Mausoleum of Zhouwen

The mausoleum of Jichang, King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. Ji Chang, King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, was once granted the title of Xibo marquis by King Zhou. During his reign, his country was powerful because of the reform of local records. His son Jifa, King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, inherited his father's business of destroying merchants and established the Western Zhou Dynasty. It is said that the two mausoleums of King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou are adjacent to each other and are similar in shape to hills. There are lots of vegetation on the mausoleum, and the green fields around the mausoleum set off. There is a stone tablet in front of the mausoleum, which was erected by Bi Yuan, governor of Shaanxi Province during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. There are ancient steles preserved in the sacrificial hall, most of which are inscriptions of sacrifice. People have always linked the achievements of King Wen and King Wu of Zhou, who worked hard to build a strong country, with the towering tombs in Xianyang plain. There is no lack of Memorial and admiration, and there are all kinds of mythical legends left behind.

Mausoleum of Zhouwen

Zhouwen mausoleum is located in the south of Cuijia village, ZhouLing Township, 5 kilometers north of Xianyang city. In front of the mausoleum is a stone tablet written by Bi Yuan, governor of Shaanxi Province during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. In recent years, some scholars believe that Zhou mausoleum should be located near the Zhouyuan site or Huxian county.

King Wen of Zhou

His full name is Jichang, the 18th grandson of the Yellow Emperor and the son of Jili. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, he was the leader of the Zhou nationality. When King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty was granted the title of xibohou, he was the founder of the Western Zhou Dynasty. He was the leader of the Zhou nationality and died 50 years later. He was 97 years old. When he was young, King Wen took part in agricultural labor and cared about the sufferings of the people. After he became the leader, he treated people with courtesy and benevolence, actively developed production, implemented the policy of clear rewards and punishments and enriching the people, consulted in many ways, and sought for talents. Many talented people turned to him. Seeing that he was powerful, King Zhou of Shang used the excuse to imprison him in Guli (now Tangyin County, Henan Province). During this period, he devoted himself to the study of eight trigrams, which evolved into 64 trigrams, with 6 trigrams per trigram and 384 trigrams in total. Poor exploration of the world's reason, the achievement of the world's first book of changes. He also invented the Qixian Qin and created a piece of music called "jingyoucao". His subordinates offered beauties and treasures to King Zhou, so that he was released.

King Wen saw that King Zhou was fatuous and cruel, and lost the popular support, so he decided to attack the Shang Dynasty and eradicate King Zhou. But he was short of a person who had overall planning and had both culture and martial arts, so he went out of his way to visit.

One day, on the Bank of Weishui River, he saw an old man fishing. The old man's hook was straight, without bait. The hook was three feet above the water. The old man kept saying, "those who wish to take the hook!" he was very puzzled. When talking with the old man, he realized that the old man's name was Jiang Ziya, also known as Jiang Shang, and later called Jiang Taigong. He is a rare all rounder of literature and martial arts. He knows literature, geography and the situation of the world. King Wen was very happy, so he asked him to take a bus back to the capital to be the prime minister.

Jiang Ziya assisted King Wen in developing production and training troops, which made the Zhou people more powerful. After that, he conquered gourong, MISHU and Li, and finally conquered Chongguo (now the north of Songxian County in Henan Province). He built his capital on the West Bank of Fengshui in Xi'an, which was named Fengyi. In his later years, King Wen controlled two-thirds of the territory, which laid the foundation for the destruction of the merchants. At this time, King Wen was seriously ill. He called his son Jifa and told him three words: "when you see a good thing, do it quickly; when you see a bad thing, avoid it; when the time comes, seize it."

King Wen died of illness, King Wu inherited the cause of King Wen, destroyed the business, established the Zhou Dynasty, and established the capital of hojing (now the East Bank of Fengshui in the southwest of Xi'an).

The Zhou Dynasty was divided into two periods: the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The Western Zhou Dynasty lasted more than 300 years from the 11th century B.C. to 771 B.C.

Brief introduction of Wenwang Mausoleum

Located in the south of Cuijia village, ZhouLing Township, 5 kilometers north of Xianyang city. In front of the mausoleum is a stone tablet written by Bi Yuan, governor of Shaanxi Province during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. In recent years, some scholars believe that Zhou mausoleum should be located near the Zhouyuan site or Huxian county.

The legendary tombs of King Wen and King Wu of Zhou are in yuanban, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province.

Jichang, King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, was once granted the title of Xibo marquis by King Zhou. During his reign, his country was powerful because of the reform of local records. Jifa, King Wu of Zhou Dynasty, was the son of King Wen. He inherited his father's business and established the Western Zhou Dynasty.

It is said that the two mausoleums of King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou are adjacent to each other and are similar in shape to hills. There are lots of vegetation on the mausoleum, and the green fields around the mausoleum set off. There is a stone tablet in front of the mausoleum, which was erected by Bi Yuan, governor of Shaanxi Province during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. There are ancient steles preserved in the sacrificial hall, most of which are inscriptions of sacrifice.

People have always linked the achievements of King Wen and King Wu of Zhou, who worked hard to build a strong country, with the towering tombs in Xianyang plain. There is no lack of Memorial and admiration, and there are all kinds of mythical legends left behind.

The tombs of the two Zhou dynasties kept the shape of the Shang Dynasty. During the Warring States period, most tombs were filled with sand, stone and charcoal to prevent dampness and protect their chambers.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, husband and wife were buried together. Yubo tomb in Baoji, Shaanxi Province in the middle period of the Western Zhou Dynasty and Weihou tomb in xunxian, Henan Province in the late period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, both found the phenomenon of husband and wife "buried together in different caves", that is, husband and wife were buried in two adjacent tombs. In the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, the system of joint burial in different caves became more common.

Due to the prevalence of thick burial in ancient China, a large number of wealth created by the working people were buried as funerary objects. During the two Zhou dynasties, the burial objects in the tombs of princes and kings continued to the Shang Dynasty. They were mainly made of various bronzes, including wine vessels, musical instruments, eating utensils, weapons, chariots and horses, tools, and so on. Among them, Ding and GUI were the most important, and their number and combination were the symbols of aristocratic status at that time. During the Warring States period, the proportion of lacquerware and other daily necessities increased significantly.

Human sacrifice and human sacrifice were still common in the Western Zhou Dynasty. After the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the number of killing martyrs gradually decreased, but until the early Warring States period, there were still a large number of noble tombs. After the middle of the Warring States period, this kind of cruel sacrifice met with people's opposition, and the number of martyrs decreased, and wooden figurines and pottery figurines appeared to replace the burial of human martyrs. The Qin State abolished the system of sacrificing people to the throne.

Address: Weicheng District, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province

Longitude: 108.730291

Latitude: 34.40806

Tour time: 2 hours

Traffic information: take suburban bus No.10 or 15, get off at ZhouLing station and walk for 5 minutes

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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