Millennium Dragon Vein - Mt. Yao (Network Photo)
Chinese attaches great importance to feng shui, both in ancient times and now. Luoyang, Henan, is the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, is the place where the culture of the ancient Central Plains flourished, and the so-called "born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, buried in the North". Luoyang's Qiushan Mountain is such a treasure of feng shui, which is a thousand-year-old dragon vein and buries 24 emperors. North of the Mountain is the Yellow River, the soil layer is deep, and the bottom is sandy, the water permeability is good, the soil layer is strong and dry, and it is considered to be the most ideal place for the deceased to live. Therefore, for thousands of years, it has been the first choice for emperors, dignitaries and princes to die after death. Therefore, there are many ancient tombs on the mountain, "the land of no lying cattle".
Yellow River (Web Image)
Wang Jianshiyun of the Tang Dynasty: "There is little idle land at the head of the Northern Mountains, and it is full of old tombs of Luoyang people." There are many old burials in the old tombs, and there is no place to buy them with gold. "Mt. Bei, also known as Beishan Mountain, lies on the north side of Luoyang, and is the remnant of the Qinling Mountains, a branch of The Kunshan Mountains. Mount Yao is a natural barrier north of Luoyang and a strategic military location. But if you walk in, you will find that there are really tombs in the mountain, tombs and tombs, which can be called the largest in the history of Chinese mausoleums, known as the "Pyramid of the East". So who are the people buried here? This matter has to start from the Eastern Zhou, the capital of the Eastern Zhou is in Luoyang, so the mountain with excellent feng shui has become the best choice.
Since the twelfth king of Zhou Jing, more than ten kings, including King Jing, King Yuan, King Zhending, King Lai, King Si, King Kao, King Wei Lie, King An, King Lie, King Xian, and King Shen Liang, have all been buried here. The specific location of some of the tombs of the Zhou kings has not yet been finalized. According to historical records, Liu Xiu, Yuanhong and a dozen other emperors who came to the world, Zhang Yi, Fan Duo, Ban Chao, Di Renjie and other thousands of celebrities, many foreign kings such as Buyeo Wang, Quan Boy, and even Liu Chan, Li Yu and other emperors of the fallen kingdom, all died on the tuling mountains in the north of Luoyang City. As for the tombs of ordinary rich and noble families, there are countless more.
Why was the Tombs of Mt. Yao loved by the ancients? Because in the eyes of the ancients, the feng shui of The Mountain is excellent. In the surviving passage of the Luo Du Fu, there is a refined summary of the feng shui of Mount Yao, to the effect that Mount Yao relies on the torrent of Kunlun, according to the shuangchuan of Yiluo, holding the rock barrier of Chenggao, and supporting the lofty mountain of Erkun. There is also a saying that the Mountain is the remnant of the Qinling Mountains and even the KunShan Mountains, and there is the Yellow River in the north, the Yiluo Basin in the south, and the mountains and rivers, which can be described as a good burial place in the eyes of feng shui masters. At present, the excavated imperial tombs in the Qiushan Mausoleum Group include 8 tombs of the Eastern Zhou Kings, 5 tombs of the Eastern Han Dynasty, 1 tomb of the Cao Wei Emperor, 5 tombs of the Western Jin Dynasty, 4 tombs of the Northern Wei Emperors, and 1 Tomb of the Tang Emperors after the Five Dynasties.
Mt. Yao (Web Image)
Statistically, there are 24 emperors in six dynasties. Together with the funerary tombs of the royal family and ministers, the total number is more than 1,000. If you add the tombs of ordinary people, it will reach hundreds of thousands. The Yaoshan area is not only the largest ancient tomb concentration in China, but also a famous treasure house of underground cultural relics in China, which has unearthed tens of thousands of precious cultural relics, with high historical, artistic and scientific value, and there are still countless treasures in the mountain today. Therefore, the mountain has also become the primary target of many tomb robbers in successive dynasties.
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