Guo Junqing accompanied us to Pillow Mountain and told us the answer to this Millennium mystery. Not far from Pantun and Dulou, there are two villages, one is Fenzhuang and the other is Yu Xiang. As the name implies, Fenzhuang is definitely related to the grave, and Yu Xiang is a valley where incense is burned. After the ancient emperors built the mausoleum, they all sent guards. The descendants of the grave keeper settled down on the spot, slowly multiplied and finally formed a village. The names of these villages are usually associated with graves and tombs. Before the Western Jin tombs were discovered, there were no other tombs here, and these village names certainly did not attract people's attention.
Coincidentally, at the beginning of the last century, when a nearby farmer dug a sweet potato cellar, he dug a Jin Dynasty tomb. There are epitaphs in the tomb, and there are records such as "Looking at the Imperial Tomb in the North". Later, Jin tombs were discovered here one after another. It seems that the Jin people at that time wanted to make good luck with the royal family, so they chose the tombs here one after another. Therefore, it is speculated that the Western Jin Imperial Tomb is nearby, but the exact location is still a mystery.
In 1980s, archaeologists explored this area with advanced detection instruments, and determined the specific location of the Western Jin emperors' tombs, which solved the Millennium mystery.
Because of the inconvenient transportation, we didn't go to the foot of the pillow mountain, so we had to look across the valley, but there was a pillow-shaped mountain peak in the fog, and below it was the eastern part of the Western Jin Dynasty imperial tomb. Cultural relics workers excavated five tombs here, all facing south. Among them, tomb 1 has the largest scale and the highest specifications, with a length of 46m, a width of 1 1m, a length of 4.6m, a width of 3.7m and a height of 2.5m. Located in the east of the cemetery, the tomb occupies a prominent position, about 50 meters away from the other four tombs. Under the pillow mountain is the low and rich Ilo River plain, with a very wide view. Guo Junqing said that this is the place where Sima Yi, Sima Shi and Si Mazhao were buried.
From the eastern part to the western part of the Western Jin Dynasty, we climbed the prodigal son mountain. Interestingly, looking at the mountain from the highest point is like a circle. Many tombs were found at the foot of the prodigal son mountain, all facing south, with clear primary and secondary layout and orderly arrangement, showing the relationship between the deceased before his death. Tomb 1 is located at the easternmost end of the cemetery, occupying the highest position and being the largest in the cemetery. Its pyramid-shaped mound is 36 meters long, 10.5 meters wide, and the tomb is 5.5 meters long, 3 meters wide and 2 meters high, so the owner of the tomb had the highest cemetery before his death. Archaeologists have determined that tomb 1 is Yang Junling's mausoleum in Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty.
As the founding emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Jin seemed to have a lot of trouble in choosing the cemetery. A relatively gentle mountain ridge extends to the south at both ends of the prodigal son mountain, forming a situation surrounded on three sides in the cemetery, just like an arched chair, which can sit safely and enjoy peace. It is an ideal place for building the emperor's mausoleum.
No matter how exquisite the feng shui of the mausoleum is, no matter how well the secrecy work is done, the Western Jin Dynasty fell apart in just a few decades. It seems that the key to the rise and fall of the country is to practice internal strength, make the country prosperous and the people safe, and the rest are drifting clouds!