There are 61 headless stone statues in front of Wu Zetian's tomb, which have been difficult to explain for thousands of years and were cracked by 2 farmers
"Empress": "The talent of the scarf is twisted, and a generation of empresses is ancient and modern." Although he entered the palace as a charmer, he ransomed his body because of his wisdom. The lone phoenix spread its wings and ascended to the dragon seat, and the weak woman waved her hand to ambush the courtiers. Meritorious controversies have gone, and the wordless tablets are full of poetry. ”
During the period of Chinese feudal society, the ruler was called the emperor, and the people of the world and the country and mountains were all owned by him, and those who participated in the government were generally men, and very few women appeared. However, there has also been a generation of empresses in the history of our country, and she is the Wu Zetian known to posterity. Historically, her has been judged to be mixed, with male rightsists believing that she was a femininity, involved in politics by charm and seduction, and ambitious. However, there are also chroniclers who believe that she inherited the Zhenguan Kaiyuan and made important contributions in history, compared with male emperors, no less.
She ruled the Tang Dynasty in a centralized manner for nearly half a century, and her political contributions have to be impressive compared to some mediocre emperors in history. Until after her death, the descendants of the Sheng Tang Dynasty buried her with Emperor Gaozong of Tang in Qianling, which was the treatment of members of the royal family. But there are 61 headless stone statues in front of her tomb, which have been difficult to explain for thousands of years, and finally the puzzle is solved by 2 farmers.
Once gone, Wu Zetian left the prosperous Tang Dynasty to rest in peace in the Qianling Tombs. For the ancients who believed in feng shui, the location of the imperial tomb here was an excellent location for the emperor's home and the fortunes of the country. Feng Shui magicians had already begun to select sites while the emperor was still alive, and their daily job was to present the emperor with a satisfactory result, so no matter where she was finally chosen, it must have come with her wishes.
Her husband Li Zhi was buried in Qianling, and as his empress, Wu Zetian naturally wanted to be buried with him as a member of the royal family after his death, and accept the protection of Qianling's gods. But strangely enough, the value of Qianling is well known, but the tomb robbers who come to fight its idea are rarely successful.
Because of the coveting of a large number of funerary products in the Qianling Tomb, the tomb robbers all wanted to make a fortune from it and opened robbery holes in various places in the tomb, but they all ended in fruitlessness. Even some officers and soldiers attacked here with cannons, but they still did not harm it in the slightest, let alone steal the funerary goods. And such a result also made the surrounding people begin to have various speculations about Qianling, some people said that the tomb robbers had been unsuccessful because Qianling had the protection of the gods, and some people said that there were actually undead waiting here, and everyone had their own opinions.
Of course, the most talked about by the people is the 61 headless stone statues in front of the tomb, each with different shapes, and the most supernatural thing is that they all have no heads. They believe that these stone statues are the guardians who guard the place from destruction, and the stone statues have divine powers on them. The stories in the mouths of the people are not out of thin air, because they have indeed seen some strange phenomena, and scientists and historians have used modern science to explain the reasons for this, which has cast another veil of mystery over the place.
The mystery of this place reminds people of the life of the empress, and some people think that she is cruel by nature, and in spite of her morality, she serves her father and her son, and her behavior is unacceptable. According to historical records, Wu Zetian, like other male emperors, owned three thousand harems, but only changed from a woman to a man.
And in the Zizhi Tongjian, it is recorded that Wu Zetian was a completely ruthless person who personally strangled her newborn daughter to death in order to compete with Empress Wang, Concubine Xiao Shufei and others when he was doing Zhaoyi. Of course, her great sacrifice was also answered, because at that time, Emperor Gaozong was very fond of Wu Zetian, and after Empress Wang was married by her, naturally Emperor Gaozong chose to believe everything she said, so he beat Empress Wang into the cold palace. But this was far from her goal, her daughter died, and she hoped that the queen would also bury her daughter, so she sent someone to assassinate her in the cold palace. At the beginning of her reign, Wu Zetian was still very cruel and unkind, she had eyeliner everywhere, and she was very distrustful of people.
