Yongling is located in the eastern part of the Ming Tombs area, at the southern foot of the Eighteen Daoling Ridge of Yangcuiling. It is the home of Zhu Houcong, the eleventh emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Shizong, and Empress Xiaojiesu. The Chen family is from Yuancheng, the Empress Xiaolie is from Yuancheng, and the Fang family is from Jiangning. Empress Xiaoke is Du family.
The joint burial mausoleum of the three queens of Daxing people.
When approaching Yongling, the road was paved with city bricks. After the baptism of wind and rain, the road looked a little mottled. The vermilion wall was old and the wooden door was damaged.
Before that, Ye Jianjun had already called, but because he came in a hurry, he didn't know if the other party had made arrangements.
After getting off the car, Yu Fei and others saw four or five local farmers sitting together in the shelter of the doorway playing cards. The once tomb of Emperor Jiajing has now become a place for farmers to play. I wonder if Emperor Jiajing knows anything underground.
You will feel sad.
Just as the three of them were about to step through the door, they heard someone yell: You can't enter here and you can't visit.
The speaker was sitting on the threshold with his hands in his sleeves. He was about fifty years old and had a majestic look on his face. He seemed to be the guardian of the Yongling Tomb.
At this moment, a man in his thirties ran over and shouted: Lao Qi, these are the leaders of the inspection.
Being blocked by the tomb guard, Ye Jianjun was a little dissatisfied and snorted coldly.
Forget it, Brother Ye, we originally informed you late, no wonder others. Yu Fei advised.
The man ran up to Ye Jianjun and said to Ye Jianjun: "It's Mr. Ye. I'm Lu Shaoming from the Ming Tombs Management Committee. You can just call me Xiao Lu."
Ye Jianjun's call was not to the Ming Tombs Management Committee, but to the National Cultural Relics Protection Committee. It did take some time to go through all the layers, so when the three of them arrived, the tomb keeper hadn't received it yet.
notify.
Then Lu Shaoming turned to Lao Qiben again and said: Let me tell you, Lao Qi, on such a cold day, if you don't stay in the communication room and run out to catch up with something, no one will even answer the phone. If there is something urgent,
who will be responsible
Lu Shaoming was very official. He called Lao Qi as soon as he received the notice, but what he didn't expect was that Lao Qi came out to watch people playing cards. He didn't even receive his call. In order not to miss anything, Lu Shaoming had to come here himself.
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Xiao Lu, forget it. Lao Qi is also serious and responsible, no wonder him. Ye Jianjun said lightly. He is older than Lu Shaoming, so he doesn’t think anything of calling him Xiao Lu. But seeing Lu Shaoming reprimanding an elderly man like this
, Ye Jianjun felt uncomfortable. Then he interrupted.
Are you taking us to visit Yongling this time? Ye Jianjun asked again.
In fact, according to Yu Fei's idea, he didn't want anyone to accompany him, but now that Ye Jianjun's words have been spoken, it would not look good on his face to take them back. Fortunately, Yu Fei's chaotic energy cannot be seen with the naked eye at all, so that's not the case.
Don't worry about anything.
The construction of Yongling cost a lot of money from the treasury. According to the actual records of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, there were 40,000 officers and soldiers from the three battalions involved in the construction of Yongling at that time. In addition, in 1537, the 16th year of Jiajing, the Xinxing Palace and the Holy Palace in the mausoleum area were built.
The construction of Ji Pavilion, as well as the internal and external projects of the palace, cost no less than 300,000 taels of silver per month.
Therefore, the scale of Yongling Tomb is larger than that of ordinary tombs. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and migrant workers were used. It took more than ten years to build it. Despite this, King Sejong was still dissatisfied and thought that the tomb was too narrow. The minister of repairing the mausoleum tried to cater to his wishes
Psychologically, an extra wall was built outside Baocheng, giving Yongling a double Luocheng, both inside and outside.
The origin of the Wailuo Wall is quite funny. From the selection of the Yongling Mausoleum site to its completion, King Sejong visited the site for inspections a total of 11 times, and repeatedly ordered additional repairs and expansions. Not only did the Yongling Mausoleum cover much more than the other mausoleums below Xianling Mausoleum,
The mausoleum, and the ground buildings are very exquisite and magnificent. When the Yongling Mausoleum was basically completed, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty came to inspect it again. This time, on a whim, he climbed up to Yangcuiling and looked at it. The majestic mausoleum seemed very small in his eyes.
There was only one Lou Baocheng, and he was unwilling to give up. He turned around and asked the ministers who built the mausoleum: "This is how my mausoleum is completed." The ministers were very flexible. As soon as they heard the words, they knew that Shizong was not satisfied with the mausoleum, so they quickly replied:
: It has not been completed yet, and there is still a Wailuo wall that has not been built outside. Since then, work has been done day and night to build Wailuo City. In this way, among all the mausoleum buildings of the Ming Tombs, only Yongling and later Dingling
Wailuo City was built, but no other mausoleums were built.
