introduction
China's history is very long, since ancient times, China's civilization has been brilliant, Chinese culture not only has the essence of opera, porcelain art and other inheritance, but also has a cultural treasure of the tomb culture. The existence of cemeteries may not be special in other countries, but in China, because of the historical and cultural evolution of thousands of years of inheritance, the tomb culture of our country is also very grand. There are many cemeteries worth exploring in China, in addition to the emperor's mausoleum, there are also the cemeteries of various princes, ministers, princes and nobles, most of their tombs are very hidden, such as Cao Cao's cemetery, which has been very mysterious since ancient times and will always be mentioned by people.
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In fact, as early as the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there is already a record of Cao Cao's tomb. Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, so even after his death, he had to set up the "Seventy-Two Tombs of Doubt", but this is not accurate. Cao Cao's tomb is recorded in the "Chronicle of Zhangde Fu", which says that it is located in Lingzhi Village near Tongquetai, but whether it is really here or not, we have no way of knowing, we can only say that the existence of this place is only a hypothesis about Cao Cao's tomb.
However, although the specific location of Cao Cao's tomb is unknown, we still found many traces of ancient tombs following the footsteps of "tomb robbers". Although we are very concerned about the country's cultural relics, things like tomb robbers are generally only done by tomb robbers. However, this is not to say that we can only rely on tomb robbers to find ancient tombs, in fact, in many times in our country in order to build a large project of modernization, there will always be accidental excavation of many ancient tombs and ruins, which may be unintentional willow cutting.
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China's cultural history is too long, so the existence of cultural relics is also very diverse. Among all the cultural relics, the most common should be all kinds of rare treasures excavated from tombs, because the living habits of the ancients were like this. In ancient times, people would enter the tomb with various funerary items after death, and if they were not found by tomb thieves, then these cultural relics would most likely be preserved intact. And what happened next was the result of such a "mistaken hit".
In the 1980s, the water level of a reservoir in Jiangxi province dropped severely due to local drought. With the continuous downward movement of the water level, a large number of Buddha statues suddenly appeared in the places that were originally flooded. This incident soon attracted widespread attention in society, and all the media were vying to report on it. When many Buddhists learned of this, they flocked to this place to watch. After the cultural relics department heard the news, it came to the bottom of the reservoir with professional diving equipment to investigate, and the final discovery surprised the experts: it was unbelievable.
After the water level of this reservoir is moved down, in addition to the large number of Buddha statues found on the surface of the water, it also contains a huge group of ancient tombs. After consulting a large number of history books, experts also have to marvel at its origin. This ancient tomb group should be a very prosperous ancient town during the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty king thought that the environment was very good, so he regarded this place as his fiefdom. After the death of the king of the domain, his body was buried here. Over time, the Ming Dynasty clan took this cemetery as their burial place, and eventually formed this huge group of ancient tombs.
epilogue
Perhaps there are always surprises and regrets in the development of things, and the ancient tombs we have found are not well preserved, and even because the time is too far away, many places have begun to be damaged. When the experts' archaeological work was finally over, they sent these artifacts to the museum for preservation, but the Buddha statues outside could not be transported, and the carving of these Buddha statues was very artistic and the number was also very impressive, so this place has become a must-visit tourist attraction in recent years.
Tourists flock to see these reliefs, and the level of carving of these Buddha statues is very delicate even now. This place in Jiangxi has always been the residence of many princes and nobles, and I believe that in addition to this ancient tomb group, there are many ancient tombs, and the number of cultural relics is even more than we see. However, these places have not yet been discovered, and at the same time, we hope that these cultural relics that have been discovered can be better protected and show more of the history and culture contained in the world.
Resources:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
《Chronicle of ZhangdeFu》