Chinese is very particular about the matter after death, because in the traditional concept, Chinese believe that people do not completely disappear after death, but enter another world to continue to live, so the tomb has become the activity area of the soul after death. For the emperor who held supreme power, the construction of the mausoleum was a very important thing. In the prime of the year, the emperor's mausoleum began to be built.
Along with the emperor, there are also various rare treasures, and the specifications are very high. Among them, there is an imperial tomb that can be called one of the largest imperial tombs in China, which is the Ming Xiaoling Tomb located in the Purple Mountain in Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, which is the joint burial mausoleum of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and his empress. Zhu Yuanzhang's life can be described as a very legendary, from a person who asked for food called Hanako, and then became a monk, and finally became a generation of emperors, founding the Ming Dynasty.
Ming Xiaoling covers an area of more than 1.7 million square meters, is one of the largest imperial mausoleums in China, was founded in the fourteenth year of Ming Hongwu, lasted up to 25 years, has called 10 military industries, the entire mausoleum "according to the mountains as a mausoleum", the humanities and nature harmonious unity, to achieve the perfect height of the unity of heaven and man, in traditional Chinese architecture, can be called an excellent model. As the head of the ming dynasty's imperial tombs, the construction style and craftsmanship of the Ming Tombs had a profound impact on the imperial tombs of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
As the founding emperor, ming xiaoling naturally has a lot of amazing treasures, any one of them may be worth a lot, this kind of tomb, often attracted many tomb robbers coveted. But the strange thing is that in the past 600 years, the dynastic changes and wars have been raging, but the Ming Tomb is still safe and sound, many people are full of curiosity, what is so special about the Ming Tomb?
Where it was built, the designer fully considered the problem of anti-theft, and the entire mausoleum was built on the mountain, which was impregnable. In addition, there is an unconventional design inside the mausoleum of the Ming Tomb, that is, there is only one way to lead to the tomb, and there are many mechanisms, and after the tomb robbers enter, I am afraid that I will die nine times. In addition, the entire Ming and Qing dynasties had a lot of protection for the Ming Tombs, and the Kangxi and Qianlong emperors often toured the Ming Tombs from the south, indirectly protecting the tombs.
Because of these reasons, Ming Xiaoling became a lucky person and is still well preserved. Do you know any other special imperial tombs? If you like this article, you can forward the collection to share with your family and friends! Thanks for the support, thanks for reading.