Wu Zetian's tomb is located in Qianling, on the outskirts of Xianyang in Shaanxi Province, more than 10 kilometers west of Xianyang City, at a peak of more than 1,000 meters above sea level, using the construction method of the yinshan mausoleum, Wu Zetian and her husband Tang Gaozong Li Zhi were buried here In addition to Wu Zetian's main tomb, there are 17 funerary burial chambers. There were 61 headless stone people in front of Wu Zetian's tomb, and the whereabouts of their heads were unknown for thousands of years, and as a result, they were unlocked by two farmers!
People who come to Qianling will be curious about the headless stone statues located on both sides of the Suzaku Gate. One thing you need to understand is that the headless stone statue has no head as early as a hundred years ago, which can also be seen in the photos taken by the missionaries in the late Qing Dynasty. There are 61 headless stone statues, 32 on the west side and 29 on the east side, with the full name of sixty-one statues.
What exactly do these 61 headless statues represent? Is it related to Wu Zetian? History kept moving forward, but the mystery remained unsolved until 1974, when two farmers stumbled upon it, and the secret of the stone statue was finally revealed.
In 1974, when two farmers in Shaanxi were working in the fields, they dug out a lot of stones in the field, and the shape of these stones looked like human heads, because the number was relatively large and strange, so the two farmers did not dare to easily dispose of it, and the two of them immediately reported it, and then the local cultural relics bureau immediately sent experts to identify. After identification, these stone heads were owned by the headless stone people in front of Wu Zetian's tomb!