The only mausoleum in Chongqing, only an empty coffin was dug up. Where's the body?

A few days ago, the author took two female friends to visit the Ming Yu Zhenling in Jiangbei Kou Central Park, Chongqing. At the back of the exhibition hall, there is a hollowed-out place, surrounded by a glass fence, with a lamp post carved with a dragon on it and Ming Taizu Yu Zhen's coffin below.

The lamppost in Ming Taizu Yu Zhen Mausoleum

At that time, I asked two female friends to go and see what the emperor's coffin looked like, but two timid women were afraid to look.

It was not until I told them that it was just an empty coffin and there was no one in it that they finally got the nerve to take a look. As a result, they became addicted at first sight and didn't leave for a long time.

I saw a piece missing from the outside of the coffin, but the coffin inside was intact, and there were money scattered by tourists everywhere, including banknotes, coins and foreign currency.

The coffin in the tomb of Ming Dynasty in Zhen Dynasty

Then, they pestered me and asked, why is there no one inside? Where did everyone go? Why is there a piece missing from the coffin?

When I got home at night, I explained it to them in detail. After chatting for two hours, I finally had to treat them to a midnight snack.

You mean there is no loss?

1. Who is Ming Yuzhen?

Ming (1329 10 February 2-1366 March 17), formerly known as Rui, was born in Suixian County, Huguang County (now Suixian County, Hubei Province).

The early experience is not clear, only that his family has been working for a living for generations.

The History of the Ming Dynasty records that Yu Zhen was "more than eight feet long, focused on his eyes and was famous for his great ambition".

What does "double pupil" mean? Remember the TV series "Golden Pupil" starring Lei?

Yes, almost Zhuang Rui's eyes.

After reading Kiyomi, the author can't help wondering whether Ming's grassroots counterattack is related to his vision.

Of course, this is just the author's idle thinking.

Ray plays Zhuang Rui.

As I said before, Ming Yuzhen, who is famous for his ambition, naturally won't want to live an ordinary life. At that time, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there was chaos and kings everywhere.

Bobby Chen's phrase "princes will have seeds" has echoed in his mind for countless times.

In a word, in the eleventh year of Zheng Zhi (135 1), Ming Yuzhen finally rose.

He assembled more than a thousand township soldiers to station troops in Qingshan and built a solid grid.

At that time, he did not take the initiative to attack, but waited for the price. He must be very familiar with the fishing industry in Jiang Taigong. If he wants to sell a good price, he must first have his own capital.

Finally, the opportunity came.

In the winter of 13th year (1353), Xu Shouhui, the nearest rebel, proclaimed himself emperor. In order to expand his strength and attract talents, he sent people to recruit Ming Yu Zhen.

He said to Ming: "You will be rich when you come, and you will not send troops to slaughter."

Ming Yuzhen was waiting for an opportunity, and naturally he took advantage of it. That's all, he joined Xu Shouhui.

After the surrender, Ming Yuzhen was appointed Marshal Lu and stationed in Mianyang.

In a war with the distant army, he was shot in the right eye by the Yuan general Hamatou and became a cyclops. People call him "bright eyes".

However, he has a pair of eyes, even if he has only one eye, he should see farther than ordinary people, right? (This is sheer nonsense.)

Mingyuzhen statue

In the seventeenth year of Zheng Zheng (1357), Ming Yuzhen took advantage of the emptiness of Chongqing's troops to conquer Kuizhou (now Fengjie, Chongqing) and Wanzhou from Wuxia, and then attacked Chongqing.

Xu Shouhui has appointed him as the propaganda ambassador of Liangjiang Road in Guangxi and the political representative of Sichuan Province in Gansu Province.

In the twentieth year of Zheng Zheng (1360), Chen Youliang killed Xu Shouhui and made himself emperor. Ming Yu Zhen severed relations with Chen Youliang and ordered Mo Renshou to be stationed in Kuimen, which had no contact with him. Claiming to be the King of Gansu and Shu, Serina Liu was the chief of staff. He set up the Xushouhui Temple in southern Chongqing, and offered sacrifices at four o'clock, honoring him as Emperor Ying Tianyun, with the temple name Sejong.

