There is a place in Nanjing called Deng Fu Mountain, and the reason why he is called Deng Fu Shan is because here is a founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, Deng Yu, the King of Ninghe.
Deng Yu was a native of Si County, Anhui Province, his original name was Deng Youde, because of his remarkable military achievements, Zhu Yuanzhang once gave him the name Deng Yu, when Hongwu was ten years old, Deng Yue quelled the rebellion in the southwest, and then Banshi returned to the dynasty, passing through Shouchun in Anhui, which is today's Shou County, and then died of illness on the way. He died at the age of 41. When his coffin was transported to the Water West Gate in Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang personally went to mourn, and personally selected this tomb site for him and carried out a state funeral.
However, the Shinto of the tomb is nearly 500 meters, and the stone statues on both sides are very well preserved, with six pairs of 12 pieces, the conventional ten yards empty code, and a pair of Guan Shihu, Shi Yang, Civilian Officials, and Military Generals. The stone horse of Deng Yu's tomb is very special, and there are many carved auspicious cloud patterns, indicating that this horse is a pegasus treatment tomb. There are two special features of the Shinto stone carving, in addition to what we just talked about is the Pegasus, there is also another point that its horse control officer and this horse are separated, usually we see other Ming Dynasty heroes tombs, the horse control officer is standing next to the horse, leading the horse posture, this is not the same.
Of all the stone carvings in Deng Yu's tomb, the most damaged was this pair of horse officers, both of which were damaged. One of the direct chins and face is missing, the other is even more miserable, the whole head is gone, and what you see now is repaired with bricks and cement, but his salt and stone tiger carvings are quite exquisite. There are also Deng Yu's sealed mounds here, as well as stone carvings that have been renovated by his descendants during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, but this place is not the original site, because when Wei Ba Road was built that year, Deng Yu's tomb was moved south as a whole.
Deng Yu was also one of the six kings with different surnames in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. From the death of King Chang of Kaiping in the second year of Hongwu to the death of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan in the 17th year of Hongwu, 13 founding heroes were buried by Zhu Yuanzhang, which is the north of the Purple Mountain we are talking about today. However, only Lin and Wang Deng Yu were buried in this place. What is the reason for this? It remains an unsolved mystery. What do you think about this? Follow me and let's reread Nanjing together.