Zhaoling built a mausoleum on the basis of nine dangerous peaks, which pioneered the feudal emperors in the Tang Dynasty to rely on mountains as their tombs. It is said that when Empress Wende died, she told Emperor Taizong to be frugal and thin, "Please be buried because of the mountain, and there is no need to build a grave". (Old Tang Wen Shude was buried in Zhaoling after her death. Regarding the reason why the mountain is the mausoleum system, in November of the same year, after Empress Wende was buried, the stone tablet wrote: "If you make the world your home, why are things in the mausoleum?" They are his own. Today, because the Nine Chapters don't hide treasures, Tibetans or utensils, they only use civil tools, so it's easy to steal their hearts and keep them. "More appropriately, the tombs here don't hide treasures, not so much for thrift as for' stealing profits'; When Yu Shinan went to see Taizong, he said, "From ancient times to today, ... there is no grave that will not be excavated. "So in the early Tang Dynasty, the purpose of taking the mountain as the mausoleum was to use the majestic trend of the mountain to dig against theft. Jiujun Mountain belongs to limestone, which has been eroded by high-altitude wind and rain and washed by mountain torrents for a long time. Not only did it lose its original mountain shape, but it also changed a lot. However, we can still distinguish the traces left by the structure of the mausoleum: the mountain shape is proud (commonly known as Bijia Mountain in the local area), and the rock layers on both sides of Nanshan protrude outward in a dustpan shape; There are caves on the mountainside. Traces may be related to plank road construction. According to documents, when Zhaoling was built, 75 palaces were dug deep on the south hillside, and there were five stone gates in front of and behind the tomb. There is an east-west hatchback in the tomb, which contains many stone letters and funerary objects. When the Tao family robbed Zhaoling in the Five Dynasties, it was recorded that "the palace system was magnificent from the bottom of the road." It is conceivable that the inner bedroom of this "temple" is deep and magnificent. There were many wooden buildings outside the underground palace at that time, including houses and temples. Due to the rugged mountains around the front of the underground palace, it is inconvenient to travel, and "the rocks on the side of the mountain are used as plank roads, hanging for a hundred times and circling the mountain for 230 steps, starting from the gate". Use the plank road to connect up, down, left and right, and you can reach the underground palace. But the plank road building on the mountain can't rotate vertically up and down, left and right, which is proved by Du Fu's poems "Re-Zhaoling Mausoleum" and "Lingkong". Although these records may not be absolutely reliable, we can see the grandeur of their scale and the difficulty of the project. At that time, it was recorded in Chang 'an Annals of the Song Dynasty: "With the bedroom under Jiujun Mountain as the center, pavilions were built at the four corners of the wall, with Xuanwu Gate in the north and Zhuque Gate in the south, with a circumference of 12 Li". The altar site is located in Xuanwu Gate in the north of Lingbei. The site is 53.5 meters long from east to west and 86.5 meters long from north to south. Slightly trapezoidal, recognizable. There are Zhuquemen and Xiandian in the south of Shanling, and Xiagong in the southwest (commonly known as the Imperial City, which is 237 meters long from east to west and 334 meters long from north to south, and the wall base around it is about 3.5 meters thick). Its scope is a more formal rectangular Shannan Liu Dong Village, which runs along the mountain. It can be seen that Lingdao has been washed into a deep ditch by mountain torrents, and there are a pair of soil thresholds on both sides of the ditch, which is the royal crossing of this mausoleum; A small flat land in the southwest of the mausoleum is full of stone foundations and rubble. This is the site of Xia Ling Palace, where the house was built. The ground buildings in Zhaoling were destroyed in earlier years, leaving only some ruins. However, a tail on the roof unearthed from Xiandian site is 1.5m high, 1m long at the bottom, 0.65m wide and weighs about 150kg, from which we can infer how big the temple is. How magnificent the whole building composed of these halls and pavilions is.
The 18th Tang Mausoleum in Guanzhong:
Emperor Gaozu (Li Yuan) presented the tomb: on the virtual wooden source 20 kilometers east of Sanyuan County.
Zhaoling of Emperor Taizong (Li Shimin): Jiuchong Mountain, more than 20 kilometers northeast of Liquan County.
Ganling of Gaozong (Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were buried together): It is on the main peak of Liangshan Mountain in the northwest of Ganxian County.
Zhongzong Dingling (Li Xian): Fuping County is on Longquan Mountain, with a distance of 10 km.
Zong Rui (Li Dan) Qiaoling: Fengshan, northwest of pucheng county 15km.
Tailing of Xuanzong (Li Longji): northeast of pucheng county 15km Jinli Mountain.
Suzong Tomb (Hengli): On Maling, Suoshan Stone, north of Liquan County12km.
Yuanling of Dai Zong (Li Yu): Tanshan Mountain in the northwest of Fuping County 14 km.
Dezong (Shili) chongling: northeast of Yunyang Town, Jingyang County/east of the main peak of Kloc-0/5 km Tea Mountain.
Fengling, Shunzong (Song Li): Jinwengshan, 20km northeast of Fuping County.
Jingling of Xianzong (Chunli): pucheng county Northwest 13km Jinji Mountain.
Mu Zong (Hengli) Guangling: pucheng county is in the south of Yaoshan 15km.
Zhuang Ling, Jing Zong (Li Zhan): East of Zijiajiao Village, Lingqian Township, Sanyuan County.
Wenzong Zhang Ling (Li Ang): Xiling Mountain, Leicun Township, northwest of Fuping County 15km.
Duanling of Wuzong (Li Yan): west of Xumuyuan, Sanyuan County.
Xuanzong (Li Chen) Ling Zhen: Northwest of Yunyang Town, Jingyang County, Zhongshan Mountain in the north of Huangcun Village, White King Township.
Zong Yi Jianling (Cui Li): on the Purple Mountain in the northwest of Fuping County18km.
Jingling of Xuanzong (Li Huan): Nanling Village, Tiefo Township, 5 kilometers northeast of Ganxian County.
Emperor's Mausoleum in Tang Dynasty;
Emperor Taizu (Li Hu) Yongkang Mausoleum: Located in Xi 'an.
Yuanning Mausoleum (Li Xing): North of Paipai Village, Hongqi Township, Weicheng District, Xianyang
Di Jean (Li Xian) Hui Ling: Sanhe Village, Sanhe Township, 4 kilometers northwest of Pucheng County.
Mother Wu Zetian (Shi Yang) Shunling: Chencun South, Zhangdi Township, Weicheng District, Xianyang
In the Tang Dynasty, there were 2 1 emperor * * from gaozu Li Yuan to bereaved Li Zhu. Besides Ye Li, Zhao Zong and Ai Di Li Zhu buried in Wenling, Heze, Shandong Province, Wu Zetian and Gao Zong were also buried together, so there are 18 tombs located in the north of Weihe River.