According to the topography of Chongqing, Chongqing is surrounded by water on three sides and the city walls are built along the river. If the "south of the city" mentioned here is in the south of the city, it is close to the Yangtze River. If it is in the south of the city, it is probably in the south of the Yangtze River, which is now Nan 'an District.

Second, the summer resort

In the 22nd year of Zheng Zhi (1362), on March 3rd (March 29th), Ming Yuzhen was proclaimed emperor by Serina Liu and others. The title of the Great Xia calls for the restoration of the rule of the Han Dynasty, establishing the Yuan Dynasty as the capital, making his wife the queen and his son the Crown Prince.

Regarding the location of the capital of Daxia, the author did not find the exact location in the history books. There are basically only two words "Chongqing" in history books.

However, at that time, the Song Dynasty just lingered for decades. In order to resist the Chongqing city built by the Yuan Army, the wall of Pengdaya is still 90% new. It should be the practice of most people to locate the capital in old Chongqing.

However, some people don't think so. Many archaeologists believe that the capital of Daxia State, which was established in the Ming Dynasty in the earthquake, is probably located in the old city of Jiangbei, which is now the Jiangbei mouth of Chongqing.

Mingyuzhen statue

Ming Yu Zhen is lucky and unfortunate at the same time.

Fortunately, he was a peasant and organized a brave uprising in the countryside. It was not easy for him to survive the war, and finally he established the kingdom of Daxia and sat on the throne.

Why is he unlucky?

Because he had been emperor for less than four years, he died on February 6th in the 26th year of Zheng Zhi (1366 March 17), at the age of 38.

According to historical records, Ming Yuzhen was buried in Jiangbei, and the mausoleum was named Yongchang.

After the death of Ming Yuzhen, his son Ming Sheng ascended the throne at the age of 10.

In the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1369), Zhu Yuanzhang sent messengers to surrender, but Ming Sheng refused.

In the spring of Hongwu four years (137 1), Zhu Yuanzhang sent Tanghe, Liao Yongzhong and Fu Youde. And Xia Jun was defeated. In June of the same year, Ming soldiers arrived in Chongqing, surrendered and died in Xia.

Tanghe statue

At that time, Ming Sheng and his mother surrendered to the Ming army at Chaotianmen today, which shows that the Ming army came from the waterway. It can be seen from here that the capital of the Great Xia should be in the old town of Yuzhong. If it was in the old town of Jiangbei, it should not have come so far to surrender.

It took less than ten years for the whole country of Daxia, from its establishment to its demise.

After Ming Sheng surrendered, he was imprisoned in Nanjing by the Ming army and became a cellmate with Chen Youliang's son.

Both of them are kings of national subjugation and often sigh. When things reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, they felt that although they were still children, it would be bad if they were bewitched, so they were sent to North Korea together.

And told King Koryo: "Send Emperor Chen and Emperor Xia to leave them alone."

Ming Sheng is also very lucky. After arriving in Korea, she was favored by Princess Koryo and became Koryo's son-in-law. Now the Ming nationality has multiplied tens of thousands of people in North Korea and South Korea.

Every year, on the anniversary of the death of Tomb-Sweeping Day and Ming Yuzhen, they send delegations to pay homage.

The descendants of the Ming Dynasty worshipped Yu Zhen of the Ming Dynasty.

Third, the emperor's mausoleum was accidentally dug up.

On March 30th, 1982, Chongqing Weaving Factory, located in Xibutang, Shangcheng Street, Jiangbei, Chongqing, expanded its workshop and accidentally dug a grave.

