Lü Dongbin is a famous taoist deity and has a high reputation and prestige in the folk. According to historical records, Lü Dongbin's original name was Lü Yan, and he was born in the Tang Dynasty and was the son of an official eunuch. According to historical records, when he was born, the smell was full of strange smells, and a white crane flew into the tent and disappeared. Lü Dongbin was very intelligent since he was a child, he was able to write at the age of ten, he was able to do martial arts at the age of fifteen, and he was also proficient in hundreds of scriptures, and he was a very talented person.
Lü Dongbin later passed the imperial examination and entered the official field and became an official. Because he did not like the deceit of the court, he left the official field to go to the temple to become a monk. Before leaving, he took out all the property of his family and gave it to the poor people, and won the respect and admiration of many people. During the Yuan Dynasty, in order to express his admiration for Lü Dongbin, Kublai Khan spent huge manpower and material resources to build him a Yongle Palace. In the 1950s, workers accidentally excavated a thousand-year-old tomb in the process of relocating the Yongle Palace.
The staff immediately reported the news to the relevant departments and asked archaeologists to come and study and deal with it. Experts judged the true identity of the tomb owner according to the epitaph, he is the legendary god Lü Dongbin. However, its tomb is surprising because it is only 7 square meters. Experts open the coffin and call out, this is impossible. Why do experts exclaim in such a way? What exactly did he see in the coffin?
Insiders revealed that after archaeologists opened Lü Dongbin's coffin, they found two bodies inside. One of them is taller and should be male. Another, more petite skeleton, should be a woman. In terms of shape, this is a joint burial tomb for a couple. Lü Dongbin is a monk, and in theory he will not marry and have children, so he will not be buried with a woman. In addition to the remains, archaeologists have also found some Song Dynasty currency in the tomb. From the perspective of time, the Song Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty where Lü Dongbin lived were hundreds of years apart. These things have caused a lot of confusion to archaeologists, and they have not been able to find out the truth.
Some people speculate that although the epitaph has the information of Lü Dongbin written on it, the remains inside should not be Lü Dongbin. It may be that the descendants did not have money to bury and occupied Lü Dongbin's coffin. The coins inside may be props that posterity put in to compensate Lü Dongbin. These speculations seem to have some truth, but they have not solved all the mysteries, and the truth of the matter is still an unsolved mystery.