The Geomantic Pattern of Zhu Yuanzhang's Life

China believed in God in ancient times, so he attached great importance to the location of his ancestral graves, because in Feng Shui, he believed that burying the ancestral graves in a good location could bless future generations to prosper. The largest ancestral grave in ancient times was the imperial tomb, but the feudal dynasty lasted for thousands of years, and there were countless imperial tombs in previous dynasties. However, if we want to say the best location of the royal ancestral grave, it must be it, because this ancestral grave has produced 16 emperors.

This ancestral grave is the tomb of Ming Chengzu. The Ming Dynasty was the last imperial court in the feudal history of China, and its founder Zhu Yuanzhang was a legendary emperor in history, because in ancient times, besides the descendants of the royal family, there were local governors or dignitaries. Zhu Yuanzhang is not. He is a real grassroots. When he was a child, he lost his parents and wandered around, becoming a beggar and a monk. What everyone didn't expect was that a person with such a low status eventually became the monarch of the Ming Dynasty.

He was born in a civilian family in Anhui Province. At that time, he was in the late Yuan Dynasty, the court was chaotic, the emperor was incompetent, and the people lived a life of displacement and hunger. Zhu Yuanzhang's parents died of hunger, and he became an orphan. Because he is young, he has no ability to bury his parents. He and his brother begged everywhere, hoping to get a piece of land for his parents. Finally, Liu Jixian gave him a piece of land to bury his parents.

However, an unexpected thing happened on their way to bury their parents, which was blocked by bad weather. The landslide directly buried their parents. Because of the deep burial, the two brothers had to bury their parents here. This is Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral grave, but no one expected that this landslide chose a beautiful place for Zhu Yuanzhang's parents. This may be an act of god, this is the so-called "celestial burial", this land of feng shui,

After his parents died, he lived with his brother and sister-in-law. As a result, bad luck came again, and his brother and sister-in-law died one after another. At this time, he had no choice but to wander around, and later joined the army, eventually overthrowing the Yuan Dynasty and establishing the Ming court. The first thing he did after he ascended the throne was to build a ancestral grave. Because he thinks that the landslide caused his parents to be buried, he intends to choose a new grave. But later, Liu Bowen told him that this place was a spiritual place, and if he insisted on changing it, it might be an outlet. Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang gave up the plan. And expanded it to the imperial tomb, thus building today's Ming imperial tomb.

When the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway was built, it was originally planned to pass through the Ming tombs, but it was easy to cause damage to the tombs during operation and construction. Therefore, in order to avoid the damage of the Ming tombs, the local government finally decided to bypass, which led to the extension of the construction period and the increase of costs.

However, the Ming Tombs are an important embodiment of Chinese cultural relics, representing the history and culture of the Chinese nation, and are priceless. As descendants of the Chinese nation, we should protect the precious heritage left by our ancestors. It is not only a cold mausoleum, but also a witness to the rise and fall of a dynasty for hundreds of years. No amount of money can replace the inheritance of civilization and the imprint of history.