Where is the tomb of the great writer Su Dongpo?

Where is the tomb of the literary giant Su Dongpo? Academic circles have been debating the question of where the tomb of Su Dongpo, a great literary figure of the generation, is located. Because he had a last wish to be "buried in Songshan Mountain" during his lifetime, "Jixian County, Henan" has become a more convincing place for Su Shi to rest. However, a reporter recently learned from the Archives Bureau of Huoshan County, Anhui Province that Su Dongpo's tomb is not in Henan. There is a "Su family genealogy" proving that Su Dongpo's tomb is in Huoshan. "The world is a big dream, how many times does life become cool?" Just as Su Shi himself wrote this piece of "Moon over the Xijiang River", his life was like a dream, with ups and downs of fortune. Meizhou, Kaifeng, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Hainan, Changzhou... His footprints have traveled through most of China, and he has carved an unprecedented map of life. "After Song Huizong came to the throne, 66-year-old Su Dongpo had the opportunity to return to the imperial court, but he died of illness in Changzhou on his way back north. According to the "Su family genealogy" collected by the Archives Bureau, we found that Su Shi was buried in Huoshan after his death. ” introduced Su Changqing, director of the Huoshan County Archives Bureau. The reporter then saw the "Su family genealogy" mentioned by Su Changqing. This set of genealogy has 8 books. The sixth one, "Annals of Duke Wenzhong" clearly states: "(Su Shi) was buried in June of the following year. The burial place in Shangruili, Diaotai Township, Huoshan, Luzhou Prefecture, is in the direction of Jiashan Gengxiang in Sujiayan, Shuangshan, Zhangjiawan. "Luzhou" referred to part of Anhui at that time, and "Jiashan Gengxiang" was a Feng Shui term, and the compass divided it into twenty-four places. In terms of orientation, due north is 0 degrees, 75 degrees clockwise to the east is A, and 255 degrees is Geng. Su Changqing further explained that Su Dongpo's tomb is located in Xigaoqiao Bay, Huoshan County, and the place is called Zhangjiawan Shuangshan Sujiayan. The "Su Family Genealogy" has a history of 172 years and was compiled in the 19th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1840). Although most of the genealogies before Daoguang have been lost, the part related to the "Dongpo Chronicle" still survives, and its authenticity can be proven. On-site visit: The tombstone was dug up during the Cultural Revolution. According to the records of the "Su Family Genealogy", the reporter came to Su Jiayan in Gaoqiao Bay. This is a place surrounded by mountains on three sides and a river on one side. Local people said that the original local name here was "Shuangshan Temple", and Su Dongpo's tomb is located on a hill in the east mountain. There are hundreds of acres of open land on it, and it has now become the Gaoqiao Bay development in Huoshan County. district. Su Dongpo's tomb covers an area of ​​more than 400 square meters. A section of the Pei River can be seen on the left side of the cemetery. After investigation by the cultural relics department of Huoshan County, Su Dongpo's tomb was made of warm stones and glutinous rice slurry, and was very solid layer by layer. According to locals, there was an original tombstone here, but it was dug up and put into the pond during the Cultural Revolution of the last century. Its whereabouts are still unknown. In 1988, Su Shi's descendants re-engraved a tombstone with the words "Su Wen Cemetery" and "Wen Zhong." "Gongjia Mountain Gengxiang" and other words. According to the memory of 85-year-old local tombkeeper Wan Deming, “The hills behind are all the Su family’s cemeteries. One of the famous people is Su Chang, the ninth generation descendant of Su Che. His tomb is 60 meters away from the upper left side of the Dongpo Tomb. Because according to the "Su family genealogy" records, he is a descendant of Dongpo, so he was buried here." The tombkeeper said: This is indeed Su Dongpo's real tomb. Wan Deming told reporters that Sujiayan was historically a village-level unit in Diaotai Township, including Shuangshan Bay and Huantai Temple. At that time, the river was wide and deep enough to be navigable. Huatai Temple and Shuangshan were all in the middle of the river, which divided the Peishui River into three streams, which merged into one at Sujiayan. Thousands of peach trees are planted on these twin mountains. When the peach blossoms are in full bloom, the petals fall to the water with the wind and ripple with the microwave. It is very spectacular, so it is known as the "Peach Waves on Twin Mountains". Wan Lao also said that when he was young, he saw the half-moon-shaped stele in front of Dongpo's tomb. "Dongpo's tomb has Wan family guarding the tomb for generations, called tomb-keepers. The Wan family will receive the Su family who come to pay homage during the Qingming Festival every year." Descendants." Wan Lao said. This agreement was passed down from generation to generation until the land reform period after liberation. Mr. Wan Lao also told us that this ancient tomb is indeed the real tomb of Su Dongpo. The ancestors of all generations have told their descendants this way, "It must be kept secret to prevent bad guys from stealing and digging up the tomb." Therefore, until the liberation of the country, few people knew about the Dongpo Tomb on Sujiayan.

