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China's most desolate imperial tomb, tickets are free, no one goes, even archaeologists don't want to go. Which tomb is it?

This is Zhao Kuangyin Mausoleum, also called Yongchang Mausoleum, located in gongyi city, Henan Province, which is a county-level city under Zhengzhou City. Some people may wonder why Song Taizu's mausoleum is so deserted. The reason is very simple, because today's mausoleum, except the owner is Zhao Kuangyin, has no other value, and it has been stolen for a long time, without even a copper coin left.

According to expert analysis, this tomb may have been stolen as early as the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the whole of Henan had fallen into the hands of the Mongolian army, and Yongchang Mausoleum was the imperial tomb of the enemy country for the Mongolian army. How can we not be destroyed? After the chaos, the whole cemetery was swept away, so that in modern times, when experts carried out rescue excavation, they could only find a small number of irrelevant cultural relics in some marginal places, which were of low value and completely inconsistent with Song Taizu's name.

Because the mausoleum has been completely destroyed, cultural relics have either been stolen or excavated by archaeology, the whole mausoleum is an empty shell with almost no value. Because of this, the local government paid little attention to it and allowed weeds to grow in it.

Gradually, Yongchang Mausoleum became more and more desolate. Seen from a distance, it is completely impossible to see that this is the tomb of an emperor, and it is also the tomb of such a famous emperor. Finally, the experts who came here for archaeological excavation also said, "I don't want to come to this place again." This bleak statement is a true portrayal of Yongchang Mausoleum, which makes people feel sad for the famous emperor Song Taizu.