Yongle Emperor best in the world the mystery of the monument

Yongle Emperor best in the world the mystery of the monument


Yangshan is located in the suburbs of Nanjing Tang Town, Northwest, has always been known to produce stone. The early years of the Ming Dynasty Yongle, this quarry around the clock came Fuzao Tintin pound, the sound, numerous mason around the clock to meet deadlines, just to Yongle Emperor Yongle Emperor thought the Guinness World Record for addiction, he should erected before the first Ming Xiaoling Zhu Yuan's great merit an unprecedented monument!

Eventually the feat did not complete, but at the Yangshan left a huge semi-finished stone amazing! Piece of Yangshan timber monument known as Xiaoling monument material, the year 1405 Yongle Emperor Zhu Di revolted from Beijing to win his nephew Emperor Jianwen of the Pole Star, in order to win over people's minds, a stable political situation, decided to erect a giant monument in recognition of Xiaoling Zhu Yuan Taizu The meritorious, and demonstrate that they are a direct descendant Zhu Zhang. So collecting thousand artisans excavated the southern foot of the monument in the Yangshan timber 3.

Amazing monument material, photographs, a high stone monument is actually the width of the length of the stone monument is the height!

This piece of stone has been largely isolated with the mountain

This material includes three monument Beizuo: high 13 meters wide and 16 meters long and 30.35 meters; Beishen: long 49.40 meters wide and 4.4 meters, 10.7 meters high; part of a tablet: high 10 meters long and 0.3 meters wide, 8.40 meters; the total weight of approximately 30001 tons or so.

This chunk is only Beizuo

If this monument erected a high degree of about 25 stories tall, the whole project amounts to Ming Jin Mao Tower. Today, the monument to the Yangshan timber quarry can be seen that three giant stones have been roughly shaped, in which part of a tablet has separated from the mountain, Bei Shen, Beizuo there was only connected at one end.

Part of a tablet there is 10 meters high

But why is this piece of extremely expensive to be rated as a super giant stone Kuangshi ultimately did not enact them? There is no recorded history, leaving behind one of the mysteries eternal. Yangshan timber monument have been opened for tourists, and to extract the theme of the Yangshan timber monument designed and built the Ming Cultural Village.