Chapter 1,770 The Zhang River has countless water heads, like a mountain with seventy-two high hills.
Speaking of being stolen, in 2009, the Nanhe Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology conducted a rescue excavation of the stolen Eastern Han Dynasty tomb located in the south of Xigaoxue Village, Ay City.
And what was unearthed at this time? Look at Cao Cao’s scanty burial.
This high mausoleum is in the shape of an A in plane, facing west to east. It is a two-chamber brick tomb with a sloping passage.
It is large in scale and complex in structure, mainly consisting of a tomb passage, front and rear chambers and four side chambers.
The interior decoration of Gaoling Tomb in Anyang is simple and there are no murals.
Archeology found that the tomb had been robbed many times and was severely damaged.
However, a number of gold, silver, bronze, iron, jade, bone, lacquer, porcelain, glazed pottery, pottery, stone and other cultural relics were still unearthed.
According to statistics, about 400 relics have been unearthed that can be restored.
Is this a thin burial? Compared to an emperor, this is definitely a thin burial, and it is pitifully thin.
If such an ancient tomb is the real tomb of Cao Cao, then what about other suspicious tombs?
However, in the Tang Dynasty, people still had no doubts about the location of Ran Ting's tomb.
According to historical records such as "Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao died in Yangluo in 220 AD.
Except for the biographies of Sima Yi, Jia Kui and others in the history books, there is no record of us escorting Cao Cao's coffin to Yecheng for burial.
Before the Song Dynasty, Ran Ting was regarded as a traitor, and the detailed location of her tomb became a proof of my treachery.
In Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", there is no article "Cao Cao's Tomb" that points out that Cao Cao's tomb may be among the 17 doubtful tombs he set up, which further shows his deceit.
After his death, the "Posthumous Order" made it even clearer that he should be buried in his ordinary clothes and should be buried with jewelry.
He just advocated a simple funeral, but he did not expect that this "simple" funeral would actually add a lot of complexity to history.
The theory that Cao Cao’s tomb contains 17 mysterious tombs was further weakened before the Song Dynasty.
Cao Cao was afraid that his tomb would be robbed before his death, so he built 17 suspicious tombs before his death to confuse the tomb robbers in the sky. However, from the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, although the location of Cao Cao's tomb was not recorded in history books, the reality is that
Does anyone know where Cao Cao's tomb is?
Cao Cao did not have a clear "explanation" about his funeral. A year after his death, the "Final Order" stated that "the west plain of the Ximen Leopard Temple is called the Shouling Mausoleum, because the lower part is the base, which is the seal and the tree."
I have had successes and victories in my life, but the glory of my life eventually faded away with the passage of time and was buried outside the gears of history.
As those masterpieces spread, the mystery of Cao Cao's tomb became more eye-catching and more confusing.
And it has nothing to do with my deeds. You know that without holding the emperor hostage to order the princes, one person is above the others and below ten thousand people.
Yes, I am also a conductor without talent or ability.
The Jin Dynasty simply regarded Cao Wei as the orthodoxy, respected Cao Cao, and worshiped Ran Ting at the foot of the mausoleum every year.
Several dynasties ago, the location of Cao Cao's tomb was known.
There are no Northern Dynasty tombs to the west of Yecheng, and they are said to be Ran Ting's 17th Tomb.
You know, Cao Cao was a great hero in ancient times in your country. Even during the period when the Eight Kingdoms were full of heroes, he was one of the most famous figures.
Because judging from the existing historical materials and archaeological discoveries, Cao Cao did not have a secret burial, let alone a suspicious tomb.
It was only after his birth and before the change of dynasties that no one took any action, and in the following hundreds of years, some people discovered it, which is not ridiculous.
At the same time, he was extremely satisfied with the foreign rule of the Yuan Dynasty, so he used the past to satirize the present and further vilified Cao Cao's image.
The coffin was transported to Yecheng and buried in the hills west of Ximen Leopard Temple in Yecheng.
Even if the local people are afraid of having their graves robbed and dug up, let alone a traitor of a generation?
