Qinling Mausoleum

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Qianling is the best preserved tomb in the 18 tombs of the Tang Dynasty, and the only tomb in the Tang Dynasty that has not been stolen. On March 04, 1961, Qianling was declared the first national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.

Qianling is the best preserved tomb in the 18 tombs of the Tang Dynasty, and the only tomb in the Tang Dynasty that has not been stolen. On March 04, 1961, Qianling was declared the first national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council. Liangshan is a conical limestone mountain body, with three peaks, the highest peak in the north, 1047.9 meters above sea level, the east of the Huaihe River, the west of the Moshui, and the Qianling Gengu are located above the north peak. The two peaks in the south of Liang are lower, the east and west are facing, and the middle is Sima Road, so the two peaks are called "Rufeng".

Qianling is considered to be the only Tangling without the stolen tomb. The Huangchao war occurred in the late Tang Dynasty, Huangchao used 400,000 troops to rob the Qianling, but dug a large ditch more than 40 meters deep, and did not find the entrance of the grave, so it was forced to go back to work, so far in the west of the main peak of Liangshan there is still a deep ditch called "Huangchao ditch". In the Five Dynasties, Hou Liang Chongzhou settetsu made Wen Yong organize the army to excavate all the imperial mausoleums of the Tang Dynasty. "The Tang Dynasty's mausoleums in its territory, they are all excavated, take the treasures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sun Lianzhong, a KMT general who was stationed in the Qianling to protect the Qianling, used real guns to cover the soldiers of a division to steal and dig the Qianling. The soldiers blasted many places with explosives but could not find the entrance to the tomb. In 1958, local farmers fired a few fire stone, unintentionally blew out the tomb road crossing. In February 1960, Shaanxi Province established the "Qianling excavation committee", after preliminary excavation confirmed that the blasted place is the Digong tomb road, and began to excavate the Qianling Digong tomb road on April 3. May 12, the tomb road gravestone all disclosed. Afterwards, tomb road was re-buried to protect the Qianling Mausoleum.

Qianling is one of the 18 tombs of Tang Dynasty in Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province, located on Liangshan 6 kilometers north of Ganxian County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. It is a joint burial tomb of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian of Gaozong in Tang Dynasty. The cemetery is large in scale and the area of the cemetery is "Bai Li Zhou" ("Tang Hui Yao"). Qian Mausoleum is the most well preserved tomb of the 18 tombs of the Tang Dynasty, and the only tomb in the Tang Dynasty that has not been stolen. From the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Huang Chao war, the Huang Chao used 400,000 troops to rob the Qian Mausoleum. In the Five Dynasties, Hou Liang Chongzhou setteth made Wen Yong organize the army to excavate all the imperial mausoleums of the Tang Dynasty. "The imperial mausoleums of the Tang Dynasty are in their territory, they are excavated, and they are treasured. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sun Lianzhong, a KMT general who was stationed in the Qianling to protect the Qianling, used real guns to cover the soldiers of a division to steal and dig the Qianling. The soldiers blasted many places with explosives but could not find the entrance to the tomb. In 1958, several local farmers fired artillery and blew up stones, unintentionally blew up the tomb road crossing, Shaanxi Province established the "Qianling Excavation Commission", Premier Zhou Enlai of the State Council to "Qianling Excavation Plan" to make "We can not do good, this matter can be left for future generations to complete" the instructions, The State Council issued a further circular to demand "the national imperial mausoleum before the excavation, " the Qianling excavation is stopped.

Qianling is a major turning point on the tomb of the feudal emperors in China, which was previously the high earth-digging, burial and final high sealing.

The Tang Dynasty opened up a new form of burial, which used to dig huge craters downwards, and then cover the top of the earth. From the Tang Dynasty, a mountain was chosen to dig a hole in the middle of the mountain to build a tomb, and then block the graveway. The main Lingshan of Qianling was Liangshan, with a Rushan arch on both sides.