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Zhang Qian's tomb is located on the north bank of Hanjiang River, three kilometers northwest of Chenggu County. Zhang Qian was originally named Hou, hence the town, with a long history and outstanding people. 2065438+On June 22nd, 2004, at the 38th meeting of UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in Doha, Qatar, as a heritage site in the Silk Road: Chang 'an-Tianshan Corridor Road Network jointly applied by China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Qian's tomb was successfully listed in the World Heritage List. ?
On September 4, 2008, I first came to Zhang Qian's tomb, which was not a world cultural heritage at that time; In a blink of an eye, 1 1 years have passed, and great changes have taken place around Zhang Qian's tomb again, which has become a veritable "world cultural heritage".
When we arrived at the scenic spot of Zhang Qian's tomb, it was less than four o'clock sharp and it was closed! Identify yourself and explain your purpose before you are allowed to walk in. Bypass the closed exhibition hall, pass through the tall double-que, bypass the magnificent temple, and go straight to the rear of the mausoleum-
Walking into the backyard of the scenic spot is completely different from the past, as if you were in a lush garden that covered the sky. The tomb of Zhang Qian in the center is looming, quiet and solemn There is a stone pavilion on the east and west sides of the tomb, which contains two stone carvings of the Han Dynasty.
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The two stone carvings are similar in appearance, showing an "S" shape as a whole, with no head, head held high, thin waist and lying on the ground. Carved from a whole limestone, it is rough in style and abstract in form, and may be a pair of Shi Hu. In the past, local people regarded Shi Hu as a god, praying for medical treatment, begging and begging, and praying for rain and God.
Zhang Qian's tomb faces south, overlapping, 35.6 meters long from north to south, 20 meters wide from east to west and about 5 meters high. The brick wall in front of the tomb is inlaid with three stone tablets: the stone tablet in the middle is engraved with the official script "Tomb of Prince Zhang Gongqian of Hanbo", which was erected by Bi Yuan, the governor of Shaanxi Province in the 41st year of Qing Qianlong (1776); The stone tablet on the left is "the tombstone of Hanbo Wanghou", which was erected by Hu Yingtao, the county magistrate of Chenggu during Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. The stone tablet on the right is engraved with the name "Zhang Hou Shang".
In the southwest corner of the tomb, there is a "Union University Monument" named "The Road Monument of Hanbo Queen Zhang Cemetery", which was established by National Northwest Union University on 1939. The national flag of the Republic of China is engraved on the stone tablet, and li jinxi Shudan, a professor at Union University, recorded the basic situation of the archaeological excavation of Zhang Qian's tomb by the Archaeological Committee of the History Department of Northwest Union University.
1in July, 938, when Zhang Qian's tomb was excavated, it attracted the misunderstanding of Zhang's descendants, thinking that it was digging Zhang Jia's ancestral grave. As a result, more than a thousand people rushed to Zhang Qian's tomb with hoes. Instead of digging, the professors of Northwest Associated University added a tomb.
Today, on the east side of the tomb, you can still see the tomb traces left by archaeological excavations. At that time, some horse bones, pottery fragments, pottery pots and five baht were found here, as well as a pipa with the words "Wang Bo □ Ming Dynasty" written on it. Judging from this, it is indeed the tomb of Prince Zhang Qian of Hanbo.
In the third year of Ding Yuan (1 14), Zhang Qian died in Chang 'an and was buried in Chenggu County, his hometown. Since the Han Dynasty, its evolution has been clear, and it has been recorded in all previous dynasties' documents, so it should be the true tomb of Zhang Qian. Walk around the grave, covered with grass and surrounded by cypress trees.
It is small in scale, far from the main line of the "Silk Road", and the traffic is blocked, which has little impact. Zhang Qian's tomb can successfully become a world cultural heritage, which shows his significance to the Silk Road. ...