Why is Genghis Khan's mausoleum just a crown tomb?
Genghis Khan's burial site has been foggy for hundreds of years, but just a dozen years ago, a group of Americans claimed to have found Genghis Khan's mausoleum.
Is Genghis Khan's mausoleum really going to come to life?
We all know that the mausoleum of Genghis Khan is on the grassland of Greater Inner Mongolia, and there are historical records that the camel hair that absorbed genghis Khan's last breath was treasured in the mausoleum of Genghis Khan.
For hundreds of years, the mausoleum of Genghis Khan has occupied a very important position in Chinese history, and even the legends in the middle are even more divine.
However, there is a little-known fact: Genghis Khan's mausoleum is only a crown tomb, not the real place where Genghis Khan was buried.
So where is the real burial place of Genghis Khan?
In June 2002, an American team of archaeologists, accredited by the Government of Outer Mongolia, entered the town of Baslit with high-tech equipment, home to a strange cemetery where they suspected Genghis Khan was buried.
Just as they were fully armed and ready to do a big job, strange things happened one after another, and finally they had to leave in a daze.
What really happened that day? Are there really strange events happening?
Today's Mausoleum of Genghis Khan is located on the Ijinholo Banner Grassland in Ordos City, and although this mausoleum is a crown tomb, it is not the site of the original mausoleum.
The mausoleum of Genghis Khan has been relocated several times over the centuries, and it was not until 1954 that the mausoleum was moved to this steppe.
Genghis Khan died in 1227 AD, and his crown tomb was originally in the "Eight White Houses", because they belonged to the nomadic people, so the so-called "Eight White Houses" were eight white tents.
Because people can move at any time, in order to be able to worship at any time, genghis Khan's crown tomb is built in a tent that can be moved.
Genghis Khan has always been a god in the hearts of nomadic peoples, so after Genghis Khan's death, successive dynasties have performed the highest standard of sacrifices on his crown tomb.
For more than 100 years after that, people mainly made sacrifices and offerings in the "Eight White Houses", and even in the vast steppe, there was more than one place dedicated to Genghis Khan.
During the Tianshun period, because the tribes that sacrificed Genghis Khan migrated to the Hetao Plain, the place of worship of Genghis Khan also moved, and it is interesting that the area of hetao today is called Ordos, which is also because of Genghis Khan.
Genghis Khan's palace account is called "Ordo", which translates to the meaning of many palaces, because the nomadic peoples were stationed in the Hetao area and began to worship Genghis Khan here, so it has been called "Ordos" since then.
During the Shunzhi period, the descendants of Genghis Khan began to migrate again to the meadows on the banks of the Hog River in Bayinchang, so that the name of Ijin Holo was born here, which is the site of the current Genghis Khan Mausoleum.
Of course, after the Shunzhi period, the mausoleum of Genghis Khan was not located here, it experienced the fall of the Qing Dynasty, experienced the war of the Republic of China, and had been relocated several times for various reasons.
It was not until after the founding of New China that the people finally lived a stable life, and only then did they apply to the government, hoping to move the mausoleum of Genghis Khan back to their hometown.
After Premier Zhou personally gave instructions, Genghis Khan was officially relocated to the Ijin Holo Banner Grassland, which is what we see today.
Was the Tomb of Genghis Khan really discovered?
Since genghis khan's mausoleum is only a crown tomb, where is the real burial place of Genghis Khan?
In the Mongols, there has always been a tradition of "secret burial", and in the yuan dynasty there was a unified standard for the imperial family, that is, no record, no publication, no marking.
In order to confuse the world, some royal families will only set up several crown tombs, so far, people have not really found the burial place of Genghis Khan.
However, there are no clues about where he really died, according to historical records: in 1227 AD, Genghis Khan was attacking Western Xia, and he died of illness on the way.
After his death, Genghis Khan was buried in the Valley of Qiyuan, the birthplace of the Beggars, near the present-day Kent Mountain in Mongolia.
This valley has a lot to offer.
It is said that Genghis Khan's ancestors once absorbed natural aura in this valley, and Genghis Khan's father should also be buried here.
Later, Genghis Khan was sheltered here many times in the process of attacking the Jin soldiers, and even in the later conquests, he escaped a disaster.
For this reason, Genghis Khan's feelings for this mountain are extremely deep, and every time there is a major event, it is also here to defeat.
Although Genghis Khan was buried here after his death, in order to prevent future generations from finding his mausoleum, after the burial, the Mongolian Iron Horse led thousands of troops and horses to step on the ground.