Today Wailuo City has completely collapsed, and scattered stones can be seen around Yongling.
Judging from the buildings on the ground, the shape of Yongling is roughly the same as that of Changling, except that the number of rooms in the Lin'en Gate and Lin'en Hall is two less than that of Changling. The mausoleum has a brick-and-stone Minglou, a novel-shaped holy name stele, and
The unique design of the Baocheng city platform, the battlements built with colorful stones on the Baocheng wall, and the stone carvings of the royal road with the pattern of dragons and phoenixes playing with pearls on the Ren'en gate of Ren'en hall were also not seen in any previous tombs.
Most of the above-ground buildings have been destroyed today, but the intact Ming Tower is preserved, which is the most majestic and exquisite among the Ming Tombs. The fringes, cornices, brackets, etc. of the Ming Tower are all stone structures. The upper part of the Ming Tower is painted with colorful paintings, and the floor is paved with inscriptions.
The stone is pure and pure. There is still a stone on the ruins of the Zu'en Hall, with dragons and phoenixes carved on it. It is exquisite and clear. It is a masterpiece of stone carvings in the Ming Dynasty mausoleums.
The overall building orientation of the Yongling Mausoleum is 53° south by west, facing east and west. The Wailuo City Gate is in the shape of a single-eaves palace gate, with three red gates in total. There are still remains of the platform base and the ballast in front of the door.
The brick pavement of the imperial road extends all the way to the mausoleum gate.
The mausoleum gate also has three red gates, with a wide face and five bays. It is built with a single eaves on the top of the mountain. The gate tower has brackets, brackets, square rafters and flying rafters. It is a mixture of stone carvings and glazed components.
Qin'en Gate was originally a single-eaves roof-mounted building with five rooms in width, three doors, and stone railings carved with dragon and phoenix patterns around it. The base of the Xumizuo in the Ming Dynasty still exists today, and the four-corner stone Chi heads are relatively well preserved, but there are small Chi heads on all sides.
Most of them have been damaged or even buried in pines and cypresses.
There are three vertical belt-style treads at the front and rear of the door, and all the railings and pillars are gone. On the platform, there are preserved the pillar foundation stones of the Ming Dynasty and the small platform foundation of the reduced Qin'en Gate in the Qing Dynasty. The pillar foundation stones and door on the small platform foundation are preserved.
The anvil stone is intact.
Yongling Minglou City Platform. It is different from the shape of the previous generation. There is no passage directly under the city platform, but it is a solid body. The left and right sides of the city platform are changed to be close to the outer wall of the treasure city, and they are set up to reach the top of the city platform.
There is a baled road, and a stone gate tower is set up in front of the road.
The shape of the Minglou is a square pavilion with double eaves. The internal structure adopts a brick roof. The brackets, rafters, eaves, rafters and other components are all carved from stone and decorated with cultural colors. A stone plaque is hung between the two eaves under the roof.
The letter was written with two characters: Yongling.
The Yongling Ming Tower is transparent on all sides. The hall is spacious and still made in the old Ming Dynasty. There are coupon doors on each side and a hanging belt-type stamp. The walls are painted red inside and outside, and if you touch it occasionally, your hands will be covered in vermilion.
Yongling Holy Name Monument, the head of the monument is square. The front and back are embossed with the pattern of two dragons playing with beads. The two sides are cloud patterns, and the front has the two characters "Ming Dynasty" in seal on the front. The front of the stele has large characters in regular script "The Mausoleum of Emperor Sejong Su", and the surrounding railings are decorated with Sihe
Cloud pattern. In the old days, the characters were filled with gold and the stele was painted with vermilion lacquer. It is still vaguely visible today.
The wall of Baocheng is built with city bricks, with battlements on the outside made of spotted stone. The inner ring is made of low brick walls. There is a brick horse path between the battlements and the walls. The interior of Baocheng is filled with loess, forming a high
Take the mound of sealed earth at the top of Baocheng. Loess is usually taken from a little outside the mausoleum area. For example, near the Xiaohongmen in the southwest of the mausoleum area, there is an earth hall where soil was collected in the Ming Dynasty, and the transportation price of loess was also high. During the Wanli period, the Gongbu Factory
In the memorials compiled by the Ku Xu Zhi, there is a record that each cubic meter of loess is worth more than ten gold.
Baocheng refers to a wall built around the tomb, usually circular or oval, which protects the tomb. Baoding refers to a layer of earth piled up in the middle of the tomb.
