Diku Mausoleum

The Mausoleum of Emperor Ku is located in Bo (now Shangqiu, Henan), the capital of Emperor Ku, one of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. The Mausoleum of Emperor Ku was repaired in the Western Han Dynasty, and has been restored many times in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. According to legend, in the year of severe drought, it is efficacious to ask for more rain, so it is known as the "spirit well". In front of the Mausoleum of Emperor Ku, there are existing ancient buildings such as the Temple of Emperor Ku, the bathing room, the dressing pavilion, and the Zen gate. There are a large number of inscriptions in the courtyard. Emperor Ku Temple was built in the Han Dynasty, and Cao Zhi once wrote "Praise of Emperor Ku Temple". In the sixth year of Song Kaibao (973), the Diku Temple was rebuilt. Zhao Kuangyin once drew lots here to ask for divination, and after he ascended the throne, he ordered the emperor to repair the mausoleum. In front of the mausoleum, there are stone steles with a height of 5 meters and a width of 1.2 meters, a group of steles with two dragons playing with beads, and a stele seat. There are hexagonal dragon pillars and stone pavilions on both sides of the shrine. In the east stone pavilion, there is a stele that was rebuilt in the 41st year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, and in the west pavilion there is a stele that was rebuilt in 2001, and the bluestone corridor. Newly planted 1.3 hectares of juniper on both sides. The entire mausoleum area is surrounded by green cypresses, solemn and solemn. Since Emperor Ku has divided more than a thousand surnames, the descendants of Emperor Ku at home and abroad have come here to find their roots and worship their ancestors and pay homage to the royal tomb.