That place called Mangshan
If you don't have a guide and want to come to Beimangshan, then I believe you will definitely come to Mangshan Town. What kind of town is this? It is no different from other villages and towns near the suburbs. After thousands of years of wind and rain erosion, this land is still gray. People in the town are still very busy every day: cycling, driving, going to work and going to school ... There are many greenhouses near this town to pick fresh fruits and vegetables, which are the resources for these hardworking farmers to make a living. However, Mangshan Town does not represent the real Mangshan Mountain. Where is Beimang? North Mangshan Mountain, located in the north of Luoyang City, Henan Province, on the south bank of the Yellow River, is the residual vein of Qinling Mountain and the branch vein of hills. According to the records of Henan Province, there are 33 peaks from baimashan, the head of Mangshan Mountain, to Shenwei Mountain in the west. It runs through Mianchi, Xin 'an, Luoyang, Jin Meng, Yanshi and Gongxian, with a length of more than 380 miles from east to west.
You can't see mountains from the north of Luoyang, only tall buildings can be seen. Walking on Mangshan Mountain, you can't feel the mountain. What you feel is the ups and downs of roads, the strewn at random of houses and the extension of farmland.
But Mangshan is really at the foot. It squatted there quietly, coldly overlooking the dynasty change and world change at the foot of the mountain, watching it rise from the tall building, watching it entertain guests and watching its building collapse.
In the old days, Mr. Feng Shui chose the cemetery in the order of "finding dragons, checking sand, watching water and acupoints". Searching for dragons is a very important link. The so-called "searching for dragons" means finding "flowing mountains". Twenty-four imperial tombs and tens of millions of tombs in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Cao Wei Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Late Tang Dynasty all found Beimang Mountain in Luoyang. It is not unreasonable to say that there is no idle soil in Beimang Mountain. No wonder Beimang Mountain in Luoyang is called the Mountain of the Emperor. This is the basis for Mangshan being called "Long Mai of China".
Mangshan Mountain is called the Long Mai of China, not only because of the mountains in China, but also because it is close to the ancient capital Luoyang, where dragons and snakes surround it, and because of the beautiful scenery in Zhong Ling. At the same time, the "first sun rises" on Mount Beimang, with rain clouds, permeates Fengshan, showing its tall and straight posture in the hazy. There is also the "Night Scene of Mangyang", where the bright and colorful skylight reflects the whole Mangshan Mountain, revealing the emperor's spirit.
"Born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, buried in North Mangshan", for thousands of years, from the Han and Wei Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, after five dynasties to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, countless emperors and princes, wealthy businessmen, literati and ordinary people were buried in Mangshan, Luoyang. Poems and epitaphs chanting Bei Mang Mountain have formed a unique Bei Mang culture underground, which is Heluo culture, the source and an important part of Chinese civilization.
There are many ancient tombs on Mangshan Mountain, and there is no place for lying cows. Mangshan was buried with 24 emperors of 6 generations. Together with the tombs of the royal family and ministers, the total number exceeds 1000. If the tombs of ordinary people are added, the total number will reach several hundred thousand.
Among the proven tombs, there are many emperors who are familiar to everyone. For example, Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sima Yi, Sima Shi, Si Mazhao and Sima Yan of the Western Jin Dynasty, Cao Pi, Cao Rui and Liu Chan of the Shu Dynasty, and Li Yu, Empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, were all buried here. Famous figures in history, such as Lv Buwei, Ban Chao, Meng Jiao, Di Renjie, Shi Shouxin and other princes, ministers, poets and scholars are also buried here.
Why do so many emperors and generals in China like to be buried in Mangshan after their death? Fundamentally, the rise of this statement is because Beimang Mountain meets all the indicators of a feng shui treasure house. In China's traditional geomantic theory, the mountain is a symbol of calmness and profundity, while the water represents agility and flexibility. A reasonable combination of mountains and rivers is the best feng shui, and it also indicates that the tomb owner can lean on mountains and push rivers and overlook everything in the world after his death. Although Beimang Mountain is far from magnificent, its ups and downs also have a unique charm. Coupled with the embrace of the Yellow River, the terrain behind the mountain is enough to be the best in the world.
China's Mangshan Mountain has also influenced foreign countries. There is Mangshan Mountain in Seoul, South Korea, where many people are buried after death. Korean scholars believe that Koreans' concept of "soul returning to Mangshan Mountain" may have originated from the Tang Dynasty in China. According to documents, there were 30,000 people in Luoyang Imperial College at that time, of whom about one tenth were Korean students. Among them, they failed to return to China. More than 200 people who died in a foreign land were buried together in Mangshan Mountain, which is called "Hanyuan". Other students who returned home after finishing their studies not only brought back academic classics, but also brought back the customs and manners of China. They named a mountain near Seoul Mangshan and a river Luodong River.
When visiting Luoyang Tomb Museum, I met a Korean tour group. Most of these people are scholars over the age of 50 and 60, and we are very proud of their humility and admiration when they visit.
From ancient times to the present, although the grave robbery on the mountain has not completely stopped, the most serious damage to the tombs is a modern railway. In A.D. 1905, the Qing government borrowed money from Belgium to repair the Milo Railway and borrowed soil from the southern section of Beimangshan Mountain. As a result, the ancient tombs were constantly dug up, and the unearthed cultural relics were basically bought by foreign road repair technicians present, and then sent back to Europe and America.
As soon as they heard that the things dug up in the ground were worth a lot of money, many brave villagers began to look around for ancient tombs. So many ancient tombs are so obvious that they are high mounds. So these grave robbers regard this grave robbery as a way to make a fortune. Under their "guidance", dozens of villages in North Mangshan have followed suit. A man named Li Yazi in Ma Po Village invented Luoyang shovel to find the tomb. During the 100 years since the beginning of the last century, the magical "Luoyang shovel" made ten tombs and nine tombs in Mangshan area, Luoyang, where China's ancient tombs are most concentrated, and a large number of antiquities flowed out. Luoyang shovel is notorious for this. However, Luoyang shovel has now become the standard of archaeology.
Now Luoyang shovel has become a symbol of archaeological drilling tools in China. At the beginning of 1970, when the archaeological delegation of China visited Albania, it presented a beautiful Luoyang shovel. Now, there is an electric Luoyang shovel.
If you want to come to Luoyang, you have to come to Beimang Mountain. Welcome to visit Luoyang, the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties, and witness the profoundness of the culture of Beimang in Luoyang.