Introduction: Zhao Yun was one of the five tiger generals of the Shu State during the Three Kingdoms period, who had followed Liu Bei all the way from Hebei to Sichuan, was the most reliable "bodyguard" around Liu Bei, and was also the closest person to Liu Bei in addition to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were so good that they could drill a bed when they slept. (The Ancestor sleeps in the same bed with the clouds - Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
According to the history books, Zhao Yun was not only a talent, (eight feet long and majestic) but also had high martial arts and superior courage, especially good at cavalry assault. Once in Dangyang Changsakapo single-handedly killed into the Cao camp, seven in and seven out, threatening the world.
At the Battle of Hanshui, Zhao Yun led his troops to outnumber the enemy and used the "empty camp plan" to scare off Cao Cao's army, and was honored by the army as "General Huwei". Liu Bei heard that Zhao Yun led the army to a great victory, personally went to the military camp to treat him, and praised him: "Zilong is full of guts. ”
In the third year of Zhang Wu (223 AD), Liu Bei fell ill and died, and the crown prince Liu Chan took the throne. Zhao Yun was reused, and was promoted from the General of zhonghu and Zhengnan to the general of Zhendong, and was given the title of Yongchangting. The reason why Liu Chan was particularly kind to Zhao Yun was mainly because he had saved Liu Chan's life twice.
The first was in the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), when Liu Bei, in order to avoid Cao Cao's attack, retreated all the way south and ran to Changshanpo when he was attacked by the vanguard of Cao's army. In the rebellion, Liu Bei's wife and children were scattered, and Zhao Yun was also missing. At that time, some people saw Zhao Yun going north, and they thought that he had surrendered to Cao Cao, but Liu Bei firmly did not believe this.
After a while, Zhao Yun returned to the army and also saved the young lord Liu Chan. It turned out that Zhao Yun was responsible for the safety of Liu Bei's wife and children at that time, and when he found that the convoy was scattered by Cao Jun, he immediately went north alone to search for it, and as a result, he entered and exited seven times in Changshanpo and successfully rescued the young lord Liu Chan.
The second time was in the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212), Liu Bei led a large army into Shu, leaving Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others to guard Jingzhou, and Zhao Yun, because of his meticulous thinking and prudence, was appointed as the Sima who stayed in the camp and was responsible for protecting the safety of Liu Bei's family.
When Sun Quan heard that Liu Bei had entered Shu, he began to prepare for his return to Jingzhou, and he sent an emissary Zhou Shan to Jingzhou in an attempt to take Sun Shangxiang back to Eastern Wu on the grounds that his mother was ill. Under the persuasion of Zhou Shan, Lady Sun prepared to leave by water to return to Eastern Wu, and not only that, Zhou Shan also asked her to take the young Liu Chan with her, in an attempt to blackmail Liu Bei in the future.
After Zhao Yun learned of the situation, he immediately went to the river to intercept and desperately saved Liu Chan, which avoided the occurrence of an incident.
"First the Lord entered Yizhou, and Wu sent to welcome Lady Sun." Madame wanted to return the crown prince to Wu, and Zhuge Liang made Zhao Yunle soldiers cut off the prince of Jiang, but he had to stop. ——" Romance of the Three Kingdoms • Biography of the Second Concubine
In the seventh year of Jianxing (229), one day Zhuge Liang was watching the stars at night, and suddenly a strong wind struck, blowing the objects all over the ground. Seeing the situation, he quickly calculated a lot, and after seeing the result, he looked up at the sky and sighed: "This wind mainly damages a member of our army." ”
After dawn, Zhao Yun's two sons, Zhao Tong and Zhao Guang, came to see Zhuge Liang and informed his father of his death from illness at night. When the later lord Liu Chan learned the news, he was devastated and said to the left and right: "When I was young, I was repeatedly in danger, and if it were not for the general who sacrificed his life to save each other, he would not have survived today." Therefore, he was posthumously awarded the title of "Marquis of Shunping".
According to the funeral system of the Shu Han Dynasty, after the death of the chancellor, he would generally be buried in the place where he held his post before his death, considering that Zhao Yun had been stationed in Dayi County to defend against the southwest Qiang people during his lifetime, Liu Chan "buried Zhao Yun in the east of Jinping Mountain in Chengdu, built a temple, and enjoyed the sacrifice at four o'clock".
Jinping Mountain, located in Dayi County, more than 50 kilometers west of Chengdu, consists of nine peaks of different sizes, and from a distance, the nine peaks look like a huge screen, so it is also called "Jinping Mountain" by the local people.
