The top of the mountain is a complete collection of Feng Shui.

In ancient China, people believed in Feng Shui, and people from powerful people to ordinary people longed for a good "shadow house" to protect their children and grandchildren. For emperors, they can build their own tombs with the strength of the whole country, so they pay more attention to the situation behind them. The location of the mausoleum is generally based on the pillow mountain and the river arm, and its supreme majesty is reflected by the open and magnificent terrain.

▲ Qin Shihuang Mausoleum with huge mounds.

If you meet another emperor who values ostentation and extravagance, the mausoleum will be more than just tall and majestic, covering at least thousands of acres. Take the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang as an example. It took 39 years to build, with the back pillow facing the Weihe River and two layers of rammed earth walls to protect the mausoleum, covering an area of more than 75,000 mu.

▲ Liu Xiu stills of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty

However, there was a perfect and outstanding emperor whose tomb occupied only 25 mu, which was less than 1/3000 of the Qin tombs. He is Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty. In the 26th year of Jianwu (AD 50), Liu Xiu ordered the construction of a mausoleum, and personally located the mausoleum between Beimang Mountain and the Yellow River. In addition, he cited the example of China Emperor Baling to Dou Rong, who was in charge of the construction work, demanding that the area of his mausoleum should not exceed 2 hectares, not to mention filling the mausoleum with soil and storing water as a pool, as long as the mausoleum can drain smoothly.

▲ Monument to the Mausoleum of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty

To tell the truth, this North Mangshan Mountain is really a treasure trove of geomantic omen. As the old saying goes, "Born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, buried in Beimang Mountain". Almost all the emperors who built their capitals in the Central Plains took Beimang Mountain as their resting place for the first time, and Liu Xiu, who was in power in Luoyang, would not miss this great opportunity.

The problem is that all the emperors and celebrities are scrambling to be buried at the top of the Beijiang River, overlooking the rolling Yellow River. Only Liu is unconventional, and his mausoleum is designed with the mountains at the back and the water at the back, and built on the beach by the Yellow River. What makes Liu unconventional?

▲ Beishan by the river

According to some experts' analysis, this may be the result of Liu Xiu's superstition of Feng Shui. Although it is generally said that "the side facing the water" is a treasure trove of geomantic omen, the location of Liu Ling is of great significance. According to the local people, it used to be the place where the dragon and the horse carried the "River Map" and the tortoise carried the "Luoshu", which is the best place for geomantic omen in Jin Meng.

▲ Schematic diagram of river map and Luoshu

The legendary "Hutuluo" is the beginning of Yi-ology and the real source of Chinese civilization. Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty chose the mausoleum site here, perhaps because he wanted to touch the spirit of the Dragon and Horse Tortoise. Whether the expert's statement is reliable or not, there is an interesting fact-in these two thousand years, the Yellow River has been diverted several times, but Liu Xiu's original mausoleum has been safe and sound.

▲ The surging Yellow River

Natural disasters can be avoided, but can man-made disasters be avoided? In fact, in the long years of 2000, Liu Xiu's original mausoleum was never stolen. The local people believe that the main reason is that the mausoleum is buried under the Yellow River beach, and the water is all below 4 meters underground, so grave robbers can't start. In the author's opinion, perhaps this is the fate in the dark.