Gaotao tomb

Gaotao tomb

Gaotao tomb is located 7.5km to the east of Lu'an City, 15m to the north of Lu'an Hefei highway, and 35m to the northeast.

In 1981, it was announced as a key cultural relic protection unit in Lu'an county. In the same year, it was included in the Great Dictionary of Chinese scenic spots by Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House. Gaotao tomb is a key cultural relic in Anhui Province and a national cultural relic area.

Gaotao tomb is a round earth tomb, 97 meters in circumference, 6.2 meters in height, 4 meters in diameter on the top of the tomb. There is a Pistacia chinensis tree on it, which is similar to a Huagai. In front of the tomb is a tablet inscribed by Wu Kunxiu, Anhui governor in 1869, with a height of 1.82 meters and a width of 0.92 meters.

historical background

Gaotao, also known as Ji ù y á o, was the leader of the SHAOHAO family of the ancient Dongyi tribe. He was born in the time of Emperor Yao and died before Xia Yu. He lived to 106 years old. Today, gaotao tombs are left on the north side of Liuhe highway in Xiaomiao village, 15 kilometers east of Lu'an City, Anhui Province. Gaotao's main achievements: making criminal law and education, helping Yao, Shun and Yu carry out "five punishments" and "five educations". In order to make the society harmonious and the whole world well governed, it is necessary to use unicorn to govern the prison and insist on justice; to apply both punishment and education, it is necessary to ask for father's righteousness, mother's kindness, brother's friends, brother's respect and son's filial piety. Yu Shu, Zuo Zhuan, Shui Jing Zhu, Kuo Di Zhi and Taiping Huan Yu Ji all record the story of gaotao and the tomb of gaotao in Lu'an. Gaotao, also known as Ji à y á o, was the leader of the ancient Dongyi tribe's SHAOHAO family. He was born in the time of Emperor Yao and died before Xia Yu. He lived to 106 years old. Gao Tao experienced Yao, Shun and Yu III and devoted himself to assisting Yao, Shun and Yu. The fiefdom is located in Gaocheng, and its address is now Lu'an City, Anhui Province. It became the ancestor of the ancient Lu'an state. Gaotao died in Lu'an and was buried in Lu'an. Xia Yu cherished the achievements of gaotao and said that after he was granted gaotao, he lived in England and Liuzhou. Ying, that is, Yingshan (now Yingshan County, Hubei Province), belonged to Lu'an state (now Lu'an City, Anhui Province) in ancient times. From then on, the lineage of gaotao's descendants multiplied in Lu'an, Yingshan and even Jianghuai. Today, gaotao tombs are left on the north side of Liuhe highway in Xiaomiao village, 15 kilometers east of Lu'an City, Anhui Province. Gaotao's main achievements: making criminal law and education, helping Yao, Shun and Yu carry out "five punishments" and "five educations". In order to make the society harmonious and the whole world well governed, it is necessary to use unicorn to govern the prison and insist on justice; to apply both punishment and education, it is necessary to ask for father's righteousness, mother's kindness, brother's friends, brother's respect and son's filial piety. Yu Shu, Zuo Zhuan, Shui Jing Zhu, Kuo Di Zhi and Taiping Huan Yu Ji all record the story of gaotao and the tomb of gaotao in Lu'an.

Historical records

"The Li family is the descendant of emperor Zhuan Xu and Gao Yang. Zhuan Xu gave birth to Daye, Daye gave birth to nvhua, and nvhua gave birth to gaotao. Gaotao was the leader of the Dongyi tribe in the primitive society. He once served as the administrator and was in charge of the judicial power of the tribal alliance at that time. He once presided over the formulation of five kinds of punishment (Mo, Zhe, Fei, Gong, Da PI), and meted out the punishment according to the severity of the crime. He also graded and exiled the criminals who did not use the five kinds of punishment. It is said that gaotao specially trained a strange Unicorn named (Jiao GUI) (Jiao Hu). This strange Unicorn has a special function, that is, it can distinguish between good and evil. When it meets a guilty person, it will use a sharp unicorn to collide with him. When it finds out who is lying, it will be angry and frightening. It's really better for gaotao to use such a strange beast to settle a case. Therefore, gaotao uses good Li Xing prison is famous all over the world. After all, myth is a myth, but this myth brings people to the remote ancient times, as if to see Gao Tao's upright and decisive image. It was because of the high prestige of gaotao that he still used gaotao as the main reason after Shun succeeded to the throne. As a result, the world's evils were brought to an end, and people lived and worked in peace and contentment. During his tenure, gaotao repeatedly put forward wise strategies, thinking that the rule of the world should be cautious and self-cultivation, with special emphasis on "knowing people" and "pacifying the people". His ideas were highly appreciated by Emperor Shun, who took gaotao as the most virtuous candidate for the throne However, before Emperor Shun could abdicate the throne to gaotao, gaotao died of illness.

