Qin Shihuang's tomb

210 BC in July emperor died in the fifth when the dunes Chuxun platform (now the Hebei-rural county), when 50-year-old died in September of that year buried in the tomb Lishan.

     Qin Shihuang's tomb in Lintong this Prefecture five kilometers to the next village near Lishan the north, south Weishui, large-scale, the magnificent momentum. 13-year-old emperor (before 247) enthronement, began construction of the tomb in Lishan, the emperor in 210 BC until the time of death has not yet fully completed, Qin Hu Hai II and then repair the past two years, 39 years before and after the time-consuming. Emperor after the death of hope to end up like mountains such as Tomb,ÓÀÊÀlives, he said their cemetery as "Tomb", sometimes "Lishan" and said that his mausoleum as "Lishan Park." This advance large-scale construction of the tomb of the emperor system, in the history of China has continued down. Levy was made to repair the mausoleum Lishan portering, at the most over 700,000 people. Tomb of the main materials are from Sichuan, Hubei and other places of transportation. Many of the disabilities Lishan Mountain, a large number of stone by the Weibei from Zhushan logging. In order to prevent the river near Lishan impulse tomb, will spend a lot of portering for the nearby canals to the north and south to east-west flow, we can imagine the extent of its waste of resources.

Shihuang election Points

     Legend has it the tomb of Qin Shihuang's election will begin at the foot of Lishan, the plan is backed Lishan, pedal Weihe River, Shannan Lam Tin to Guo, to the north, gold, a Water left and right have Bahe, feng shui, and future generations Yongxiang Fushoushan. Tomb of an open repair, make poor people can not, criticize Shengbu Jue, Li alerted the mountains of self-cultivation Millennium immortals. The gods, see the election of the emperor of Fushoushan Point, his home of the Jiangshan Zuowen, people were more on the Yang, then disguised as feng shui, deliberate joke emperor of the blind to see the point. Emperor sent people to please the gods palace. The gods said, "You elected Point, Lotus Point. Boji like Lishan, like huge lotus petals. Backers can you tread water, just to break in half lotus, a feng shui-morning run. Mausoleum should be a few isolated mountain, Tomb-like Lotus movements, Zaizuo West headed east, on a self-feng shui. "Finish has become a crane fly away. See guidance emperor is immortal, very happy, but also sent people everywhere publicity. People heard that the gods helped him to see green, Made the more fierce. The gods will Tuomeng to repair the tomb said: "Qinling Point is a mother Lotus Point, the original point repair, and should be blooming lotus, the feng shui of the whole. The current point, in the Qinling core Lotus, Lotus Black, feng shui On the casual. Although the emperor to unify the world, only Chuan II. "Fruit later if the gods said, Hu Hai II only when the emperor on the 2003 death of the dead body.

Imperial underground

     A cemetery to the east, outside the walls of the mausoleum to open the door to the east, sitting with the general tomb south of the Northern Dynasties entirely different pattern, show that the emperor top four, sweeping the Liuhe and dominate the world, Wei Shi.

     According to the census, cemeteries and burial from the scope of East and West, North and South are 15, a total area of 56 square kilometers. Cemetery area of nearly eight square kilometers, within the City and outside the city double. Metella in the first half of the South, a follow-bucket-shaped, is 76 meters high, at the end of the square. According to archaeologists speculated that the emperor "Lingqin" should be in the back of the tomb, that is, the west side. Tan Chu is now in the West Mausoleum of the inner and outer walls between two different worlds, keeping the horse pits 17 funeral, burial of the rare birds Yishou 17 watts coffin burial, Ju sit pottery figurine 14. Tombs and the West have Peizang Mu Peizang Keng, Ling-Ling is the central part of the West Road, being buried in wood and bronze horsemen. Tombs north Pei Zangkeng room and a total of seven ears, and Que and to Munei the Yongdao. Mausoleum of the east have Yongdao 3. Is buried outside the cemetery from the district. Has been found that three terracotta warriors and horses pits, stables Hang 53, killing 17 sati tomb, the sentence only 17 tombs, and other relics.