Before I went to the Yongling Museum, I had heard of the Imperial Tomb, which is the only tomb above the surface in China and the first one officially excavated in China. Therefore, for friends who like history and archaeology, the Yongling Museum is the most worth visiting in Chengdu.
Yongling Museum is named after Yongling, which is the tomb of Wang Jian, the emperor of Shu five dynasties ago, so it is also called Wang Jian's tomb. I don't know much about Wang Jian, the former emperor of Shu, but I have only heard of him in middle school history textbooks. This visit to Yongling Museum made me know more about this rogue who killed cows and stole donkeys.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Jiansheng was called Wangxingge. When he was young, he killed cows, stole donkeys and sold illicit salt. Being called a thief turtle by the villagers has a bad reputation. Later, Wang Jian joined Zhong Wujun and became one of the generals of Zhong Wuba. He became a general of Shence Army because of his meritorious service in rescuing Tang Xizong. Later, Wang Jian was appointed as our savior to give up and become the biggest separatist force in southwest China. After the demise of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Jian proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, with the title of "Great Shu", that is, the former Shu in our history. After Wang Jian called his brothers, he made great efforts to govern, attached importance to agriculture and mulberry, and built water conservancy projects, making the already rich Bashu area a real land of abundance. From becoming emperor in 907 to his death in 9 18, Wang Jianyi was in office for 12 years. After his death, the temple was named Gaozu and was buried in Yongling, now Wang Jian's Tomb in SHEN WOO, posthumous title.
The yongling museum, with yongling underground palace as its core, consists of three parts: cultural relics protection area, comprehensive museum and garden protection area, with a total area of about 54,000 square meters, in which the comprehensive museum and garden protection area are free sightseeing areas, and the cultural relics protection area, namely yongling underground palace, is a charging area, with admission fee of 20 yuan/person.
Let me first introduce the core area of Yongling Museum, Yongling. Yongling Mausoleum is the only imperial mausoleum excavated in China so far, which is unique in China. The tomb of the Permanent Mausoleum is well preserved. The wall of the tomb is hemispherical, about 15 meters high and more than 80 meters in diameter. The underground palace consists of fourteen double stone coupons, which are divided into three rooms: front, middle and back, with a total length of 23.4 meters. There is a wooden door between the three rooms. Compared with other imperial tombs, there is no separate pyramid-shaped mound in Yongling, and its front room is equivalent to the pyramid-shaped mound. The middle room is the main part of the yongling underground palace. In the middle of the tomb, there is a sumeru made of blue and white marble, which is what we call a coffin bed. There is the coffin of Wang Jian, the first emperor of the former Shu Dynasty. The most precious thing is that on the east, west and south sides of the waist of the coffin bed, there are 24 exquisite sculptures of ci, music and dance, which are not only rare and exquisite works of art, but also important video materials of ancient music and dance history. There is a stone statue of Wang Jian in the back room of the underground palace. The stone statue has a deep face, thick eyebrows, long, accurate and high cheekbones, and a solemn and serene expression, which is basically similar to the image of Wang Jian described in historical documents. This statue is also the only portrait of the emperor found in the tombs of the past dynasties in China.
To the north of Yongling Underground Palace is a comprehensive museum area, which displays the cultural relics unearthed from the tomb and the history and culture of Shu before and after. The first floor of the complex is a historical and cultural exhibition before and after Shu. Around the Five Dynasties, Shu was in a peaceful corner, relatively stable relative to the Central Plains, and developed in economy and culture. This special exhibition has made a comprehensive introduction. Because most of the cultural relics unearthed in Yongling are collected in Sichuan Museum, some of the exhibits in the comprehensive museum are replicas, but a series of cultural relics are still on display, such as the stone statue unearthed from Zhou Fei's tomb in the former Shu, the Shijing Building in Dalagni in the fifth year of Yongping in the former Shu, the coffin bed component of Sun Hanshao's tomb, and the bronze shop unearthed from Wang Jian's tomb, which also feast the eyes of tourists.
When visiting the Yongling Museum, there is a 24-story geisha music and culture exhibition called "Tang Yinlong" in the exchange exhibition hall on the first floor of the building complex, which is open to tourists free of charge. I was lucky enough to see this rare exhibition. The Twenty-four Geisha Music and Culture Exhibition is divided into three units, focusing on more than 20 pieces of imitation Tang musical instruments and costumes. 1943 Mo painted twenty-four Geisha music manuscripts, Chinese paintings, poems, audio-visual images, etc. show the cultural connotation of Chengdu Yongling's "Twenty-four Artistic Music" from different levels, and restore the musical chapter of the prosperous Tang Dynasty for tourists.
In addition to cultural relics protection areas and comprehensive museums, Yongling Museum also has garden protection areas open to tourists free of charge. Many trees and flowers are planted in the park, ponds and fish ponds are dug, and antique buildings such as promenades, waterside pavilions and temples are built. The stone path in the garden is winding, the environment is quiet, and the scenery is everywhere. Wandering around the garden, visitors can forget the hustle and bustle of the city and appreciate the simple, natural, elegant and elegant garden scenery in Sichuan.