The discovery of Zhao Quan's tomb was also an accident. At that time, the Guangdong Provincial Government Office was planning to build several dormitory buildings on Jiefang North Road in the north of the old city of Yangcheng and on Xianggang on the west side of Yuexiu Park.
While digging a pit for the building's foundation wall, a migrant worker hit a hard object while using his hoe. The shock made his jaw numb. When he lowered his head, he saw that it was a big man.
From there, we looked down and found large stone slabs connected in pieces - Zhao Quan's tomb was born after sleeping for 2,000 years.
Zhao Quan's tomb is huge in space. The pit is 10.85 meters long from north to south and 12-13 meters wide at the front. It can be described as a huge cave. It was made by digging a 20-meter vertical pit from the top of the hill downwards and then digging around.
Four ladies were buried with them, and there were also murals and several curtains in the huge cave. For such a large mausoleum, based on the ancient people's understanding of the ancient people, they could definitely guess where the mausoleum was.
Especially for this tomb on Xiangshan Hill, it was impossible for Sun Quan's men to dig three feet into the ground without discovering the entrance to the tomb that opened from the top.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Sun Quan's men not to discover anything. There must be a reason why they did not dig, and the only reason is what Han Peacock is most afraid of.
Han Peacock is afraid of something, but many people have no such idea. The discovery of this ancient tomb has greatly inspired the Lingnan academic community and rekindled the hope of the Yangcheng archaeological team to find the tomb of Zhao Tuo, the first generation of Nanyue King.
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In the spring of 1988, the Museum of the Tomb of the King of Nanyue in the Western Han Dynasty was established. After the museum was officially opened, it was crowded with people. After carefully appreciating the treasures unearthed from the tomb of the King of Nanyue, people could not help but sigh.
“Lingnan is not barbaric!”
“First-class cultural relic!”
In addition to admiration, people have raised a question of great concern. The cultural relics unearthed from the tomb of the second generation of Nanyue King are already very impressive. So, what about the tomb of the first generation of Nanyue King Zhao Tuo?
There must be richer treasures, but where are they?
Many people have asked the museum staff about this, but no one can answer this question. This is a difficult historical mystery in Yangcheng.
Han Kongque hadn't said it clearly just now, but the things unearthed from the latter two ancient tombs were much different from the legends about Zhao Tuo's tomb.
Sun Quan still gained a little bit, but to the complacent modern people, when they accidentally discovered the tomb of Zhao Quan, it was a bit chilling.
Although more than a thousand cultural relics were unearthed from Zhao Quan's tomb, there are not many truly heavyweight ones. Because ancient and modern times have different standards for excavating cultural relics. During the Three Kingdoms period, all those unearthed were precious cultural relics, while in modern times, even pieces of cultural relics are unearthed.
Even pieces of rags can be considered cultural relics.
From the two ancient tombs discovered one after another, it is clear which one gained more. At least, modern people did not discover as much as Sun Quan's men.
The most important thing about an ancient tomb is that it can prove the personal belongings of the owner of the tomb. On this point, not many were found in Zhao Quan's tomb.
This is enough to show that the two ancient tombs that were later discovered had been visited by people, even countless times.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for such a few things to be found in an imperial mausoleum, and it would be too shabby.
For thousands of years, the mysterious Zhao Tuo Mausoleum has always been the biggest historical mystery in Lingnan. From the history books, everyone only knows that after Zhao Tuo died, he was buried in Panyu, the capital of Nanyue Kingdom, but its specific location is
There are different opinions and no consensus.
In the past, the Yangcheng archaeological team focused on searching for Zhao Tuo's tomb based on clues from the royal tombs of the Han Dynasty, which were more than 100 kilometers away from the capital Chang'an.
And right under the nose of the archaeological team, the tomb of the second generation Nanyue King was discovered in Xianggang, only 1 kilometer away from the ancient Panyu City of the Han Dynasty.