Since then, there have been no markings, no trees, and it has been guarded by posterity, becoming a forbidden place for nomadic peoples, and even for hundreds of years, no one knows where it is buried in the Valley.
In 2002, an American archaeological team from Outer Mongolia came, and this archaeological team got a permit from Outer Mongolia and came with high-tech equipment.
They came here because they found a cemetery deep in the Kent Mountains, which was on the border between Outer Mongolia and Russia.
The cemetery is huge, the mausoleum is well preserved, the scale is relatively amazing, just from the outside can know the status of the owner of the tomb is extraordinary, they suspect that this is the tomb of Genghis Khan, so they want to excavate.
The team had spent 3 years searching for Genghis Khan's mausoleum, but found nothing until they found it, and finally made progress.
At first, they made no progress in going around here, so they took out their high-tech equipment and began to survey the entire mountain range.
Later, in order to find some clues, they also used satellites to take pictures of this part of the map, conducted rigorous analysis and comparison, and after many days of detection and research, they finally locked the scope.
The news shocked the world for a time, and many people's eyes were drawn to it, and even some people began to rumor that Genghis Khan's tomb had been found.
But is it really going so well?
Just when this archaeological team began to rub their fists, they did not expect that they had encountered a series of strange things here, which led to their only 2 months of construction and then had to leave.
Cursed American archaeological team
According to the team of latecomers, they first discovered an outer wall, which was about 2 miles long, and they guessed it was the wall that protected the mausoleum.
Just as they were digging deeper, they suddenly emerged from the wall with many poisonous snakes, which were numerous and began to attack them because they were frightened.
Many of the people in their ranks were bitten and even in danger of their lives, but they didn't pay attention to it, after all, it was not unusual to have a few snakes.
As the excavations progressed, something strange happened.
The SUV they had been parked on the hillside suddenly slid down the hill at a rapid speed, and in a strange place, the vehicle confirmed that it had stopped safely, and there was no external force to affect and push.
These strange things did not hinder the progress of the archaeological team, but the local Mongols were very repulsive to the behavior of the archaeological team.
They believe that these people dug up the graves of their ancestors and disturbed the undead, so they were cursed, which led to these strange things.
Coupled with the fact that they were trying to excavate the land of the gods in the hearts of the Mongols, many people were extremely resistant to them, and their archaeological work had to be interrupted because the local people reacted too strongly to this matter.
Two months later, the former prime minister of Mongolia personally rushed to the archaeological site to inspect, and after learning what happened to the archaeological team, he investigated the identity of the members of the archaeological team.
Since some of the archaeologists were gold traders, the former Prime Minister of Mongolia began to doubt the true purpose of the team, and he hurriedly wrote a letter to the President of Mongolia, strongly demanding that the team be expelled.
The letter was later published, which immediately aroused heated discussion, and many people strongly demanded that their destruction of Chinese cultural relics be stopped, and eventually they had no choice but to leave.
Whether this is genghis khan's mausoleum or not, we do not know, because his burial place is still a mystery, so there are many opinions about whether Genghis Khan has a mausoleum or not.
Some people say that Genghis Khan was buried in Lake Issyk-Kul, just northeast of Kyrgyzstan, and after Genghis Khan's death, people made sarcophagus according to his orders, placed the burial goods inside, and sank to the middle of the lake.
Because there are many ruins around Lake Issyk-Kul today, it is said that these ruins were left behind by the descendants who guarded his tomb. Later, after experts excavated and studied here, it was found that many of the cultural relics unearthed here belonged to the Yuan Dynasty period.
However, there is a widely circulated version that genghis Khan's mausoleum has not been found because he has no mausoleum at all.
Buddhism in Tibet also has a tradition of "heavenly burial", the so-called "heavenly burial" is to put a person's body on a mountain after death, so that birds and animals can eat it.
They believe that this can return to nature and achieve fame.
At that time, Genghis Khan died in the summer, the weather was hot, and his body could not be transported for a long time, so it was suggested that the Tibetan tradition of "heavenly burial" should be used to house Genghis Khan.
In fact, the Yuan Dynasty period has a history of hundreds of years, and when we study the predecessors, we can only speculate through historical materials and excavated cultural relics.
However, whether the historical records are accurate or not is really not guaranteed, and where Genghis Khan's mausoleum is still an unsolved mystery.
Maybe one day, people will be able to discover his mausoleum by coincidence, and it will certainly be of great help to our country in studying the history and culture of the Yuan Dynasty.