According to kuodizhi quoted in Shiji, gaotao was buried in the sixth place after his death. It is now 7.5km to the east of Lu'an City, 15m to the north of Lu'an Hefei highway, and 35m to the northeast. Gaotao was listed by Confucius as one of the "Four Saints" in ancient times. According to the records of the historian, Suoyin: "Lu'an, the state of Lu'an, was granted by the surname of Houyan", so Lu'an is called Gaocheng. Gaotao tomb is a round earth tomb, 97 meters in circumference, 6.2 meters in height, 4 meters in diameter on the top of the tomb. There is a Pistacia chinensis tree on it, which is similar to a Huagai. In front of the tomb is a tablet inscribed by Wu Kunxiu, Anhui governor in 1869, with a height of 1.82 meters and a width of 0.92 meters. According to the records of the historian quoted from kuodi Zhi, Yu granted his youngest son to Liu in order to worship him. After that, Liu became a small country with the surname Yan. King Mu of Chu had no record of fire. Gaotao had his eldest son Boyi. The emperor's century said: "Boyi (Yi) was King Shun. He had many animals, so he was given the surname Ying." It can be seen that Bo Yi was given the surname Ying by Emperor Shun because he was good at training birds and animals, and became the leader of the tribe with the surname Ying. Gaotao's second son, Zhong Zhen, also known as Zhong Yan, still took Yan as his surname. Later, Yan took gaotao as his ancestor and took his surname as his surname When Lizheng was passed on, he was the official of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty. At that time, King Zhou of Shang Dynasty was fatuous and indulged in women's sex. Lizheng repeatedly admonished and insisted on the law, which was not allowed by the fatuous king of Zhou. At last, he was killed. Lizheng's wife, qiheshi, escaped with his young son Lizhen and ran to the ruins of Yihou (now in Henan). He was hungry. When he saw a tree bearing fruit, he picked it and ate it, and his mother and son got it Later, Li Zhen was afraid of being pursued by King Zhou and did not dare to be surnamed Li, so she changed her name to Li's with the help of "Muzi". This is the later saying that "trees are surnames". According to this, the beginning of Li's surname should be at the end of Shang Dynasty and the beginning of Zhou Dynasty.

Gaotao was listed by Confucius as one of the "Four Saints" in ancient times. According to the records of the historian, Suoyin: "Lu'an, the state of Lu'an, was granted by the surname of Houyan", so Lu'an is called Gaocheng.

Cultural relics

Gaotao tomb is a round earth tomb, 97 meters in circumference, 6.2 meters in height, 4 meters in diameter on the top of the tomb. There is a Pistacia chinensis tree on it, which is similar to a Huagai. In front of the tomb is a tablet inscribed by Wu Kunxiu, Anhui governor in 1869, with a height of 1.82 meters and a width of 0.92 meters.

Cultural relics protection

In 1981, it was announced as a key cultural relic protection unit in Lu'an county. In the same year, it was included in the Great Dictionary of Chinese scenic spots by Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House. Gaotao tomb is a key cultural relic in Anhui Province and a national cultural relic area.

Tourism information

geographical position

Gaotao tomb is located 7.5km to the east of Lu'an City, 15m to the north of Lu'an Hefei highway, and 35m to the northeast.

Travel time

Lu'an, located in the west of Anhui Province, has a humid climate. Rainfall is mainly concentrated in June and July. The hottest time of the year is in July. At this time, we must bring all the equipment to prevent heat and rain. The golden week of May Day and November every year, with moderate rain and clear weather, is a good time to travel to Lu'an.

Transportation guide

Railway: with the opening of Hefei Liupanshui railway, Lu'an has opened trains. At present, there are direct expressways from Hefei, Nanjing and Shanghai to Ningbo and general expressways to Hefei. If you want to go to Shouxian, a famous national historical and cultural city, it is most convenient to go through Huainan. Huainan railway station is located at the south head of Longhu road in tianjia'an district. Tianjia'an bus station is located at Chendong intersection of Guoqing West Road. It only takes more than half an hour to get to Shouxian by coach.

Highway: 312 national highway traverses Lu'an City. Lu'an bus station is located at 66 Wanxi Road, Jin'an District

Address: gaotao village, Jin'an District, Lu'an City, Anhui Province

Longitude: 116.57281737029

Latitude: 31.759806615412

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