Why did Qin Shihuang choose his mausoleum in Lishan Mountain? For what reason? To protect?
After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he considered himself to be the first person since the founding of the world. The three emperors and the five emperors could not compare with him, so he took the emperor of the three emperors and the emperor of the five emperors and called himself the first emperor. During his lifetime, he was a unique emperor. He sat on a high imperial throne and guided the country. After his death, he must build a grand imperial mausoleum that is unprecedented and unprecedented, with a view of all the mountains and small mountains!
So, starting from the second year after taking the throne, Prime Minister Li Si was ordered to build the imperial mausoleum in Lishan Mountain. More than 700,000 laborers were used. It took 39 years to finally complete the construction of the imperial mausoleum. The cemetery covers an area of 56 square kilometers, which is equivalent to 78 Forbidden City. It is extremely majestic!
Why is the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang chosen to be located in Lishan Mountain?
1. Lishan Mountain has an excellent location and is an ideal place for tombs.
The ancients often chose places with higher terrain and beautiful environment when choosing cemeteries out of psychological and practical needs. , as an ideal mausoleum place.
The Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is located on a plateau between Lishan Mountain and the Wei River, with Lishan Mountain to the south and the Wei River to the north!
Lishan Mountain is the remnant of the northern foothills of the Qinling Mausoleum, stretching 25 kilometers from east to west and 7 kilometers wide from north to south. From a distance, it looks like a Li-colored horse, which is black in color, hence its name. Lishan, and Qin people have always admired black!
Lishan Mountain suddenly unfolds in an arc at the position of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, like a blooming lotus, embracing the imperial mausoleum among the peaks of Lishan Mountain, integrating it with the entire Lishan Mountain, just like a lotus stamen dwelling in it. middle.
What’s even more amazing is that in order to achieve the geographical shape of Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum of “surrounded by mountains and rivers”, the river that originally came from the northeast of Lishan Mountain and flowed from south to north was transformed into one that flows from the northwest, surrounding Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum. The mausoleum passes to the northeast, so that the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is backed by mountains in the south, and is surrounded by water on three sides on the east, west and north sides.
In addition, Lishan Mountain produces gold and jade, which is a rare treasure. Li Daoyuan, a geographer in the Northern Wei Dynasty, said when explaining the location of Qin Shihuang’s mausoleum: “Qin Shihuang had a grand burial and built a tomb in front of it. Lirong Mountain, also known as Lantian, has a lot of gold in its yin and a lot of beautiful jade in its yang. The First Emperor was greedy for its good name, so he was buried there. ”
So, from the practical point of view at that time and the Feng Shui concept of later generations. It seems that Lishan Mountain is an ideal place to set up an imperial mausoleum.
2. The ancient burial system determined that the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin is located east of Zhiyang
"Historical Records" records that the Qin Dong Tomb is located in the Zhiyang area, and is buried with King Zhaoxiang of Qin, King Zhuangxiang of Qin and Qin. Queen Mother Xuan, modern archaeological discoveries have also confirmed this record.
The tombs of the kings of the Qin Dynasty are often arranged according to their status when they lived during their lifetimes. The west is respected and the east is humble. The book "Lunheng" of the Eastern Han Dynasty said: "The husband in the west is the elder." The land is also the position of the venerable. The venerable is in the west, and the humble is in the east.” The four major cemeteries of the monarchs of the Qin Dynasty, Xicui Cemetery, Yongcheng Cemetery, Zhiyang Cemetery, and the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin are arranged on both sides of the Wei River from west to east according to this burial system.
As a junior, if Qin Shihuang built the imperial mausoleum to the west of Zhiyang, it would go against the traditional burial system. Therefore, Qin Shihuang could only find a suitable mausoleum location east of Zhiyang, and Lishan is completely It is in line with the burial system for the younger generation to live in the east!
3. The departure of Qin Shihuang from the Zhiyang Royal Cemetery shows the uniqueness of the First Emperor
In fact, Zhiyang is the royal tomb area of the Qin royal family. According to tradition, Qin Shihuang will also be buried in Zhiyang. However, after Qin Shihuang completed the great cause of unification, he believed that he had "the virtues of the three emperors and more merits than the five emperors", so he made his own mausoleum independent to show his special and noble status.
His achievements during his lifetime were greater than those of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. He was the unique First Emperor. After his death, he had to be alone in his tomb, in order to be in line with his status and identity!
This is why Qin Shihuang chose Lishan Mountain for his imperial mausoleum!