In ancient my country, people paid great attention to the site selection of the cemetery after death. In the past, rich and powerful people would spend a lot of time to find a feng shui treasure site in order to be safe after death and hope to bring good luck to future generations. After Han Gaozu Liu Bang ascended the throne of God, he began to build his own tomb, and he made plans for his descendants. He chose Xianyangyuan, north of Chang’an City, as the designated royal cemetery for himself and the later emperors of the Han Dynasty. Later, the emperors of all dynasties slept here, but the Ba tomb of Emperor Wen Wen was in Bailuyuan, southeast of Chang'an City.
The royal cemetery on Xianyang Plain used to be very prosperous, because in the early Western Han Dynasty, in order to prevent the emperor from being deserted and lonely after the death of the emperor, while the tomb was built, a city was often built on the side. It was called a mausoleum. Some wealthy families migrated to live here. At that time, moving to Lingyi was regarded as a kind of glory. Maoling, known as the "Crown of Five Tombs", had a population of 270,000, and a high concentration of wealth was formed in Xianyang Plain. A densely populated urban agglomeration. Gaozu Han planned Xianyangyuan. He would not have thought that after his death, one of his sons would go against his will and build his mausoleum on Bailuyuan far away from the imperial cemetery. He was Emperor Liu Heng of Hanwen.
Liu Heng is Liu Bang’s fourth son. His mother, Bo Ji, was originally the concubine of Wei Bao, the king of Wei in the late Qin Dynasty. Wei Bao was killed by the Han general Zhou Ke, and Bo Ji became a prisoner. Later, Liu Bang felt a bit of beauty and brought him into the harem, Bo Ji He has been out of favor, and Liu Heng rarely sees Liu Bang after he was born, and Liu Bang has no feelings for this son. After Liu Bang quelled the Chen Hun rebellion, the eight-year-old Liu Heng was named the king, and his mother, Bo Ji, followed him. After that, Liu Heng took care of the land and had little intersection with the royal family. Therefore, Liu Heng and his son were lucky. Escaped the persecution of Queen Lu.
In 180 BC, Queen Lu passed away. Prime Minister Chen Ping, Taiwei Zhou Bo, and Zhu Xuhou Liu Zhang joined forces to exterminate Zhu Lu. They discussed that the young emperor Liu Hong was not born of Emperor Hui of the Han and could no longer be emperor. After the king and his relatives came to power, he chose Liu Heng, who was tolerant and far away from power struggles, to inherit the throne. After the envoy who welcomed Liu Heng to Chang'an ascended to the throne arrived in Daidi, Liu Heng became suspicious. He couldn't believe that he would be an emperor, so he made a divination. After the hexagram master determined it was auspicious hexagram, Liu Heng proceeded suspiciously to Chang'an. Along the way, Liu Heng worked step by step. First he sent his uncle Bo Zhao to Chang'an to investigate, then sent his subordinates to explore the city, and finally settled in Weiyang Palace, after which he successfully inherited the throne.
According to the group training, after the Hanwen Emperor Liu Heng succeeded to the throne, he would start to build his own mausoleum. Previously, Liu Bang stipulated that all emperors of the Han Dynasty should be buried in the Xianyang Plain, but Liu Heng refused to choose a site on the Xianyang Plain. No matter how you think, future generations will not know. In the end, he chose Bailuyuan, far away from the royal cemetery. The reason he said that he would not be buried in Xianyangyuan was very good.
Before the Han Dynasty, the ranking of the monarchs of a dynasty in the ancestral temple must be strict. The ancestors are in the center and the descendants are arranged in order. The father is on the left and the son is on the right. Now the Anling of the Han Hui Emperor Liu Ying is in the Han Gaozu On the right of Liu Bang's Ba Ling. Both Liu Ying and Liu Heng are the sons of Liu Bang. Now Liu Ying's Anling has taken the right position, so Liu Heng has to reopen another cemetery.
started from Emperor Han Jing and restored the rules of burying in Xianyang. Only the tomb of Hanwen Emperor Liu Heng is far away from the imperial cemetery. Even if it conflicts with the cemetery of Han Hui Emperor Liu Ying, it should not be chosen at such a distance. In the distant Bailuyuan, according to future generations’ speculation, Liu Heng did not receive his father’s care before his lifetime. During his fifteen years as the king, he devoted himself to developing the land and was not proud of being a prince, so he was separated from the royal family. In addition, Liu Heng is a filial son, and his mother is to be buried in his mausoleum. In order to keep his mother away from Lu, Liu Heng built his cemetery away from the royal cemetery. We also have no way of knowing the true thoughts of Emperor Hanwen.
