Mystery of the Western Xia Imperial Tombs

Mystery of the Western Xia Imperial Tombs


"Western Xia Kingdom" in Chinese history, one of the most mysterious kingdom!

Anyway this is Yuan Shun, who favored the fault of the Year in 1343, he ordered the prime minister Tuotuo Xiu Song, Liao, Jin history, but the "Great Summer" (Western Xia) to forget! Thus the Party and the ancient Qiang tribe item What is the relationship? How the rise of the Western Xia Kingdom, why suddenly disappeared without a trace? Tangut language peculiar to interpret them? Tangut Tangut tribe after the demise of the whereabouts of ... ... and so on have become a mysterious mystery. That once ruled the northwest, and the Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan powerful counterweight to the Kingdom in history only fragmented pieces of the record. Makes the study of Western Xia culture "Western Xia school" has become today's international school of learning!

In 1972, Yinchuan, the west is being built a small military airport, the construction unit dug up a number of broken pottery, pottery is not surprising, it is strange is that these shards where interspersed with some strange box engraved with the text of the squares are films. At first glance, these words like the Chinese, but nobody could understand them.

Box engraved with strange characters squares are fragments

So the construction unit for emergency notification of Ningxia Museum, the archaeological experts rushed to the scene carefully dug Horie, under an ancient tomb brought to light. Tomb found in a number of warriors, like so meticulous murals, as well as exquisite handicrafts, ceramics and other Fangzhuan, squares are full of odd square on the text and pattern ... .... After archaeologists recognize that this is the tomb of the ancient Xia Dynasty, unearthed a square text is now seen as heavenly Xixia characters! Millennium before the long river of history in the sudden disappearance of the Western Xia civilization, suddenly appeared in people's eyes

Painted on wood on a meticulous maid Map

Wood carving

The archaeological crew immediately pleasantly surprised at this piece of about 30 kilometers west of Yinchuan City, the desert expanded search, and indeed did not let them down, endless desert discovered one after another of the tall yellow pyramid-shaped mound. Each large yellow square surrounded by mounds of earth all around the walls and other buildings. Soon after, they finally sure, these majestic yellow is the Western Xia Dynasty royal tomb mound; in radius of 53 square kilometers area, the total found in Tomb 9, 253
Block Peizang Mu; this is China's largest existing ground remains one of the most complete imperial garden. Sleeping a thousand years, the Western Xia kingdom, finally once again wake up!

Western Xia Imperial Tombs

"Western Xia" is the early 11 century, "party Xiang clan" the establishment of the kingdom (another way of saying that the Western Xia royal family is descended from the Northern Wei Dynasty Xianbei), Tangut language known as "white high country."

The historical roots of Western Xia can always traced back to Tang Dynasty period. At that time the party's key family began to grow. Red Tuoba surrender speech in which Tang Dynasty Ci Xing Li, the rate of the tribe moved to Gyeongju (now inside the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region), called "Pingxi the public." Tang Dynasty Dangxiang clan leader Tuoba Sigong Pingding Huang Chao Rebellion active, again Ci Xing Li, Feng "Xia public" has become the local forces of rival principalities.

Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin rival principalities military power cut has caused discontent Lee, contradictions become increasingly serious. Xia Li Yuanhao inherited in 1032 the Duke of place, active preparations own company. First he abandoned Li, self-proclaimed "Woe Anonymous." The second year in order to avoid the father taboo Sung Ming-era name for the ground to change significantly Road, began his own era name Xixia; subsequent years, he built palaces, Li-Chiang Chao-classes, the provisions of Government and the people dress, the establishment of Military System, to create a "Western Xia." Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself emperor in 1038 AD, state number "big summer."

Xia Ren-Zong Li Rensiao, days between prime (AD.1149-1170) The Chinese language level Suozhu money,
Be called in the Western Xia Zhu cast in the amount of money, the most abundance, making the most workers, the text of the most show.

Tangut Buddhist scriptures written in

"Big Summer kingdom" heyday of territory including today's Ningxia, Gansu, a large portion of western Inner Mongolia, northern Shaanxi, Qinghai and eastern Xinjiang, the eastern and southern Mongolia vast areas. Pre-worked with the Northern Song, Liao have equal shares, in the late Southern Song, Jin elite league.

