Where is the mausoleum of Genghis Khan?

Genghis Khan's cemetery was built on the beautiful Ordos Plateau. Between the blue sky, white clouds and yellow sand, three yurt-style palaces stand tall, with bright yellow walls and vermilion doors and windows. Coupled with the dazzling golden glazed tile dome, this eternal king's residence is particularly elegant, elegant, quiet and solemn.

Genghis Khan's name is Temujin. Although he was later called "a generation of pride", fate arranged a bumpy and tortuous road for him. His father was poisoned by a feuding Tatar and became an orphan at the age of nine. Hunger and danger have always accompanied him. He escaped, lurked, was arrested and made public. The greatest humiliation and pain in the world turned him into a steel battlefield. He patiently cleaned up his father's body and carefully accumulated strength. In seven years, Tatar, Kelie and Naiman were defeated one after another, which made him the most powerful leader among Mongolian ministries. 1206, Mongolian ministries held a noble meeting called "suddenly fierce and peaceful" on the banks of the E 'nen River, and elected Temujin as the Great Khan of Mongolia, named "Genghis Khan".

"Genghis Khan" means "ocean" in Mongolian. Perhaps, fate has predestined that he will have a vast territory like an ocean, and his invincible iron hoof will roam freely in the waterless ocean.

He first expanded to the south and surrendered to Xixia. Then it captured the capital of Jin State (now Beijing) and forced the Jin Dynasty to move to Kaifeng. Then, the soldiers pointed to the west, swept through Central Asia, advanced on Eastern Europe, and drove the monarch of the ancient Central Asian country Hualamozi to a desert island in the Caspian Sea. Go back to Gedong, defeat the Russian army's ineffective resistance, and push the territory and power into the Don River basin.

1226, Genghis Khan attacked Xixia again. He died in Qingshui County on July 1627 at the last moment when the capital of Xixia was about to fall.

He spent his whole life on horseback. He left a foundation for his grandson Kublai Khan to finally unify China and establish the Yuan Dynasty. His whirlwind hoof shocked the world and left a memory of fear for princes and nobles in Europe and Asia.

However, he did not leave a real mausoleum.

According to tradition, no matter where the Mongolian monarch dies, his body must be sent back to his hometown in Mobei, where their ancestors lived and originated.

However, this mausoleum has disappeared in the vast grassland and has long since disappeared. Genghis Khan Mausoleum is located in Gander Aobao, Ejinhoro Banner, Inner Mongolia. It was built in 1954, and it is the youngest mausoleum of all emperors in China. Of course, there is no remains of Genghis Khan in the tomb.

According to Yuan history, "Genghis Khan was buried in the valley". The so-called Tiki Valley is roughly a valley in the Kent Mountains. "Chariot" is a car used by ancient emperors. Genghis Khan set out from here, first unified the Mongolian ministries, and then established the Mongolian khanate across Europe and Asia. However, due to the passage of time, the change of place names and the confusion of transliteration, this memorable "starting point" has long been forgotten.

According to the "History of Dorsang Mongolia", the cemetery is located in "one of the Ledun Mountains on the Boer River at the source of the Three Rivers, which is difficult to swim and is afraid of green with bald thorns." The Travels of Marco Polo also said: "Genghis Khan was buried in a mountain named Altay." This "Altay" may be "... Helenton" in the history of Dorsang Mongolia, but because it is only one of the mountains, there is no tree seal and no sign, and the mountain is vast and empty, so it is impossible to find it.

Mongolians are real nomads. After they hid the cemetery, they built a cemetery on horseback for Genghis Khan to sacrifice. This is the "eight white rooms".

The so-called "eight white houses" are eight white felt tents. Perhaps it was a felt tent used by Genghis Khan before his death, which enshrined Genghis Khan's relics and symbolized the cemetery. Sacrifice activities were held in the "Eight White Rooms". This is a typical Mongolian mobile cemetery. Easy to migrate, in line with the characteristics of nomadic life and fighting. At first, the "eight white houses" were built on the Mongolian plateau around Altai Mountain and Kent Mountain. Settled in Hetao area in the early Ming Dynasty. During the Tianshun period, the Ordos Department guarding the mausoleum entered the Ordos Plateau, and the "Eight White Rooms" followed. Ejinhoro Banner was established in Ordos Plateau in the early Qing Dynasty.

Ejinhoro, Mongolian means "the tomb of the master".

During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, this "Master Mausoleum" was also moved to Gansu and Qinghai. It was not until after liberation that the "Eight White Houses" returned to Yijinhuoluo, built a new cemetery, and ended the 700-year wandering life.

As for his real cemetery, he has long enjoyed eternal silence, but he can't ask for it.

Due to the dual reasons of tradition and reality, it is difficult to find the real cemetery of Genghis Khan.

Traditionally, Mongolian people are typical nomadic people, with low productivity, frequent migration, boundless sea and yellow dust rising to heaven. Even if you leave the tall grave, it will become an unrecognizable sand dune in a short time. Therefore, their national customs are thinner than tombs, and there is no Han nationality's view of tombs that pays attention to mourning and glory after death.

Civilians generally practice "celestial burial" and "wild burial". The so-called "celestial burial" means that the body of the deceased is placed on the top of the mountain or in the valley without burial. The so-called "wild burial" is to put the body of the deceased on a wooden cart and then drive in the wilderness until the body falls down in the ups and downs. Check again in three days. If the body has been eaten by birds and animals, it is considered that the deceased has ascended to heaven and is worth celebrating. If birds and animals don't eat, it is considered that the deceased is sinful and needs to hold religious ceremonies and "cross over".

Although nobles think they are more noble than civilians, they are just "graves, not graves." In ancient times, there was a clear boundary between "tomb" and "grave". Those buried deep in the ground are called "graves", and those that rise on the ground are called "graves". In ancient China, the nation was also a "grave, not a grave". After all, the tomb is a luxury after a stable life, which is incompatible with nomadic life. Even the mausoleum of Genghis Khan, without exception, follows the old adage that a tomb is not a grave.

Realistically, it was wartime, and the capital of Xixia could be breached by the sun. Any rumor about the death of the monarch will shake the morale of the army and give powerful enemies an opportunity. Therefore, Genghis Khan left a will in order to trick Xixia into surrendering as soon as possible, "You can't be buried after death." After Xixia surrendered, a cavalry soldier offered a coffin and secretly rushed to the scheduled cemetery.

In order to really keep a secret, they also took a series of harsh measures. In the long-distance running, if you meet a pedestrian, kill them all, and don't leave anyone who may reveal the secret.

When you arrive at the scheduled cemetery, first clear the grass, wood, stones and impurities on the ground one by one, and then sort out the excavated soil in layers. After the coffin is buried, restore the soil and other things one by one. If there is excess soil, it should be transported to a distant place and discarded, and no suspicious traces should be left.

The book Caomuzi says: After burial, ride a horse or even trample on the cemetery with ten thousand horses at will to make it smooth, and then kill a camel in front of the mother camel. Then, send an army to guard in the distance, wait until the grass grows in the next year and becomes indistinguishable from the surrounding prairie, and then withdraw.

This is really foolproof security.

Why kill a little camel? It is said that camels have the nature to recognize blood relatives. If we want to find a cemetery in the future, we will take the mother camel who lost her parents as a guide and walk to the place where her son died. She would moan loudly and refuse to leave. The following is, of course, the cemetery to look for.

Only the camel knows his secret.

When this camel, or the camel that will be killed later, finally dies, the secret of the cemetery will be eternal.