Cai Zhong
Cai Zhong (蔡仲), surname Ji (姬), courtesy name Hu (胡), grandson of King Wen of Zhou, son of Cai Shudu, and nephew of King Wu of Zhou. Because Shudu participated in the "Rebellion of the Three Prisons", his father was imprisoned, the Cai state was withdrawn, and the city and land of the Cai state were guarded by the Zhou royal family. As Shudu's son Ji Hu (i.e. Cai Zhong), the pain in his heart is self-evident. Although he was humiliated and sent to the fiefdom of Lu Guo, the son of Zhou Gongdan, as a secretary of state, he still conscientiously assisted his father's enemy, the son of Zhou Gongdan, and the son of Zhou Gongdan, to govern the state of Lu, and governed the state of Lu in an orderly manner, and finally won unanimous praise from the imperial court with good moral character and outstanding political achievements. In 1038 BC, Zhou Gongdan asked King Cheng of Zhou for approval, and Ji Hu was able to restore Cai Di as a marquis, in order to follow the sacrifice of Cai Shudu, known as Cai Zhong, also known as Cai Zhonghu. Zhong, Zhongye, Secondary. Cai Zhong is the second monarch of the Cai kingdom and the second ancestor of the Cai clan, not the ancestor.
After Cai Zhong was enfeoffed as cai guo, he exerted great efforts to govern and did not live in a luxurious palace, but instead formed grass on the slope of the post. He took off his ornate brocade robe and boots, changed into rough cloth clothes and straw shoes, held a wooden staff in his hand, and led his entourage on a field investigation in the territory, only to find that the surface of the ground was a few feet thick and the yellow and black soil under the sand and brick was a long crop. So Cai Zhong mobilized his subjects to cultivate land. A year later, when people saw the green crops growing on the yellow soil, they understood Cai Zhong's good intentions and prostrated themselves to him. Cai Zhong then led the people to continue to build the capital of the Cai kingdom that his father had not repaired. The capital city was built, the political institutions were established, the society was stable, production developed, and since then, cai guo has been prosperous and stable for a long time.
Ruins of the ancient city of Cai Guo
The ancient city of Cai Guo was located on the eastern slope of Lugang in present-day Shangcai County. The plan of the ancient city of Cai Guo is slightly rectangular, slightly shorter from east to west, and slightly longer from north to south. The existing city wall is 4-11 meters high, 15-25 meters wide, and the total length is about 10490 meters. The walls are made of rammed earth and are very strong. The layout of the city walls is divided into an outer city and an inner city, and there is a moat under the outer city. In the middle of the city, there is a tutai called Erlangtai, with an area of 1.2 million square meters, which may be the palace area of Cai Hou. Many ancient wells and pottery drainage pipes were found on the stage, and there were many Spring and Autumn pottery pieces and architectural components such as cylinder tiles and plate tiles under the stage, indicating that there were huge buildings here at that time. The Ancient City of Cai Guo was the capital of the State of Cai during the Western Zhou And Spring and Autumn Periods, and served as the capital of the State of Cai for 500 years. The ruins of the ancient city of Cai Guo are the best-preserved ancient city of the Western Zhou Dynasty in China. The ancient city of Cai Guo occupies an extremely important position in the construction of the pre-Qin city and is a rare and valuable historical and cultural heritage. In 1996, cai guo's ancient city was announced by the State Council as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Cai Zhong, as the son of a deposed monarch, was able to regain his father's title and restore the country as a monarch, relying on the fact that he could not only recognize his father's faults and take them as a warning, but also abide by the virtues of King Wen of Zhou and respect virtue and goodness. When he restored Cai Zhong to the State of Cai, King Cheng of Zhou said to him, "You obey Zude, change your father's behavior, and be able to keep the way of your courtiers, so I have appointed you to the Eastern Lands as a prince." It can be seen that Cai Zhong has succeeded in his own virtues. The Book of Shang says that "Cai Zhongke yong zhide", Sima Qian's "Records of History" says "Hu Nai changed his profession and led the virtue to tame goodness", and Sima Zhen's "Shi Ji Suoyin" said that "Hu can change his line and restore his lord", all of which illustrate this point.
Cai Zhong Cemetery
Cai Zhong was reinstated by Cai, enabling cai guo to continue the foundation for 600 years, and Shangcai also had the honor of being the capital for 500 years. In the northeast of the current Shangcai County, Caihou Road, there is a Cai Zhong Cemetery, which covers an area of 15 acres. In addition to the magnificent archway, the park has facilities such as the main hall, the Royal Belt River, the 24 Filial Piety, the Pavilion, the Statue of Cai Zhong, and the Tomb of Cai Zhong.
The tomb of Cai Zhong, the height of the tomb is 4 meters, the diameter of the bottom is 11 meters, and the total area is 95 square meters. In front of the tomb, there are stone tablets such as "The Order of Cai Zhong" and "The Tomb of Cai Zhong". In 1992, the Shangcai County People's Government carried out a reconstruction of the tomb. In September 2000, the People's Government of Henan Province announced cai zhong's tomb as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.
Tomb of Cai Zhong
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