordered the emperor to go to court and called it the Great Sage Queen. That is to say, buried Gan Ling with gifts from the Queen and Li Zhi.
Buried together is not a problem. Prior to this, the Empress Dowager and Tang Gaozu Li Yuan were buried together, and as a tomb, the eldest grandson and Li Shimin were buried together in Zhaoling. But if you want to be buried together in the same grave, the premise is that the queen died before the emperor. Once the first emperor dies, this kind of joint burial will be cancelled, or it may be another form. Among them, there is a conventional view, that is? The honorable person should be buried first, and the humble person should not enter later. ?
Even though both Wu Zetian and Li Zhi are emperors, in a patriarchal society, Li Zhi is the most important and Wu Zetian is the most humble. This is an unchangeable fact. Besides, Wu Zetian finally wanted to be buried with Li Zhi as a gift from the Queen as a daughter-in-law of the Li family. At that time, Yan Shansi wrote against Wu Zetian being buried in Ganling, which represented the thoughts of most courtiers. However, in the end, Tang Zhongzong Li Xian pushed his way through the crowd and achieved the wish of burying Wu Zetian and Li Zhi together.
This kind of burial is impossible without disturbing Li Zhi and Tang Gaozong, because? Ganling Xuanque, its door is blocked with stone, and the stone gap is fixed with cast iron. ? Visible its firmness, Wu Zetian's body to enter Li Zhi's grave, must cut the boulder to enter. But because of the burial of Wu Zetian, Ganling was rebuilt, and its firmness can be imagined.
After more than a thousand years of ups and downs, Ganling has been quietly there, and countless grave robbers can't get in. Not to mention the folk grave robbers, countless. Let's take a look at several large-scale activities of sending troops to steal and dig dry graves.
The first time happened in the late Tang Dynasty. The stormy Tang Dynasty ushered in the Huang Chao Uprising. Huang Chao even marched into Chang 'an to claim the title and stayed in Chang 'an for nearly three years. During this period, Huang Chao openly plundered Ganling with 400,000 troops. The results of this large-scale poaching operation are gratifying. 400,000 people tried their best to dig a 40-meter ditch, and then came back in frustration. It turns out that they dug in the wrong direction, so even if they dug half of Liangshan, there was still no hair.
The second time happened in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. During this period, a crazy grave robber appeared, and he was Wen Tao. At that time, he was still a time-saving man, and he was not polite to the eighteen tombs of the Tang Dynasty, and Ganling was no exception. However, when Wen Tao sent troops to secretly dig Ganling, it always encountered strange weather. Every time we get to Ganling, the wind is very strong and the rain suddenly comes. This is a big taboo, so Wen Tao has to stop stealing and digging Ganling.
Thirdly, in modern times when cold weapons have become history, Sun Lianzhong and his troops bombed Ganling with guns, but surprisingly, no matter how much explosives Sun Lianzhong used, Ganling was unbreakable and the entrance never appeared.
In fact, it seems that Ganling really escaped too many grave robbers with the help of God. The entrance of the rain is like a naughty child. No matter how much you want to find him, he just avoids you. If you don't look for him, he is lonely again and wants to get the attention of others.
1958 one day, several farmers shot and blasted stones near ganling, and accidentally blew out the entrance of ganling. As soon as the pyramid-shaped mound of Ganling underground palace appeared, it immediately became the focus of attention of the world. Everything in the mausoleum is so attractive that people can't wait to explore Ganling and have a look at the beautiful scenery in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
However, there was a disaster in Dingling before, and the state was cautious about the excavation of the imperial tomb. As long as the mausoleum is not damaged, it is not allowed to dig. This is not only to leave a precious legacy for future generations, but also to protect everything in the mausoleum. After all, even though the present technology has been able to detect most of the conditions in the mausoleum, there are still unknowns that we don't know. Excavation is easy, but the protection after excavation is the most difficult. Once a cultural relic is destroyed, it cannot be restored. You can't be too cautious.