And after discovering the second tomb of the Nanyue King, are other tombs really that difficult to find? This is obviously impossible.
Zhao Tuo was the first generation of Nanyue King. He ruled Lingnan for nearly half a century. His power and influence were very great. From the Nanyue Palace Office, the Royal Palace and other ruins, as well as the Chaohan Terrace he built, the Yuewang Well and other historic sites he excavated.
You can get a glimpse of it.
There are many legends about Zhao Tuo, but the most mysterious one is his final destination.
In the fourth year of the founding of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (137 BC), Zhao Tuo died in Guangzhou. It is estimated that he lived over a hundred years old. He can be regarded as the longest-lived emperor in China.
This is because Zhao Tuo had built tombs in many places during his lifetime. On the day of the funeral, only hearses were seen leaving the city gate, making it difficult to tell which ones were true and which ones were false.
The more mysterious Zhao Tuo's tomb is, the more people are interested in it. There is Ma'an Gang on Yuexiu Mountain. Qin Shihuang once sent people to excavate the ground because of Ma'an Gang's "spirit of the emperor", causing "bleeding" in the ground. After that, Zhao Tuo became king.
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Pei Yuan, a native of Jin, said that Zhao Tuo's tomb is in Ma'an Gang. If this is true, then Zhao Tuo made his fortune and was buried here.
Li Jifu of the Tang Dynasty said in "Yuanhe County Map" that Zhao Tuo's tomb was in Yushan (today's Chenghuang Temple area on Zhongyou Street, Zhongshan 4th Road).
However, "Panyu Miscellaneous Notes" written by Zheng Xiong, the chief administrator of Nanhai in the early Northern Song Dynasty, records that Zhao Tuo's tomb is in the area of Changpu Stream in Baiyun Mountain. It is said that there is a stone horse in Changpu Stream, with a poem engraved on the horse's tongue: "The mountain covers the tomb of He Nian, and the river flows
Several generations, far away from each other, are wrapped in gold and similar to stone unicorns."
Zheng Xiong read the ancient poems and thought that Zhao Tuo's tomb was nearby.
Cai Rusong of the Song Dynasty believed that Zhao Tuo's tomb was located at Wuxing Temple (also known as Wanshan Temple, now Sanyuan Palace) at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Zhang Xu's "Miscellaneous Ode to the South China Sea" and Qu Dajun's "Guangdong News" both recorded: "From Jilonggang (now Yantang) to Tianjing (i.e. Yuewang Terrace, in Yuexiu Mountain), there are mountains and ridges.
, they are all called Tu Tomb."
According to this theory, the nearly 10-kilometer-long mountain range from Yuexiu Mountain to Baiyun Mountain is called Zhao Tuo's Tomb. It can be seen that Zhao Tuo set up a enchantment formation during his lifetime, which has puzzled future generations.
Judging from the archaeological results obtained, some of the above theories have been basically denied.
According to the "Yushan Theory", in the Yushan area in the past, the ruins of the Nanyue Palace Office (one theory is the shipbuilding platform of Qin and Han Dynasties) and the ruins of the Nanyue King's Palace and Garden have been discovered today. Zhao Tuo probably would not have arranged for him to be buried in the palace office or garden.
Another example is Jilonggang (near today's Yantang). Although there are many mounds here, with the development of urban construction in recent years, the small hills have been leveled away without leaving any trace.
As for the "Baiyun Mountain theory", archaeologists from Yangcheng have visited Baiyun Mountain many times, but have not yet discovered any ruins or tombs from the early Western Han Dynasty.
Where is Zhao Tuo's tomb most likely to be?
Yuexiu Mountain! Many archaeologists agree that Zhao Tuo may be buried in Yuexiu Mountain. This is also consistent with the ancient "Ma'an Gang" and "Wuxing Temple" theories. There are two main reasons.