In addition, whether the land was sealed to build the mausoleum and whether trees were planted.
In the Qing Dynasty, Mao Zonggang, based on Tao Zongyi's "Records of Stopping Farming" and other data, added in the "Popular Romance of the Eight Kingdoms" "He also ordered the establishment of Suspicious Tomb No. 17 in Jiangwu City, Zhangde Prefecture, so as not to let the predecessors know about me."
The burial place may be discovered by others, so this sentence comes from the sentence.
Cao Cao's seventeen tombs have been spread to heaven since then.
Since Cao Cao is a traitor and everyone knows that I am treacherous, am I just afraid of being dug out and exposed before my death?
This legend can make people doubtful, especially because there are indeed not many tombs arranged like mountains on both sides of the Zhang River.
In order to raise enough military pay for Cao Cao's small army, I established an army of gold-touching captains without professional tomb robbing skills.
The so-called Seventeen Unexpected Tombs are probably real, but the Cao Cao Tomb under the cover of the public is not real?
By the Yuan Dynasty, people both sympathized with and missed the Song Dynasty, which was strong and suffered a tragic demise.
Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, also made a memorial tribute to Cao Cao's tomb.
Historical data shows that due to the simplicity of funerals, the sacrificial hall under Cao Cao's tomb was destroyed after a few years.
Hundreds of years ago, the complex tomb of Ran Ting was lost in the traces of history.
As for whether it is true or not, that is difficult to determine, but now few people recognize it and do not think it is false.
Also from the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Ran Ting was stereotyped as a traitor, and the details of her tomb became a proof of my treachery.
At that time, it was popular for princes and nobles to have lavish burials. Could it be that Cao Cao was able to set the example?
Judging from the existing historical data, Cao Cao's arrangements for his tomb were carefully implemented.
However, doesn't it prove from those that Ran Ting set up a tomb?
Ran Ting's tomb is originally a mystery, but since the Song Dynasty, some people have known the location of Cao Cao's tomb, and there is no legend that there are 17 doubtful tombs.
I am a mediocre politician, military strategist, calligrapher and poet in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
From then on, the Northern Dynasties cemetery on the bank of the Zhang River was rumored to be Cao Cao's 17th Tomb.
In the early Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty were in conflict. Out of political needs, the Song Dynasty regarded itself as Shu Han and reviled the Jin Dynasty as Cao Wei who had seized power and stolen the country.
Luo Guanzhong also adhered to that idea when he wrote "The Popular Romance of the Eight Kingdoms" at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
But because Cao Cao’s mausoleum is underground, it is not difficult to identify.
That is to say, "the Zhanghe River has countless water heads, like a mountain with seventeen low hills."
Luo Guanzhong stated in "The Romance of the Eight Kingdoms" that Cao Cao ordered the establishment of Suspicious Tomb No. 17 in the military training city of Zhangde Prefecture, which exaggerated Ran Ting's treachery.
The works of Jin Dynasty literati Lu Ji and Lu Yun did not introduce Cao Cao's funeral circumstances.
Eventually the Wei State was established and he was called the King of Wei.
Whether there are gold and jade artifacts buried with them is also important to tomb robbers.
My sons Cao Pi and Cao Zhi did not write any descriptions of the funeral and burial, but they said they were buried in the west of Yecheng.
The theory of the Seventeen Uncertain Tombs is widely spread in folklore and literary works, and many people believe it to be true.
Information related to Cao Cao's suspected tombs is rare, and even the so-called thousand-year mystery of Cao Cao's seventy-two suspected tombs has been falsified and considered to be false.
Therefore, the Jin people ignored their mistakes and used 17 tombs to commemorate Ran Ting's tomb.
No mausoleums were built, no gold and jade artifacts were buried with them, and no low and sturdy sacrificial halls were built.
If Cao Cao built a tomb of suspicion, I would not have made a lie based on the few historical materials left to his predecessors.
After the promotion of "The Romance of the Eight Kingdoms" and other works, Cao Cao's tomb has become an eternal mystery known to women and children.
It was a time of war and there were very few displaced farmers.