Tang Yuanling

Tang Yuanling

Zongyuan Mausoleum of Tang Dynasty is located in Tanshan, 15 kilometers northwest of Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, with an altitude of 851 meters.

In February 2018, we learned from the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of archaeology that after nearly a year of continuous exploration and excavation, the Zongyuan Mausoleum of the Tang Dynasty has achieved important stage achievements in the protection project of the great site of the Tang mausoleum. The base site of Xiagong No.1, which was discovered by archaeologists in Zongyuan Mausoleum of Tang Dynasty, is the most complete and largest mausoleum site of Tang Dynasty.

Commemorative figures

Emperor suzong of Tang Dynasty, named Liyu (727-779 AD), was the eldest son of emperor suzong of Tang Dynasty and the mother of Empress Wu. At the beginning, he was granted the title of King Guangping, and his name was Chu. He was supported by eunuchs as emperor. He was 37 years old at that time. He was in power for 18 years (762-779 AD). He died and was buried in Yuanling. Year number: Guangde, Yongtai, Dali. Li Yu, the emperor of Dai Zong, followed his father between soldiers and horses during the "an Shi rebellion". In the second year of Zhide (757), he was appointed marshal of the world's soldiers and horses. He led the border army 200000 and Guo Ziyi to recover Chang'an and Luoyang. In the first year of the Qianyuan Dynasty (758), he was moved to become a king in March, and in April he was made the crown prince, renamed Yu. Because empress Zhang, who was favored by suzong, was not Li Yu's biological mother, and she had no son, she was very worried about Li Yu, the crown prince, and tried every means to prevent Li Yu from succeeding as emperor. In April 762, Emperor suzong was seriously ill. Empress Zhang and her party members conspired to ask Li Yu to enter the palace to kill him, and then they made the second son of emperor suzong and the king of Yue Li the crown prince. But it didn't succeed, Li Yu was supported as emperor by eunuchs. After he ascended the throne, he strengthened the centralization of power, reformed the financial system, punished eunuchs, and successively killed Cheng Yuanzhen and Li Fuguo. Some disobedient officials were often killed by "Robbers" or given "suicide". Due to the continuous natural and man-made disasters and the empty state treasury, the social economy of the Tang dynasty fell into internal and external difficulties. On May 21, the 14th year of Dali (779), Daizong died in the inner hall of Zichen in the imperial palace. He was 67 years old and buried in Yuanling.

Historical changes

The mausoleum of the Yuan Dynasty is located on the mountain, 20 kilometers around the mausoleum area. According to the biography of linghujia in the old book of the Tang Dynasty, "after emperor Dezong ascended the throne, he issued an imperial edict to establish the system of emperor Daizong's mausoleum, which was extremely generous and should be used to collect and serve coins. He was opposed by lingguyuan, so Dezong followed him and had to bury himself in thrift. " It can be seen that the mausoleum system of the yuan mausoleum is not as good as that of the former Emperor, which reflects that the politics and economy of the Tang Dynasty went from bad to worse after the "an Shi rebellion".

The mausoleum of the Yuan Dynasty was built on the mountain, with one gate on each side. The shape of the mausoleum is the same as that of the mausoleum of the Tang Dynasty. In the 1960s, most of the stone carvings of Yuanling were destroyed. Only one wing horse, two stone lions in Ximen, two stone lions in Beimen and two stone horses were left on the ground.

In February 2018, after nearly a year of archaeological excavation, Shaanxi Provincial Institute of archaeology announced that 27 new stone carvings were unearthed in Zongyuan Mausoleum of Tang Dynasty, including 2 Southern Shinto stone pillars, 1 stone ostrich, 3 stone horses, 2 stone carvings of Talma people, 9 stone carvings of stone men, 2 stone carvings of Tibetan chieftains, 1 stone lion, 4 stone horses of northern Shinto, 2 stone carvings of Talma people, and 1 stone tiger.

At present, of the 27 stone carvings, eight are re erected on the Shinto of Yuanling, including seven stone figures and one stone horse. Among them, five stone figures were placed in the field in front of the gate of nanque, two in the East and three in the West. They and the north of the Tanshan mutual reflection, once disappeared Shinto, finally appeared again.

Address: 100 meters west of leizhuang Road, Fuping County, Weinan City

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