First, Yuexiu Mountain, also known as Yuewang Mountain, has the "spirit of the Son of Heaven". Zhao Tuo liked this mountain during his lifetime and often visited it. After his death, he arranged to be buried here.
Second, the tomb of Zhao Mei has been discovered near Ma'an Gang. According to research, the South Vietnam State has a system of "living together and being buried together". His grandson occupied Xianggang Mountain, and Zhao Tuo was buried in Yuexiu Mountain, which is logical.
But speculation is speculation. Before new archaeological discoveries are made, Zhao Tuo's tomb is still a mystery, but one thing is certain. Zhao Tuo's tomb must be larger than the tomb of the Nanyue King in Xianggang Mountain and has richer cultural relics.
The value of such an ancient tomb cannot be bought for 3 to 400 million yuan. However, with some battleships, it can definitely be exchanged for Han Peacock's information.
Thinking of the importance of Zhao Tuo's tomb, Han Kongque sighed. He could never steal such a large curtain from the Yangcheng City government.
Yangcheng and Pengcheng are completely different. Pengcheng has been a gathering place of humanity since ancient times. There is no shortage of historical celebrities and cultural heritage there, but Yangcheng is different.
Yangcheng finally gave birth to an emperor, a very influential emperor. If Han Peacock dug up his tomb and transported his things back to the devil's capital, the people of Yangcheng would definitely want to peel off Han Peacock's skin and cramp his body.
Xu Jiachen said: "You can give the exact location, but where is the entrance? Yuexiu Mountain is not small."
Han Kongque said: "Isn't this enough? In fact, many ancient documents have made it very clear that not only Yuexiu Mountain, but also the nearly 10 kilometers long mountain range from Yuexiu Mountain to Baiyun Mountain is called Zhao Tuo's Tomb. This sentence is not a joke.
, Zhao Tuo built tombs all around Yangcheng back then, do you think he was really trying to spread suspicion about his past?"
Xu Jiachen looked like Han Peacock: "Are you kidding?"
"What do you think?" Han Peacock said.
"If there really is such a big mausoleum, then the Yangcheng area is famous." Xu Jiachen said.
Han Kongque smiled bitterly: "Have you ever heard of Cui Wei?"
"Tang people, right?" "Legend" records that in this tomb, Cui Wei saw several "splendid curtains" with "gold, clay and purple, decorated with pearls and emeralds", which were extremely luxurious. Then he met four maids in ancient costumes
, told him this was the 'Emperor Xuan Palace', gave him a jewel, and asked him to leave.
After Cui Wei came out of the cave, he went to a Persian merchant to sell the orb secretly. An "old Hu man" asked him: "Does Lang Jun come to the tomb of Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam? Otherwise, it is not possible to get this treasure."
The old Hu man told Cui Wei that this was the Persian national treasure Yang Suizhu. It flowed into Lingnan during the Nanyue Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty and was later buried by Zhao Tuo. He gave Cui Wei a huge sum of money to buy the pearl and left by boat." Xu Jiachen said calmly.
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Han Peacock raised his thumb and said: "We have been preparing for a long time before we found some clues. You can know so much without doing your homework. People of your generation did learn things in college.
Those college students today are so ignorant and unskilled."
"There's no point in flattering him. Zhao Tuo played a huge role in history. You must not touch his tomb," Xu Jiachen said.
Han Kongque shook his head and said, "You didn't understand what I meant. In fact, I really want to get involved, but I don't dare."
This record gave Han Peacock a lot of inspiration. He had already guessed where Zhao Tuo's tomb was, but he did not dare to dig it.
Moreover, Han Kongque believed that throughout the ages, he must have been the only one to guess. Just like Sun Quan, he could not have sent people to dig Zhao Tuo's tomb just based on legends.
If there is no purpose, then the place they are looking for is too accurate.
In fact, some people have long speculated that Zhao Tuo's tomb was visited by tomb robbers in the Tang Dynasty. This is actually quite reasonable. At least Cui Wei is considered half of it.