178, a generation of Tianjiao

After breakfast, the group headed for the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan.

The scenery was completely different from the previous day, and the grass along the way was green, as if a thick green carpet was covered on a flat ground. As far as the eye can see, there are green patches everywhere, there are winding hills, there are all kinds of livestock activities on them, birds soaring in the blue sky, and you can see the steppe eagle approaching the clouds overlooking the earth, this northern scenery has not appeared in Shandan's field of vision for a long time.

Genghis Khan's real burial place has always been a mystery.

At present, the viewpoints that have been shared by many people are as follows: 1. The southern part of the Kent Mountains and the north of the Klulun River in Mongolia; 2. The Hangai Mountains in Mongolia; 3. The Liupan Mountains in Ningxia, China; and 4. The Qianli Mountains in the Etuoke Banner of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.

The reason why Genghis Khan's cemetery has become a mystery is directly related to the unique funeral customs of the Mongolian people: after the death of the Mongolian princes and nobles, they often carried out secret burials.

According to historical records, after the death of the Mongolian princes and nobles, the body was put into a hollowed-out whole elm tree and then buried deep in the ground, and then the baby camel was killed in front of the mother camel, and then the horse was released to flatten the ground with the blood of the baby camel, and then sent troops to guard it until the grass grew and the ground was not unusual.

If the offspring want to go to the cemetery to pay respects, the mother camel will lead the way. The place where the she-camel screams is the cemetery.

According to the "Secret History of Mongolia", after the Mongolian royal family was buried, they first used hundreds of war horses to level the surface of the tomb, and then planted grass and trees on it, and then sent people to guard the tomb for a long time until the surface did not show any traces before leaving, and those who knew about it would be killed and killed.

When Genghis Khan died, he took the top mane of a white male camel and put it on Genghis Khan's mouth and nose until the camel hair did not move, and the soul was already attached to this white camel hair, then the body could be disposed of, and the camel hair would be stored in the tomb. When the Chengling Tomb was completed in the 50s of the last century, the silver coffin was opened and this camel hair was found.

Mongolians do not have a tradition of body worship, believing that the human body comes from nature and should return to nature even after death. The early burial will allow the soul to ascend to heaven. Therefore, in the silver coffin enshrined in Genghis Khan's mausoleum, what is preserved is the soul adsorption of Genghis Khan when he died, the white male camel mane, not the remains of Genghis Khan

The celestial burial mentioned in the Wolf Totem is also a form of burial for ordinary Mongolians.

In 1954, when the great sacrifice was made, the coffin was opened, and the then chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Ulanfu, saw it with his own eyes, but there were some human bones inside.

Genghis Khan's 34th grandson and the last Mongolian prince in China, Qi Zhongyi, believes that the tomb of Genghis Khan in the Yijin Horo Banner is very important, and it is not just the tomb of the ancestor Genghis Khan. There are many secrets in Genghis Khan's coffin, but they cannot be said. In Qi Zhongyi's home, there is still a portrait of Genghis Khan's whole family, painting **12 people, Genghis Khan's portrait is different from the image that is now circulating in the world.

He said: "According to the customs of the Mongols and the shamanism practiced in the past, the main sacrifice of ancestors is to sacrifice the soul, not the bones. According to the custom of the Mongolian people, when a person is about to die, his last breath - the soul will leave the body and attach itself to the hair of a nearby camel. According to historical records, the camel hair that absorbed the last breath of Genghis Khan's ancestors - that is, the soul of the camel has been collected in the tomb of Genghis Khan in Ordos for hundreds of years. ”

Regarding the exact burial place of Genghis Khan's bones, the old man Qi Zhongyi believes that "Genghis Khan died in Liupan Mountain in the Ningxia ** Autonomous Region, it was summer at that time, the climate was hot, and the body could not be transported far away, and the possibility of secret burial in Ordos was not very large."

Therefore, it can be inferred that the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan in Ordos is only a memorial mausoleum.

Genghis Khan's Mausoleum is located on the Gander grassland in the Ijin Horo Banner in the southeast of Ordos City. As a national monument, it records the glorious and vicissitudes of history and splendid culture of the Mongolian nation.

An hour's drive to Genghis Khan's Mausoleum, where you can see the magnificent mausoleum in the distance on the grassy grassland.

The Genghis Khan Mausoleum tourist area takes the mausoleum as the core and is composed of "three areas", "two roads" and "eight scenes".

