Dou's Castle Peak tomb

Dou's Castle Peak tomb

Dou's Castle Peak tomb, also known as "an Cheng Hou tomb", is located in the south of Qingzhong village, 14 kilometers east of Wuyi County, Hebei Province. Covering an area of 36582 square meters, it is the tomb of Dou Qing, the father of Dou Yifang, Empress of the Han Dynasty. Because Dou Qing was granted the title of an Chenghou by the Han Dynasty, it is also called an Chenghou tomb. The tomb is 22.9 meters high, 490 meters long and covers an area of 30000 square meters. Dou Qing, a native of guguanjin (now east of Wuyi County), was buried in his hometown after his death. After her daughter was granted the title of empress Wen, she was granted the title of marquis an Cheng. Later, empress Wen became the empress dowager, expanding the tomb for her father, raising the seal to "look west at Chang'an". Temples were also built and a tombstone of "Dou's Castle Peak" was erected. A few years later, temples and steles were destroyed, leaving only "green mountains". On July 23, 1982, the provincial government announced it as a key cultural relics protection unit at the provincial level.

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Empress Dowager Dou, known as Dou Yifang (205 bc-135 BC), moved to guanjin (now Wuyi County) with her father and ancestors in order to avoid war in the early Han Dynasty. His mother died early, and his father Dou Qing fell into the water when he was fishing, so he lived with his elder brother Dou Changjun (Dou Jian) and younger brother Dou Shaojun (Dou Guangguo).

After the death of Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, empress Lu monopolized the power and recruited gong'e all over the country. Dou Yifang was chosen to serve empress Lu in the palace as a good daughter. After a while, she was granted by Empress Lv to Liu Heng as a concubine. Liu Heng was gradually known as Dou Ji because of his preference for Yi Fang. After her death, Mrs. Liu Heng was made his wife. Dou Yifang gave birth to two men and a woman, the eldest son Liu Qi, the second son Liu Wu, and the daughter Liu Chuo.

In 180 BC, after empress Lu died, Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, Liu Bang's senior officials removed all the Lu and established Liu Heng as emperor. At the same time, Dou Yifang was granted the title of queen in Jin Dynasty, and his eldest son Liu Qili was the crown prince. In the seventh year after Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty (157 BC), after the death of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty Liu Heng, the crown prince Liu Qiji became emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and Dou Yifang was appointed empress dowager. Three years after emperor Jing of Han Dynasty (141 BC), Liu Che, the grandson of Dou Yifang, ascended to the throne after the death of Liu Qi, who was Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Dou Yifang became the Empress Dowager until his death in the sixth year of Jianyuan of Han Dynasty (135 BC).

Dou Yifang was born in a poor family, but he did not forget the sufferings of the people. When he was a concubine, he wore simple and generous clothes, worked by hand, and educated his children well, which was popular with officials. After Liu Heng ascended the throne, he often admonished Liu Heng to be thrifty in politics, which made him "gain nothing by riding and serving the imperial family in the palace and gardens" for 23 years. In order to avoid repeating the mistake of Lu's relatives, although Yifang brothers became relatives of the Imperial Palace one after another, they did not interfere with the government or deceive others with their wealth and power under their praise. In history, they were called "concession gentlemen". She also believed in the theory of Lao Tzu and helped the three emperors, husband Liu Heng, son Liu Qi and grandson Liu Che, to calm down the war and develop production, so as to realize the prosperous situation of Wen Jing.

In memory of his parents, Dou Yifang asked the imperial court to respect his father Dou Qing as Marquis an Cheng and his mother as his wife an Cheng. He built a large tomb at the pond where Dou Qing was drowned and set up a tombstone of "Dou's Castle Peak". It is said that in order to show filial piety, Empress Dowager Dou said to the person in charge of the construction work: I want to see the green pine on the tomb in guanjin city. The inscriptions and temples of houdou's Castle Peak were completely destroyed, leaving only a "Castle Peak" cemetery with a height of 41.4 meters and a circumference of more than 600 meters. In 1982, the people's Government of Hebei Province announced the tomb of "Dou's Castle Peak" as a key cultural relic protection unit.

Historical records

The tomb of Dou's Castle Peak is recorded in Sima Qian's "historical records * family of relatives": "the father of Empress Dowager Dou was rarely disturbed by the Qin Dynasty. He was invisible and fished and died in the spring. Emperor Jing, the empress dowager, sent an emissary to fill the abyss where her father had fallen and set up a grave in the south of guanjin city. The name of the world is Dou's Castle Peak. "

The tomb of Dou's Castle Peak, according to the book of the later Han Dynasty. Annals of prefectures and states, "it is recorded in the records of qinghexia County of guanjin that empress dowager Dou's father went fishing and fell into the abyss and died. Emperor Jing sent envoys for the Empress Dowager to fill the abyss where her father fell, and buried the grave in the south of the county. The name of Min is Dou's Castle Peak.".

According to the records of Wuyi county annals of the Qing Dynasty, it was built in the reign of emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty (156 BC). It is said that when Dou Yifang was granted the title of queen, in memory of her father, a tomb with a height of more than 30 Zhang and a circumference of thousands of feet was built. Dou asked to see her father's tomb in Chang'an.

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Wuyi county belongs to Julu County in the Qin Dynasty. Wuyi County was established in the fifth year of emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (202 BC). In the former Han Dynasty, it belonged to Xindu state, and in the later Han Dynasty, it belonged to Anping state. In the Jin Dynasty, it was called Wuyi County, which belonged to Jizhou and was abolished in the Northern Qi Dynasty. In the sixth year of kaihuang reign of Sui Dynasty, Wuyi County was restored to Xindu county. From Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, Wuyi County belonged to Jizhou. During the period of the Republic of China, Wuyi first belonged to Jizhou, Zhili Province, and then changed to damingdao. In 1962, Hengshui district was set up, which belongs to Wuyi County.

Dou's Castle Peak tomb is located in the south of Qingzhong village and the east of guanjin village, Sangcun Township, Wuyi County, Hebei Province.

Tourism information

On the south slope of Dou's Castle Peak tomb, there were more than 100 temples, such as "Jade Emperor" temple, "Xianye" temple, "Xiangu" temple and Confucius Temple. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, the people's government transformed the temple into a school, named Qingzhong senior primary school. During the cultural revolution, the school was relocated to the people's commune of xisang village. The buildings on the tombs were demolished. Now there is only high earth sealing.

Address: wulitun village, Wuyi Town, Wuyi County, Hengshui City

Longitude: 115.93715034399

Latitude: 37.801415106754

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