, making it significantly higher than the surface of the tomb, which is commonly known as the tomb. The treasure city is organically unified with the square courtyard in front of the tomb, representing the architectural concept of a round sky and a square earth.
After Lu Shaoming's introduction, everyone knew that there were many infrared surveillance probes installed in Yongling. There was one every 20 steps, from Baoding to the outside of the gate. There were also special monitors inside. If there were tomb robbers who wanted to
Yongling decided that as long as he moved the shovel, the monitor would fluctuate. There was no need to worry when sleeping at night. There was an alarm next to his bed. Lao Qi was proud to say that more than 20 years later, the alarm had not yet sounded.
Because Yongling is not open to the public, most of the people who come here are experts or tourists with some background, and it seems very quiet. And Master Qi's work is actually very relaxed.
Because no one has visited Yongling for a long time, no one has cleaned it. There are a lot of weeds growing in it, which have been withered by the frost and snow. Coupled with the whooshing cold wind, it looks even more desolate and run-down. It seems like you can see the rise and fall of the dynasty.
's back.
I said Yu Fei, why do you have to come to this place? Look at the shabby place, what’s so good about it? Ye Jianjun complained. He secretly blamed himself for why he came with him when his brain got hot. He should have beaten him if he had known it.
Just make a phone call to make arrangements. I can go to the Dongtian Club to have the heater blowing on, with the girl accompanying me, and drinking foreign wine. It’s so comfortable. It’s not much better than blowing the cold wind here.
I said, Brother Ye, how can you become a great collector with your attitude? Yu Fei smiled and said: "Everything here is a relic of the past, and in the eyes of archaeologists, it is a great treasure."
Come on. Ye Jianjun is not so easy to fool: On a day like this, I didn’t see a few archaeological experts coming here to blow the northwest wind, but I saw a few unlucky guys. You said what the wind was like for me just now. Why did I think of accompanying you?
Here we come
Yu Fei and Ye Jianjun were teasing each other here, while Lu Shaoming and Qi Zhi from the Ming Tombs Management Office were secretly amused.
In fact, Yu Fei was very excited. He knew whether the Yongle Dadian was buried in the Yongling Tomb would be revealed soon. If this set of national treasures could be seen again, it would be of great significance to the Chinese nation.
Very significant.
From the beginning to the end, Yu Fei felt that what Luan Minggui said was very reasonable. From various signs, the Yongle Grand Ceremony was likely to exist in Yongling.
He didn't know why those experts and scholars were studying and studying, why couldn't they just dig it directly?
Of course he would not understand from his perspective that the Yongle Dadian is a national treasure, but the Yongling itself is also a great national treasure. Excavation of the Yongling Tomb will definitely cause damage. If the Yongle Dian is in Yongling, then it is okay. If the Yongle Dian is
If it is not within the Yongling Tomb, excavation will not only yield no results, but will also destroy the Yongling Tomb and cause irreversible losses.
Why are you in such a daze? Hurry up. Seeing Yu Fei slow down, Ye Jianjun couldn't help but urge him. Because he had been staying in a heated house, Ye Jianjun was wearing some thin clothes and felt a little cold when the wind blew him, so he wanted to visit early.
Go back when you're done.
Okay. Come on. Yu Fei agreed, and at the same time, the energy of chaos was pushed to the limit. Suddenly the entire Yongling Tomb was in Yu Fei's eyes.
Xiao Lu, there are really people coming to this damn place. Ye Jianjun asked Lu Shaoming. In his opinion, this place is really unattractive.
Mr. Ye, you didn’t know this. There are many people who want to visit Yongling. Lu Shaoming said: The Ming Tombs are a classic attraction in Kyoto. Tourists who come to Kyoto must come to the Ming Tombs. Now the number of visitors every day is two
About 10,000. Because Yongling is not open to the public, many people come and take a look. In fact, the layout is generally the same, except that some tombs are larger and some are smaller.
Ye Jianjun nodded. This may be the so-called hunger therapy.
Mr. Ye, if you want to come to Yongling again next time, just come directly. Lu Shaoming said. The person who called him specifically told him that Mr. Ye has a special status and must be well received.
You're a lousy place. You won't come if you invite me next time. Ye Jianjun waved his hand and said.
The energy of chaos entered the Yongling Underground Palace under Yu Fei's urging. Soon, some funerary objects with a strong energy of chaos came into Yu Fei's eyes, many of which were rare national treasures. At this time,
, they all sleep in the dark underground palace.
The protection of the Ming Tombs is very strict, especially the Yongling Tombs.
Of course, although Yu Fei felt very sorry that these antiques were thrown into the dark, what he cared about at that time was still the whereabouts of Yongle Dadian.
In order not to miss anything, Yu Fei explored very slowly so as not to leave any regrets.
Although Yongling is large, it was quickly explored under the ultra-efficient detection of Chaos Qi.