The life of the empress and the mystery of Qianling have made everyone speculate about these headless statues, and there are different theories, and experts are helpless. But two farmers, in their daily labor, made major discoveries that finally solved the mystery that has plagued generations for thousands of years.
In 1974, in a field in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, two farmers came to dig the ground with hoes as usual, and what they thought was a peaceful day, but a hard piece suddenly touched their hoes. Feeling unusual, they quickly dug out the dirt around them and cut out a stone, and this stone was actually the image of a human head.
After picking up the stone "head" and wiping off the dirt, they saw the fine lines on it come to life, and decided that this thing must be related to cultural relics, because as the ancient capital of all dynasties, cultural relics here are everywhere. So two farmers reported the matter to the cultural relics department, and archaeologists immediately came to identify it, and they were pleased to find that this thing was related to the Tang Dynasty.
Archaeologists concluded that there must be something relevant around this area, so they began a carpet search in the demarcated area, and sure enough, more stone "heads" were excavated by them. Archaeologists were ecstatic about this, and their subsequent research showed that these stone "heads" were the "heads" of the 61 headless statues in front of Wu Zetian's tomb, and the entire archaeological community was shocked when they heard the news.
Through these excavations, the stone "heads" unearthed allow archaeologists to further study the history behind the stone statues. It turns out that they are not without "heads", but only have different heads. From the carved patterns on the stone "heads", it can be seen that these stone statues should be Turkic, and their appearance has strong regional characteristics.
Moreover, the inscription on the stone "head" can also be seen that they are all not ordinary people, "The Prince of Tochara holds the Kardara, the King of Mujuhan Stol" and so on, almost every stone statue can find a matching name, and the historical information brought by their "head" also shows that these people are the 61 courtiers of the Tang Dynasty.
Placing it in front of Wu Zetian's tomb is a form of commemoration, and there is no supernatural claim. Because they all participated in Wu Zetian's funeral, they were made into stone statues and stood here, which was enough to see the number of friends and subjects of the Tang Dynasty, and the image of a big country jumped in front of them.
However, the heads of these stone statues are different, whether they are natural disasters or man-made disasters are unknown, and can only rely on the speculation of experts and scholars, and cannot be determined. But there are two reasons recognized by the academic community so far, one is that the human head is broken by the earthquake, and after thousands of years of geological movement, the stone "head" rolls down here. Another theory is more inclined to "man-made disasters", they believe that Wu Zetian has many enemies, and after her death, someone deliberately damaged the Qianling statue for discouragement.
Whatever the reason, future generations are undoubtedly happy and excited when they discover these histories. Through these cultural relics, we can have a dialogue with history and understand that period of history, although it cannot change the past, but it must be able to summarize the results we want from it and benefit each generation. We can see that there are many women like Wu Zetian in history, Hua Mulan, Li Qingzhao and others are strong and independent women, they may be suppressed by feudal society, but for their own lives, they will never admit to being suppressed by men at the bottom of society.
Wu Zetian's deeds must have had a controversial negative impact, which did not affect the heavy ink she wielded in the history of the Tang Dynasty. Her political governance brought incorruptibility and economic progress to the Tang Dynasty bureaucracy. She has made great achievements in quelling insurgency, securing borders, and promoting relations with neighboring countries. The imperial examination system has also been further developed and improved by her, and it can be said that she has a great credit for promoting the historical development of the Tang Dynasty. There are 61 headless stone statues in front of Wu Zetian's tomb, which are witnesses to her friendly relations with neighboring countries, although it has been difficult to explain for thousands of years, but with the discovery of 2 farmers, we also have a better understanding of this.
Luo Binwang's "Dai Li Jingye Passed on the Heavenly Text": "Those who are pseudo-advent to the Wu clan of the dynasty are not harmonious in sex, and the earth is cold and weak. Scholars, both historical and contemporary, have different attitudes toward Wu Zetian, and the wordless monument erected after her own death also has this meaning. Her life has been meaningfully completed, she has created brilliance, and she has also been a villain, and it is no longer important to her to follow what others think.