Revealing the Secret: Wu Zetian's Mystery of Qianlong
Ganling is located on Liangshan Mountain, 6 kilometers north of Ganxian County, Shaanxi Province, and 76 kilometers away from the ancient city of xi 'an. It was built in 684 AD, and it took 23 years for the project to be basically completed. Liangshan is a naturally formed limestone peak, with three towering peaks, the highest in the north, with an altitude of 1047.3 meters, and the lower in the south, with an east-west direction. At that time, the masses called it "Nitou Mountain".
Looking from east to west of Ganling, Liangshan is like a woman lying on her back, with the north peak as the head and the south two peaks as the chest. People often say that it is a wonderful symbol of Empress Wu Zetian. As the only mausoleum in the world where two generations of emperors and their wives were buried, it miraculously escaped successive catastrophes, preserved the charm of thousands of years ago, and stood out from the crowd on Liangshan. This makes the dry mausoleum be rendered with layers of mysterious colors.
As the owner of Fuling and the only female emperor in China, Wu Zetian seems to have a better name than her husband Tang Gaozong. It is said that Wu Zetian was out of phase when she was a child. At that time, Yuan Tiangang, a world-famous astrologer, went to the Wu family for dinner. During the dinner, Yuan was invited to meet his family. After seeing his wife Yang, Yuan Tiangang said, "My wife's bones are very good. She will have children!"
After seeing Wu's second son, he said, "These two sons can achieve three things, but they are not rich for life!" At this time, the wet nurse came out with Wu Zetian in boys' clothes. Yuan Tiangang went forward to look at it for a while and said, "This little husband looks extraordinary. It's hard to know. Show him.
So the nurse put her on the ground. The child took a few steps, and Yuan Tiangang asked her to look up again. She was startled and said, "This dzi phoenix neck will be extremely noble!" Yuan Tiangang looked at the child from the side for a while and said with surprise and regret, "It's a pity it's a husband. If it is a girl, it is the master of the world! "
Sure enough, many years later, the former girl became a generation of queens. After Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor, she broadened her career, initiated the system of "entrance examination", "bootstrapping" and "martial arts", and extensively recruited talents. Reward informers, appoint brutal officials, repeatedly set up prisons and crack down on nobles to maintain their absolute dominance.
During her nearly 50 years of rule, social politics, economy and culture flourished. At the same time, it also strengthened and improved the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the border ethnic minorities. In his later years, he was extravagant and extravagant, and his palace was messy. My nephew, Wu Sansi, is in control of state affairs, and the political constitution is chaotic. In the first month of the first year of Shenlong (AD 705), Wu Zetian was seriously ill, and Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi launched a coup to restore Zhongzong.
1 1 month, Wu Zetian died in Luoyang Shangyang Palace, and her last wish was "Mimo Temple, Guiling Mausoleum, make God, and call it the Great Sage Queen." At the age of 82. In May of the following year, Zhong Zonghu returned to Xijing with the spirit, and was buried in Gong Xuan Ganling with her husband in August.
Wu Zetian was ambitious all her life and didn't want men. How could she willingly give up the emperor's name and be buried with Tang Gaozong after her death? This is not only her wise move, but also her last choice. In order to compete for the throne, Wu Zetian exhausted all tactics and almost made the entire Li Dynasty disappear.
Once Wu Zetian sets up another mausoleum, the story of whipping the corpse for revenge is likely to repeat itself. And if she chooses to be buried with Emperor Gaozong, she can not only avoid being humiliated behind her, but also accompany Emperor Gaozong and enjoy the incense sacrifice of future generations forever.
As for the location of Ganling, it is also related to the queen's administration. There is an interesting legend about the location of Ganling: shortly after he ascended the throne, he sent his uncle, who was in charge of the astronomical calendar, to let Li choose a mausoleum for himself. One day, when they were looking for Liangshan, they saw three peaks of this mountain towering into the sky, and the main peak went straight into the sky.
It faces Jiuzhang Mountain in the east, and is connected with Loujing and Qishan in the west. Wu Heqi embraced each other in front of the mountain, forming a water wall to enclose the dragon underground. Liangshan is a rare "Holy Land of Long Mai" in the world. Wuji and Li will report back to Beijing after choosing the mausoleum site. When Yuan Tiangang heard about it, he strongly opposed it. It turned out that he went to Liangshan for the sake of Gao Zuling and knew the advantages and disadvantages of Feng Shui in this mountain. & lt
He said to Emperor Gaozong: "From the outside, Liangshan is a treasure trove of geomantic omen, but careful observation reveals many shortcomings:
First, although Liangshan is surrounded by water on both sides, it can surround the dragon soul, but it is isolated from Taizong Long Mai. If the people choose their ancestors here, they can reproduce for three generations, but as the mausoleum of the emperor, Houjiangshan is afraid of three generations of peril.
Long Mai, a branch of the Tang Dynasty, crossed the Yellow River from Kunlun Mountain, and spread eastward to Jiuzhang Mountain, Jinsu Mountain, Cragginess Mountain and Yaoshan, with Qishan as the head. Today, Emperor Taizong has buried Jiuzhangshan as the leader. Your majesty can't be in the front. Liangshan is not the leader, but the tail of Long Mai in Zhou Dynasty. The tail gas will decline, and your majesty is unable to govern the country.
Second, the northern peak of Liangshan is high, and the two peaks are like female breasts. The whole mountain shape is lying flat from a distance. Your majesty chose the mausoleum here for fear that she would be controlled by women from now on.
Third, the main peak of Liangshan is straight, which belongs to wooden lattice, and the second peak of South is round and profitable, which belongs to golden lattice. Although the three peaks are tall and straight, they look flat and earthy from a distance. Gold can make wood, soil can make gold, and the whole mountain dragon can help gold. Under the main peak of the underground palace camp, your majesty will be controlled by the people of the golden pavilion.
In my humble opinion, if the mausoleum is located on this mountain, your majesty will be harmed by women in the future! However, Emperor Gaozong resolutely chose to build a mausoleum in Liangshan. Hearing this, Yuan Tiangang sighed and said, "Those who replace the Tang Dynasty must be martial." Afraid of being implicated in the future, he quit his job and went out to travel.
However, legends are legends after all. According to documents, after the death of Emperor Gaozong in the first year of Hongdao, Chen Ziang and others strongly advocated building a mausoleum in Luoyang. However, Wu Zetian obeyed the emperor's last wish of "returning to Chang 'an", and chose the northern plateau of Guanzhong, and ordered Wei Wei, the minister of the official department, to be the ambassador of the mountain, and Wei Taizhen, the doctor of the household department, to take charge of the work, and used more than 200 thousand soldiers and migrant workers. According to the burial system of "the mountain is the mausoleum",
New Tang book? "Biography of Chen Ziang" wrote: "When the hills are restored, they will be forced to be servants, lead the abused masses, raise tens of thousands of soldiers, mobilize the capital, supervise the young and help the old, shovel the rocks on the back of the mountains and drive them to make contributions." After the death of Wu Zetian in the first year of Shenlong, Emperor Zhongzong fulfilled his mother's last wish of "returning to the tomb" and urged people to dig Ganling to admire the road and open the tomb door. In May of the second year of Shenlong, Wu Zetian was buried in Ganling, Gong Xuan.
Since then, as the only mausoleum in China where two emperors were buried together, Ganling has stood on Liangshan Mountain, and the dusty wooden door has never been opened to the world.