A drought that has never been seen in a century has revealed an ancient tomb that had been hidden underwater for 300 years. Is the owner of the tomb Zhu Yuanzhang’s grandfather?

There is a saying in "Climbing the City to See the Ancient Tombs": "There are still arches of wood in the dry tombs, and there are lonely souls in the wind and rain in the city."

If you have a certain understanding of the history of the Ming Dynasty, you will find that Although Zhu Yuanzhang was not a well-established aristocrat, after he officially came to power, he carried out drastic reforms in his family. With Zhu Yuanzhang's continuous efforts, the noble status of the Zhu family was finally established, and many people had no objections to his rule.

In the past, in order to make the Zhu family's mausoleum a veritable "imperial mausoleum", Zhu Yuanzhang also advocated the construction of a treasure land with excellent Feng Shui. However, with the changes of the times, the Ming Dynasty mausoleum built by Zhu Yuanzhang The ancestral mausoleum was buried under the water. It was not until a hundred-year drought occurred that the Mingzu Mausoleum was able to reappear. So, what kind of efforts did Zhu Yuanzhang make during the construction of the Ming Zu Mausoleum? What kind of twists and turns did the Mingzu Mausoleum go through after it was built?

Since Zhu Yuanzhang was not a noble in the traditional sense, after Zhu Yuanzhang came to power, he also made many special efforts in order to make his rule reasonable. After understanding Zhu Yuanzhang's family situation, we can find that in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, in order to avoid the hard labor of the government, Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather took the whole family to flee. Later, they also settled in Sunjiagang, thirteen miles north of ancient Sizhou City. At that time, a Taoist priest passing by said that if he could be buried here, the emperor would be born in the descendants of the Zhu family. Under this situation, out of belief in Feng Shui, the Zhu family decided to use this place as their ancestral tomb.

After Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather passed away, he was buried here. After Zhu Yuanzhang was born, he gradually became an outstanding general in the rebel army from a farmer. In 1368 AD, when Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he revered his great-grandfather as Emperor Xuan, his great-grandfather as Emperor Heng, his grandfather as Emperor Yu, and his father as Emperor Yu. Emperor Chun.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, he hoped that the entire Zhu family could have a higher social status, so he also decided to rebuild the ancestral mausoleum. Under the influence of feudal ideas, Zhu Yuanzhang realized that if the Zhu family's ancestral tombs could be rebuilt and renovated, the rule of the Ming Dynasty could be consolidated. Therefore, more than ten years after Zhu Yuanzhang came to power, he ordered Prince Zhu Biao to lead his officials to start building the ancestral mausoleum. After twenty-eight years of hard work, the Mingzu Mausoleum was finally completed. In order to rebuild the Mingzu Mausoleum, Zhu Yuanzhang also spent a huge amount of money.

According to historical records, the Mingzu Mausoleum is large in scale and majestic, with many exquisite buildings inside. Since the Ming Zu Mausoleum was built, every Qingming period, Zhu Yuanzhang would lead the imperial army to come here to worship his ancestors. However, due to the existence of many rivers and lakes near the Ming Zu Tomb, with climate changes, the Ming Zu Tomb was gradually submerged. Inside Hongze Lake.

In 1680, a huge flood broke out, causing the Mingzu Tomb to completely sink to the bottom of Hongze Lake. Since then, it has become an underwater imperial mausoleum. It was not until 1963, when Hongze When the lake area encountered a severe drought that could not be seen in a century, the Mingzu Mausoleum was finally revealed to the public. So far, this underwater palace, which had been buried for nearly three hundred years, was revealed to the world.

At that time, many stone statues in the Mingzu Mausoleum emerged from the water. After investigation by archaeological experts, they also found that these stone statues had very high historical value. During the further investigation of the Mingzu Mausoleum by experts, they discovered that there are many exquisite burial artifacts preserved inside the Mingzu Mausoleum. Although they have been buried underwater for hundreds of years, there are no suffered any damage.

Although after the drought disaster, the Mingzu Mausoleum was reappeared in front of the world, if it is rashly mined, it is likely to damage many cultural relics inside the Mingzu Mausoleum. Under this situation, the relevant departments in our country only carried out restoration work on the surface of the Mingzu Mausoleum, but did not fully mine it. Nowadays, the Mingzu Mausoleum has become a 3A-level tourist attraction in my country. After many people have seen the true appearance of the Mingzu Mausoleum, they have also marveled at its magnificence.

Conclusion

Through the inspection of the Ming Zu Mausoleum by relevant departments, it will be found that although the Zu Tomb has experienced many hardships after its completion, there is also a lot of precious history buried inside the Ming Zu Tomb. cultural relics. Once upon a time, the Ming Zuling Mausoleum was buried underwater for more than 300 years due to some special reasons, but this did not have any negative impact on its value.

From the construction of the Ming Zu Mausoleum, we can understand Zhu Yuanzhang's determination to reform his family lineage. For the ancients, if they wanted to rule legitimately, they must also create favorable conditions for themselves ideologically. It can be seen that in ancient society, people also had deep-rooted feudal ideas in their hearts.