The thirteenth century, Genghis Khan began to external expansion, before and after six to attack Western Xia. In 1227, Genghis Khan surrounded the Xingqing House (Yinchuan) as long as six months, the Western Xia desperate resistance, striking terror into even the Quartet of Genghis Khan in this into a bitter struggle; and finally paid a heavy price for the Mongolian army was forced to surrender to the Western Xia. Reportedly agreed to surrender when the Western Xia, Genghis Khan had died, but close is not made funeral estoppel against the Western Xia. Xia Xian city to surrender after the Mongol army of Genghis Khan by Yiming, massacre, genocide, Mongolian cavalry went through the Department, a scorched-earth, bones of the dead wild spacious, including the history of the "Western Xia Imperial Tombs" also have been destroyed by the Mongolian army. 190-year history of the Western Xia kingdom Huifeiyanmie, party items from this completely disappeared. Western Xia Dynasty to become the history of the mystery.

Roof decoration "Jialing-frequency gamma"

Sanskrit KALAVIUKA; India and Buddhist words of the legendary half-man half-bird Bird, the Buddha before the music and dance to support.

Capricorn decorated with glazed roof

Ever since 1972, has been found in the Western Xia Imperial Tombs, after 30 years of research, the mysterious contours of the Western Xia Kingdom resurface. Western Xia Imperial Tombs of the Martyrs Mausoleum of each block 1 is a complete building complex covers an area of 10 million square meters. Que stands tall in the cemetery the southernmost tip of Taiwan. Tablets pavilions in the later, where once stood the use Tangut, Chinese language engraving, stone praising the emperor deeds. Tablets pavilions behind on the city on the north of the city is a tomb City, on the city and the hills between the city had been accommodating, civil officials and military commanders of the stone statue. Taiwan is located in the northwest city of Ling Ling, is an octagonal structure Zhuanmu-watt tower building, is divided into five, seven, nine, ranging interior is solid rammed earth, external brick pack puzzle together with a canopy.

Taiwan is a cemetery in the hills of the main building, the traditional Chinese cemetery in the hills above the station in general was a tomb mound of soil. But the Western Xia Imperial Tombs of the tomb built in the tomb north of Taiwan, about 10 meters, but also deviate from the central axis which is a unique form of family party items, there is no precedent in the history of Chinese architecture.

Tomb tower platform and the backbone of the fish in frozen; fish is the backbone of the fief under the ramps

Tomb tower built Xiandian the stage for the material for the dedication and memorial ceremony. Ling Taiwan to Xiandian fish between the backbone of a fief, fief under the ramps. Tomb in the northern end of ramps, is Mimuro soil hole-type structure, stand like a wall tomb with four wall panels. Tomb city center surrounded by walls and a door God Que, God the wall corner angular units, indicating the scope of cemetery; basically a pattern in the Song Dynasty royal cemetery innovate.

Ling tomb is located in northern Taiwan about 10 meters long with tree pit is to be dug grave.

The Western Xia Imperial Tombs were dug in, dug by whom exactly? Is still a mystery.

Ling is not a right-angle corner of the city, but the lotus-shaped corner

The Western Xia Imperial Tombs on the 3rd hills area of 15 million square meters, is the nine Western Xia emperors of a cemetery in the area of the largest, although the have been destroyed, but it is still the best preserved one, archaeological experts believe that this is the Western Xia Tombs founding emperor Li Yuanhao the "tailing." From the tomb, archaeologists found a number of precious cultural relics Western Xia. Including Xixia text, reflecting the Western Xia Dynasty were nomadic and towns at the life of painting, all kinds of sculpture, "Kaiyuan reign", "Chunhua reign," "Shido reign", "Tianxi reign," "Da Guan Tong Bao" various periods of circulation of coins, all kinds of fine bronzes and pottery pieces and other artifacts. And unearthed a large number of unique carving and clay modeling for the study of Xia civilization provides a valuable kind.

Monument is not the BI XI pack, but odd styling Cialis

Stone Wengzhong remaining picture

Taiwan donkey particularly fond of this kind of deep cultural and historical heritage of monuments, especially the Western Xia Imperial Tombs Museum, inside the collections of others who may be only some broken fragments, but in these fragments among the many hidden unlock clues to the mystery of the Western Xia. Perhaps the original Archeology really should read better!