Counting the origins: "Little Red Cliff" in Huoshan was written by Su Dongpo. According to Jin Zhao, the former party secretary of the Propaganda Department of Huoshan County, Su Weiliang, a famous politician and writer in the Tang Dynasty, once "thorned" Meizhou as a censor and was one of the "three The ancestor of "Su" (Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Che). There is another line of Suweiwei hidden in Sujiayan in Shuangshan Bay, Huoshan. In other words, the lineage of Su family hidden in Sujiayan is of the same origin as "Sansu". Among the earliest surnames in Huoshan, there are Su, Yu, Cheng, Zhang, Xiong, Liu, He, Wang, etc. Archival data show that after Huoshan was named in the first year of Kaihuang, the descendants of the Su family lived in Huoshan and gradually became the Wang clan. In addition, Huoshan's "Little Red Cliff" was written by Su Dongpo himself. There are many legends about "Little Red Cliff". One theory is that Dongpo came from Huangzhou, Hubei Province. When he visited Qantai Temple in Huoshan Mountain, he felt the atmosphere of Red Cliff in Huangchuan River, so he wrote the word "Little Red Cliff" in his pen. The second theory is that Su Dongpo was transferred to Yangzhou to inspect Anhui for water conservancy construction (Anhui was under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou at that time). Because he felt that there was a scenic spot like Huangzhou's Red Cliff, Su Dongpo was full of passion and wrote the three characters "Little Red Cliff" on the rock wall. In addition, there is also a saying that Su Dongpo had a confidante who lived in Huoshan. The age is unknown. He made a private visit to the people, visited the countryside and visited Qantai, leaving behind the words "Little Chibi". County annals support: Wenzhong Cemetery and the "Sansu" Temple belong to the same body. "Huoshan County had a Sansu Temple built in the Ming Dynasty, but it was later destroyed by war." Su Qibin, a descendant of the Su family in Huoshan County, said. Why is Sansu Temple built in Huoshan? This is because it is inseparable from Wenzhong Cemetery and belongs to the same body. The reporter found in the county annals of Huoshan County that the former site of the Sansu Temple and the boundaries of the Su Wenzhong Cemetery are both recorded, and there is a certain correlation. The foundation site of Sansu Temple extends to the center of Bujia Lane in the east, to the corner of the east wall of Kaiyun Temple in the west, and the corner curves to the center of the street in the south, to the center of Wangjia Lane in the south, and to the corner of the wall with the surname Wang behind the temple in the north. Wenzhong Cemetery stretches from the Sujiayan Lower River in the east to the foot of the mountain in front of the tomb in the west. The field ridges pass through the ditch and reach the foot of Shuangshan Mountain. It reaches the Datian River in the south and the small water-dividing tower at the foot of the mountain in the north. Expert opinion: It is possible to be buried in Huoshan. Yao Zhizhong, a well-known person in the archaeological circle of Lu'an City and associate professor of Anhui Wanxi College, believes that it is possible for the remains of Su Dongpo from the Song Dynasty to be buried in Huoshan. "In that era, the migration of tombs mainly relied on water transportation. It was entirely possible to move from the canal in Changzhou to the Huaihe River and then to the Peihe River. In addition, Su Dongpo had visited Huoshan many times and left three characters "Xiao Chibi" in Qiantai Temple. , the three characters still exist, and according to historical records and research, it is indeed Su Dongpo's handwriting. Third, Su Dongpo also worked in Shuzhou, Anhui, which is now Shucheng. The tomb of Su Dongpo has been declared as a key cultural relic protection unit in Lu'an City. Director Hu of the Municipal Cultural Relics Administration said that Su Dongpo's tomb needs to be protected. Even if it is not Su Dongpo's real tomb but a tomb, it still has great protection value. It is reported that after the discovery of Dongpo's tomb, Huoshan County established a preparatory group for the Sansu Cultural Research Association. They are also looking for more and more powerful evidence to clarify the context and origin of Su Shi's tomb.