Han Mausoleum of Turtle Mountain

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  • No.3,King Xiang Road,Quanshan District,Xuzhou City,Jiangsu Province
Han Mausoleum of Turtle Mountain

Description

Another place embodying cultures of two Han Dynasties is Han Mausoleum of Turtle Mountain, located in Gulou District, Xuzhou City and adjacent to the Ancient Battlefield of Jiuli Mountain known far and near, with the ancient Yellow River meandering before the mountain. In the scenic spot, there are Han Mausoleum of Turtle Mountain, Museum of Imperial Edicts and Dianshiyuan Stone Carving Museum,  integrating such historical landscapes as cultures of two Han Dynasties, imperial archives and stone carvings, which is an important window to demonstrating the historical and cultural charm of Xuzhou and also the first choice for tourist at home and abroad to visit. Turtle Mountain Scenic Spot, a site concentrating thousands of years of history and culture, attracts more and more attention relying on its own distinctive landscape values and collection of elaborate antiquities.



Characteristic landscape

Han Mausoleum of Turtle Mountain was the Bisomum where Liu Zhu and his wife were buried (the sixth generation of King Chuxiang), which is the important heritage site under state protection. Constructed against the mountain and hiding amid rocks, Han Mausoleum of Turtle Mountain has 16 coffin chambers, which are connected to each other and matched with each other in size. Making a distinction between important and secondary ones, the chambers were arranged in order. The southern and northern paved paths parallel to each other are 56 meters long, with the maximum deviation carved along the axis being only 5 millimeters and the accuracy being 1 per 10,000. Characterized by the gigantic projects, magnificent and ingenious architecture, the mausoleum is brimming with mighty and unrestrained style of Chu and Han, which is the classical representative of cultures of two Han in Xuzhou. What is more breathtaking is the mystery that it contains high-tech culture, which is not uncovered yet, praised as “a wonder in China” and “the wonder through ages”.

Han Mausoleum of Turtle Mountain was the Bisomum where Liu Zhu, the sixth generation of King Chuxiang, who was in power from 128 B.C. to 116 B.C., and his wife were buried. The mausoleum contains two tombs of the couple connected with each other. Han Mausoleum is divided into two paved paths in the south and north, being 56 meters long. The difference in length of the two paths is only 11.90 centimeters and the distance between the two paths is 19 meter. There are 15 coffin chambers in all. The total area of the tomb passage and coffin chambers is more than 700 square meters and the capacity reaches over 2,600 cubic meters. Entering the southern paved path, you will find a cluster of red lasers appear. Tourists not knowing the fact think it is the security measure, while in fact the cluster of lasers means to make tourists see the straightness of the path. The accuracy of the paced path as long as 56 meters should reach 1 per 16,000. The southern and northern paths were cut inwards parallel to each other, whose deviation from the axis is only 5 millimeters and the accuracy reaches 1 per 10,000. The included angle between the two paths is 20 seconds, with the inaccuracy being only 1 per 16,000. That is, the two paths will intersect with each other extending to Xi’an, 1,00 meters away. The ground of the passage is higher inside. The difference in the height of interior and exterior is 527 millimeters, showing a slope of 1 per 10,000. It is still unknown that how the paths with so high an accuracy were cut at that time, for it is the passage with the highest accuracy in the world so far. Coffin chambers along the two paths are connected by cave entrances.

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