Regarding the location of Zhao Yun's tomb, it is clearly recorded in many ancient documents. For example, the Ming Dynasty compiled the "Records of Famous Places in Shuzhong", which records that Jinghui Mountain (one of the nine peaks of Jinping Mountain), the tucheng under the mountain, is said to be the Shu Han general Zhao Yunzhu, Gaiyun tasted the Qiang here, and there are cloud tombs and temples.
The "Sichuan Tongzhi Mausoleum" also says: "The tomb of Han Zhao Yun in the east second mile of Dayi County has a stone stele inscribed with the tomb of the Han general Zhao Zilong."
Nowadays, Zhao Yun's tomb is at the foot of the mountain in the north of Dayi County, not far from Provincial Highway 106, in front of the tomb is Zilong Street, not far from the Zilong Temple, and the Dayi County Cultural Relics Management Office is set up in the Zilong Temple.
The tomb of Zhao Yun and the Zilong Temple that we can see now are both architectural styles of the Qing Dynasty, because as early as the end of the Ming Dynasty, the original tomb was destroyed in the war. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, Li Deyao, who had served as dayizhi County, rebuilt the tomb of Zhao Yun and the Zilong Temple, and personally inscribed the stone stele of "Tomb of Zhao Yun of marquis Zhao Yun of Hanshun Ping". In the Republic of China period, Liu Chengxun, Liu Xiang, Liu Wenhui and others who ruled Sichuan were all Dayi people, and they also paid for the repair of Zhao Yun's tomb many times.
When new China was founded, the above-ground buildings and underground palaces of Zhao Yun's tomb were still well preserved. According to the local old people's recollection, there was a large shadow wall when entering the cemetery at that time, and then there was a stone stele with the inscription "Tomb of Marquis Zhao Yun of Hanshun Ping", and the statue of Zhao Yun was enshrined in the main hall: hands on knees, wearing a four-square Marquis hat, full body gold armor, white beard has been hanging on the chest, the eyes are bright and energetic, not angry and arrogant.
However, in the 1950s, in order to improve the cultural level of the people, Dayi County decided to set up a half-work and half-study staff school, and the school site was selected in the Zhao Yun Cemetery. In 1966, after the Ten Years Movement began, the school's Red Scouts, in response to the call, completely destroyed Zhao Yun's tomb, bulldozed the mounds, and demolished most of the ground buildings.
Some elderly local people still remember this incident vividly, because when destroying Zhao Yun's tomb and the Zilong Temple, something that is still unexplainable happened: a large number of snakes suddenly crawled out of Jinping Mountain, and they crawled out of the woods and rock crevices in groups of three or five, wandering around Zhao Yun's tomb, and the onlookers were surprised and fled the scene.
At that time, the common people were very superstitious, and when they encountered unexplainable things, they thought that the ancients had appeared, saying that these snakes that suddenly crawled out were the embodiment of the later lord Liu Chan, in order to repay the favor, to prevent the red young general from demolishing Zhao Yun's tomb. The legend of "the savior of the dragon, the protector of the temple" has spread in the local area, and the local people are still convinced.
However, at that time, the red young general was not afraid of the sky, naturally he would not be frightened by the snake, or destroyed Zhao Yun's tomb with a single blow. Fortunately, these red generals only destroyed the buildings on the ground and did not do anything to the underground palace buried deep underground, so the underground palace of Zhao Yun's tomb was still intact at that time.
After a few years, the staff school was to be expanded, so several teaching buildings were built around the front and back of Zhao Yun's tomb, and as a result, during the construction process, a group of migrant workers heard about Zhao Yun's tomb and thought that Zhao Yun was a great general of the Three Kingdoms, and there must be a lot of gold and silver treasure buried in the tomb, which changed the mind of the tomb robber.
They used construction as a cover to dig zhao yun's tomb for 3 days and 3 nights in a row, but they failed to dig up the underground palace of Zhao Yun's tomb, because during this period, another strange thing happened.
As soon as this group of migrant workers began to dig the grave, it would rain heavily in the sky, and then the rain would rush down from the mountain with mud and sand, filling the holes dug, for 3 days in a row. In the end, this group of migrant workers thought that Zhao Yun's tomb was protected by heaven, so they did not dare to dig it again, and as a result, the 4th day was a sunny day.
To this day, among the older generation of Dayi people, there is still a legend that "heavy rain prevents gravediggers".
Conclusion: After the reform and opening up, the local government has been working hard to protect and restore Zhao Yun's tomb, but because most of the cemetery is occupied by schools and factories, the relocation work has not progressed. It was only in the last decade, with the joint efforts of the local government and the education department, that the schools in the cemetery were moved out.
After that, Dayi County spent tens of millions of dollars to rebuild Zhao Yun's tomb. In 2014, it was announced by the Sichuan Provincial Government as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit.