In the winter of 1969, at Jiulong Mountain, 12.5 kilometers from Zoucheng City, Shandong Province (there are many Jiulong Mountains in the country, pay attention to the location), the villagers were busy digging air raid shelters. Inadvertently, the villagers dug a cemetery, and they reported to the relevant departments in a timely manner.
In 1970, archaeologists from the Shandong Museum and Zou County excavated this ancient tomb, and its specifications exceeded people's expectations, and it is the most valuable Tomb of the Prince of the Ming Dynasty unearthed so far.
In the cleanup of the ancient tombs, archaeologists found a large number of colorful wood carvings, crowns, jade, famous pianos, calligraphy and paintings and other cultural relics, nearly 2,000 pieces.
Among them, the most representative cultural relics are: jiuxue crown, brocade plate robe, gold inlaid jade belt, tianfeng haitaoqin, sunflower fan, "treasure of Lu King" seal and so on.
The only surviving Crown of princes of the Ming Dynasty, the Nine Crowns, is made of 162 pearls of medium texture, and its value is immeasurable. The gold-encrusted jade belt is centered by a large gemstone, surrounded by emeralds, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, and opals, which are integrated and expensive, and are the treasures of the Shandong Museum.
The owner of the tomb is Zhu Tan, the tenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, his wife is the daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang's Xiaotanghe; his mother is Guo Ningfei; and his uncles Guo Ying and Guo Xing are both "Twenty-four Generals of Huaixi" and have the merit of the dragon.
Zhu Tan had a virtuous name in his early years, he was diligent and studious, excellent in literary style, and humble in dealing with others, Zhu Yuanzhang was very good to him. However, after zhu tan superstitiously believed that dan medicine could prolong life, he took a large number of medicinal stones and jindan, so he was poisoned and injured his eyes, and died of illness at the age of 22.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry, believing that he had lost his life because of his superstition of Jin Dan, stupidity, and absurd behavior, and gave him the nickname "absurd".
The Tomb of King Luhuang consists of three parts: guide, mausoleum, mausoleum, the outer city wall is 1200 meters long, 800 meters wide, covers an area of 70,000 square meters, and the underground palace is 20 meters from the surface. The landmark buildings of the Tomb of King Luhuang are: Outer City, Inner City, Archway, Ming Tower, and Underground Palace. The entire royal tomb has a reasonable layout, grand meteorology and excellent feng shui, and is one of the best-preserved Ming Dynasty royal tombs.
However, the vicissitudes of sangtian and the tombs of the Luhuang kings have suffered damage to varying degrees in different historical periods, and the relevant departments have decided to protect them after extensive consultation.
In 1985, the relevant departments of Zoucheng City decided to restore the Tomb of the King of Luhuang, and they formed a restoration and protection team with the guiding ideology of "rescue first, protection first".
Reconstruction of damaged buildings; leveling of parts of the ground; reinforcement of dungeon burial chambers; relocation of some villagers; artificial reproduction of some models of cultural relics.
All the work was carried out in an orderly manner and achieved great results, and this tomb of the Luhuang King, which consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, was opened to the public in 1988 for tourists to visit.
The Tomb of King Luhuang is the most valuable Ming Dynasty tomb excavated in Shandong Province, and some of these cultural relics are unique in the whole country.
For example, the Nine Crowns, which have always existed in the literature, have only two in the country so far. One is the crown that Yuan Shikai imitated when he was called emperor, which cannot be regarded as an ancient cultural relic in the true sense, and the other is the nine crowns excavated from the tomb of King Lu Huang, and there is no other case, and its preciousness can be seen.
In addition, the Tianfeng Haitao Qin, is also a rare cultural relic, it is cast by paulownia wood, inlaid with gold and carved jade, with obvious broken lines, the bottom is engraved with "Tianfeng Haitao", is a Song Dynasty famous qin, Lu HuangWang was quite fond of it before his death.
When playing, such as the long wind whistling, the waves lapping on the shore, the sound of the piano is crisp and powerful, making people feel relaxed, and it is a rare famous piano. In addition, the treasure of the Shandong Museum is inlaid with gold and jade belts, not to mention, emeralds, opals and other precious stones are available, which makes people dazzled.
Because of its high specifications, well-preserved and precious excavated cultural relics, the Tomb of The King of Luhuang has been valued by relevant departments and has been restored and protected many times.
In 1992, the Tomb of King Luhuang was rated as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit in Shandong Province, and in 2006, it was rated as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council; and it is still known as the first mausoleum of the Prince of the Ming Dynasty.
It has become a cultural business card of Shandong Province, a manifestation of humanistic heritage, and tells people in the past about the life of princes of the Ming Dynasty.