The Royal Mausoleum has always been the dream target of grave robbers. Strangely, after the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the ground buildings of the Ming Tombs were completely destroyed in previous wars on a huge scale.
Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb
Xiaoling underground palace is well preserved. So, why have these grave robbers never succeeded? According to historical records, the Ming Tombs and Zhu Yuanzhang Mausoleums are located at the foot of Wanshan Mountain at the southern foot of Zhongshan in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Huanghou are buried here.
According to an ancient book, during Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, more than 100 people collectively robbed tombs at night. Therefore, they could never dig this extremely hard bluestone again, and the government found it at dawn.
Zhu Yuanzhang's Tomb Nanjing Ming Mausoleum
Why did Zhu Yuanzhang avoid thieves in the Ming tombs for a hundred years? The reason for this is the following：
1. Good anti-theft measures
Since 1997, cultural relics workers have carried out archaeological exploration and research on the Ming Tombs for six years by using high-tech means such as precision magnetic survey, which proves that there has never been a successful excavation in history. Due to the special anti-theft measures, historical opportunities and geographical location of the Ming tombs, they have been well preserved so far.
2. Good internal structure
Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Tombs cut mountains, and the Xuan Palace was hollowed out from the inside. Although this horizontal hole method is a huge project, it is very solid. Without explosives, it is impossible for ancient grave robbers to steal holes from top to bottom.
3. Unique design
The horizontal cave design makes the pyramid-shaped mound the only passage for grave robbers, and the pyramid-shaped mound is on one side.
There is a thick pebble grave at the bottom of Zhu Yuanzhang's Baoding tomb. This is an ancient anti-theft method of quicksand. When grave robbers dig holes, pebbles will roll down from all directions to fill it.
010-10/0 After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the anti-Qing thoughts in Jiangnan area were effectively eliminated by protecting Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb. Emperor Kang and Emperor Gan visited the Ming Tombs every time they went to Jiangnan. Kangxi also set up a stone tablet in front of the mausoleum to rule the Tang and Song Dynasties.
4. Historical opportunities
The Ming Tombs, the tomb of Zhu Yuanzhang, are too close to Nanjing. As long as there is any trouble, the city will know immediately, which makes the excavation activities unsustainable for a long time and will only come back in vain.
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5. Geographical location
But there is another folk saying.
Where did Zhu Yuanzhang finally die?
Zhu Yuanzhang was actually buried in the Chaotian Palace in the west of Nanjing today, and the real burial place of Mingzu was under the Sanqing Hall handed down from generation to generation. Emperor Gaolong abdicated, but he was in the palace, not in the mausoleum. That's all. However, no one did. Don't take this statement seriously. In the Qing Dynasty, the representatives of the East Zhejiang School wrote poems from the Chaotian Palace to pay homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum. The poem says that Zhong You's clothes are right and wrong, and the bow and sword are more suspicious. It's hard to find the jade box, but you can see the tablet of God. We dare not be ashamed of our ancestors, but we should learn from Cao Pi and inherit future generations. At that time, the ridiculous messenger of Shanling lost his footing and broke the law.
Zhu Yuanzhang Ming tomb
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Another real burial place of Zhu Yuanzhang is said to be in Beijing, which is related to Judy's usurpation of power and moving to Nanjing. Like Zhu Yuanzhang, Judy is also very superstitious. When he built the Forbidden City in Beijing, he thought that there was a Feng Shui Mountain in ouchi to calm the king's spirit, so he used the soil excavated from Tongzi River and Taiyechi South Sea in the city to build an artificial mountain as a town mountain and a national mountain to make up for the Feng Shui defects of the Forbidden City. At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly moved and buried here because he was named Long Live Mountain. This mountain is now Jingshan, also called Jingshan Park.