This tomb is a rectangular cave with a length of 5.4 meters from east to west and a width of 3.5 meters from north to south. The upper part of the pit is sedimentary layer, and the lower part is primary sandstone layer with hard rocks. Due to the inclination of the mountain, the rocks in the tomb pit are shallow in front and deep in back, with the front wall 2 meters high and the back wall 3.2 meters high. No pyramid-shaped mound has been found yet. The funerary utensils in this tomb are relatively complete, one coffin at a time. The coffin is made of torreya grandis wood, which is corrosion-resistant and still smells after being unearthed. The length is 284 cm, the front end width is 127 cm, and the back end width is 1 10 cm. The cover plate is slightly bent with a thickness of 13cm. The front height 135cm and the back height 1 15cm. The surface of the coffin plate is decorated with cinnabar red paint, and the front end of the cover plate is carved into a petal shape. The inner coffin is cypress, similar in structure and shape to the coffin, slightly smaller in size, and placed on a rectangular coffin seat slightly larger than the bottom of the coffin. All parts of the coffin are not painted, only cinnabar is painted.

The most important thing is that the coffin is empty

Ming Yu Zhen's coffin.

At that time, everyone thought it was just an ordinary cenotaph, which did not attract attention. The funerary objects in the tomb were looted and even the outer coffin was dug up.

Among the funerary objects in the coffin is a dress embroidered with golden dragon. Everyone felt fresh and began to play, even tearing it into strips and throwing it in the mud.

Archaeologists were not alert until a bluestone "Gong Xuan Monument" was dug up.

Inscription on the porch palace of Yu Zhen Mausoleum in Ming Taizu.

According to the appraisal of archaeologists, this ancient tomb is the only tomb where Ming Yuzhen, the leader of the peasant uprising, proclaimed himself emperor in Chongqing.

This was an archaeological discovery, and the robbed funerary objects were later recovered, including Ming Jing, colorful flags, coffins and curtains, gold and silver utensils and silk fabrics, among which the gold and silver utensils included a gold cup and two silver ingots; Silk fabrics include Ming quilt, Ming mattress, Ming robe, Ming cloth and so on.

Especially the dragon robe was destroyed. Later, together with the master of Shu embroidery, it took archaeologists several months to recover.

A replica of the dragon robe exhibited in the tomb of Zhen Emperor in Ming Dynasty.

If all the cultural relics unearthed from Ming Yuzhen's tomb are displayed in Chongqing Three Gorges Museum, then all the exhibits you see in the exhibition tube of Ming Yuzhen's mausoleum are replicas.

And that "Xuangong Monument" is also extremely remarkable. It provides all kinds of materials for discussing the local history of Sichuan and the history of peasant war at the end of Yuan Dynasty, and provides detailed historical materials for studying the origin of Ming Yuzhen and his activities before and after entering Sichuan. Its excavation clarified some different records in old books and made up for the gaps in historical records.

Ming dynasty is better than the appearance of Zhen mausoleum.

4. Where is the remains of Ming Yuzhen?

As for the burial place of Ming Yuzhen, the history books only say "buried in Jiangbei", that is, buried in today's Jiangbei area.

For example, the Ming-Yu-Zhen Ling Rui, which has been excavated, is at the highest place in Jiangbei Kou Central Park today.

This is called Beibaogai Mountain. The mausoleum faces You Shan from east to west.

Some feng shui masters said that the Yangtze River water and Jialing River water fell to the left after divination, and they went out of the ridge, which was obviously unfavorable to future generations and could not bear an emperor.

So his son Ming Sheng was destroyed by Zhu Yuanzhang a few years after he ascended the throne.

Zhu Yuanzhang portrait

In my opinion, this statement is purely hindsight. Besides, according to the situation at that time, the Ming Dynasty was established and Mazhuang's army was strong. It has become a trend to unify the whole country. No matter how good the geomantic omen of the Ming Dynasty is, it can't stop the attack of the Ming army.

Mingxia's death lies not in Feng Shui, but in her strength.

Why is Ming Yuzhen's tomb empty?

According to archaeological experts, Yu Zhen believed in Zoroastrianism in the Ming Dynasty, and Zoroastrianism advocated naked burial, that is, he came naked and left naked.

Maybe Zhang Wuji, the founder of Zoroastrianism, was buried naked.

Jet Li plays Zhang Wuji.

So, where is Ming Yuzhen buried naked?

This is a topic of concern to the archaeological community and the descendants of Ming family in North Korea and South Korea. Maybe in the near future, just as Ling Rui was accidentally dug up in Ming Yuzhen, it was accidentally dug up.

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