Yu Fei would be a bit stupid if he didn't.
I checked it out, but there was no sign of Yongle Dian anywhere.
Could it be that there is something wrong with Luan Minggui’s inference? The Yongle Ceremony is not in Yongling at all.
Yu Fei was unwilling to accept it and used the energy of chaos to explore again, and then a third time.
But no matter how hard he tried, even if the distance he explored was extended to the limit, far beyond the scope of Yongling, he still found no trace of the original copy of the Yongle Grand Ceremony.
Yu Fei was a little stupid. The investigation that he thought was a sure thing turned out to be like this.
The original Yongle Grand Ceremony is not in Yongle Tomb, so where is it? Could it be said that it was completely destroyed as in the legend?
Yu Fei was very reluctant, but had no choice but to do anything.
Xiao Fei Xiao Fei Ye Jianjun shouted twice before Yu Fei came back to his senses.
Ah, Brother Ye, call me Yu Fei and said.
Why are you in such a daze? I thought you were possessed by a ghost. Your face is so pale. Ye Jianjun said angrily.
How come? Yu Fei smiled reluctantly and said
It won’t be the best. Ye Jianjun said: When are you going to go back?
Let’s go now. Yu Fei said. Because he could not find the whereabouts of the original copy of the Yongle Ceremony, Yu Fei felt a little depressed.
Okay. As soon as Ye Jianjun heard that Yu Fei said he would go back now, he immediately became happy.
Who is that? Xiao Lu, we are going back now. Ye Jianjun turned around and walked outside.
Lu Shaoming immediately followed behind.
At this time, a burst of bells and drums came over, giving people a sense of peace and tranquility in the winter afternoon.
Is there a temple nearby? Yu Fei asked strangely.
Oh, there is such a small temple, and I heard that it has some relationship with the royal family of the Ming Dynasty. Lu Shaoming said, but it is no longer possible, the popularity is not strong, and it cannot continue, so it can only be closed down.
Yu Fei found it unbelievable that the temple closed down. It was the first time I heard that temples also closed down.
Is this temple far from here? Yu Fei asked. For some reason, he suddenly wanted to find out more about this temple.
It's not far, it only takes more than 20 minutes to drive from here. Lu Shaoming said: But I heard that the temple will be demolished soon, and it is said that supporting tourist facilities for the Ming Tombs will be built.
Nowadays, tourism is becoming popular, especially popular attractions like the Ming Tombs. Corresponding supporting facilities will be built around them, such as hotels, restaurants, farmhouses, etc.
It is normal to demolish a temple without incense.
Brother Ye, let's go and have a look if we're on our way. Yu Fei said easily. He originally respected Buddhism, but domestic temples always charge money for offering incense, making wishes, and donating merit.
, one after another, making people stunned for a while, so Yu Fei didn't have much feeling about most temples in China. This time, he didn't know what happened, but he actually wanted to take the initiative to go and see them.
What's so good about a temple that's almost demolished? Ye Jianjun really couldn't figure out what Yu Fei was thinking, why he was interested in these things like an old man.
Oh Brother Ye, it’s hard to come here. It’s hard to say whether you will come again in the future. So what if you go and take a look? Yu Fei said with a smile.
Okay, okay, it's up to you. Anyway, I got on your pirate ship today. Hurry up, I have to go back early, otherwise the old man will go crazy again. Ye Jianjun said slightly depressed.
Of course Yu Fei understood that Ye Jianjun's suggestion that the old man was angry was just an excuse. He had been confined at home for a long time and wanted to go out and have fun. However, he smiled slightly and did not expose it.
The three of them left Yongling and drove to the small temple following Lu Shaoming's guidance.
Seeing this temple, Yu Fei and others finally understood why they had not discovered it when they came before.
The size of this temple is indeed small. Looking at the rubble around the temple, you can guess that this temple may have been a very large temple before. At that time, due to disrepair, many buildings collapsed. Now only the main hall is left.
, there are also several monks' houses, which are no longer what they were before.
Look, look, you've seen it all. Is there anything good to see here? Ye Jianjun said impatiently. Temples across the country have a general layout, and there are only a few Buddhas enshrined. I really don't know why Yu Fei wants to come here.
Such a circle.
You’re all here, let’s go in and worship. Yu Fei said: If you don’t worship when you pass by the temple, the Buddha will blame you.
Yu Fei walked in first, and Ye Jianjun and Qi Zhi had no choice but to follow.
There were not many people in the temple, let alone tourists, not even a few monks.
When Yu Fei and others walked in, the monks turned a blind eye and no one came to receive them.
However, this situation makes Yu Fei feel very comfortable. He hates that the temple has been turned into a profit-making place. The monks inside are like salesmen, talking in one way or another. To be continued...