The "three areas", namely the "cultural relics protection and sightseeing area", take the mausoleum as the core, covering an area of 10 square kilometers: the "ecological restoration reserve", in the outer layer of the core area, around the beam land around the Bayinchang Huge grassland as the boundary, covering an area of 20 square kilometers, in this area to truly realize the scene of "the sky is vast, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low", and the periphery is the "visual landscape control zhì area", which occupies 50 square kilometers of the area.

The "two roads" are the 4-kilometer-long "Genghis Khan Opposite Road" from the entrance gate view of the "magnificent mountains and rivers" to the Genghis Khan's mausoleum, and the 16-kilometer "Scenic Road" that surrounds the Bayinchang Huge grassland and connects various scenic spots.

The "Eight Scenic Spots" are the Tourist Activity Center, the Tourist Education Center, the Ritual Sightseeing Area, the Mongolian Folk Village, the Shenquan Scenic Area, the Leisure and Resort Center, the Naadam Equestrian Activity Center and the Hot Air Balloon Club.

Genghis Khan's Mausoleum tourist area, first of all, is the grandiose, spectacular "magnificent mountains and rivers" entrance door scene. It consists of a 21-meter-tall statue of Genghis Khan holding a prancing horse with Sured, a rock wall that is 18 meters high and 16 meters high on the left and right, 27 steps on the bottom three floors, and a hilly wall connecting the mountain peak to the west. The main building of the door view is the epitome of Genghis Khan's great feat that shook the world.

Entering the scenic spot, in the middle of this quiet and harmonious, green grassy meadow, the first thing that catches your eye is surrounded by bright red high walls, three interconnected yurt-style domes and golden-domed halls stand majestically, and the gorgeous roof glazed tiles shine in the early autumn sun. The upper part of the dome is made of blue glazed tiles, which is the color and pattern admired by the Mongolian people.

The middle main hall is as high as more than 20 meters, the plane is octagonal, the top of the heavy eaves yurt type dome is covered with yellow glazed tiles, and the eaves are blue glazed tiles; the east and west halls are unequal octagonal single-eaves yurt type dome roofs, the same is covered with yellow glazed tiles. The shape of the whole cemetery is like an eagle with wings ready to fly, highlighting the unique architectural art style of the Mongolian nation.

In the middle of the main hall is placed the statue of Genghis Khan, about 5 meters high, dressed in armor and robes, wearing a sword at the waist, looking heroic and strong, sitting majestically in the center of the main hall. The arc-shaped background behind the statue is the territory map of the "Four Great Khanates", marking the great achievements of Genghis Khan in leading his army south into the Central Plains and westward into Central Asia and Europe more than 700 years ago. The apse is the sleeping palace, and four yellow satin covered spirit bags are placed in the bag, which are dedicated to the corpses of Genghis Khan and his three ladies, and a large offering table is placed in front of the spirit bag, on which the incense burner and the butter lamp of Changming are placed. There are also precious relics such as the saddle used by Genghis Khan during his lifetime.

The east hall houses the coffins of Genghis Khan's fourth son, Tuo Lei (father of Kublai Khan) and his wife. Since Ogedai and his eldest son, the Mongol emperors were all descendants of Tuolei, so their status was extremely prominent.

The west hall is dedicated to the nine flags that symbolize the nine generals and the "Suledin". Suledin is the iron spearhead on the banner, Genghis Khan in the southern and northern wars, with it to command thousands of troops and horses, legend has it that after the death of Genghis Khan, his soul is attached to it, so in the minds of the Mongolian people, Suledin is very sacred. Shandan once heard from his father that there was a "Suledin" in the family, which was "confiscated" by the Red Guards when the "four olds" were "broken" after liberation, and his whereabouts are still unknown.

There are large murals in the east and west corridors of the main hall. It mainly depicts the birth, death, western and eastern expeditions, and the unification of Mongolian tribes. The mural also depicts the grand occasion when Genghis Khan's grandson, Kublai Khan, unified China, set the capital in Beijing, officially changed the name of the country to Yuan in 1271 AD, and posthumously named Genghis Khan as Yuan Taizu.

Walking in the cemetery of Genghis Khan, a generation of Tianjiao Genghis Khan, as a descendant of half of the Mongols, Shandan felt an unprecedented sense of national pride rising in his heart. This is completely different from the situation in which the Han people thought the Mongols were stupid, barbaric, and backward when they were children, so that the Mongols that Shandan could have inherited were changed to Han Chinese. Now that Tongguò understands Genghis Khan and has an in-depth understanding of the history of the Mongols, he has discovered that the Mongols are a powerful and intelligent people, which is indisputable both in China and in the world.