Under the Emei Mountain in Yongle Town, 20 kilometers west of Ruicheng County, Shanxi Province today, there is an ancient Taoist building-Yongle Palace, with its back on Zhongtiao Mountain, the Yellow River in the south and the brook in the east. Outside Yongle Palace, there is a striking mausoleum about 200 meters to the east. In front of the tall tomb stands a stone tablet of the Yuan Dynasty, which is engraved with the "Tomb of the Land of Chunyang in Datang". This is the famous tomb of Lv Dongbin. For thousands of years, it has been highly respected.
However, an unexpected discovery made this Taoist holy tomb a mystery.
It was from February 1959 to February 1960, and the Shanxi Provincial Department of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavated and arranged Lv Zu's tomb in order to relocate Yongle Palace. This work was concerned by all walks of life at that time. No one expected that the opened tomb of Lv Zu showed people a puzzling picture.
In the only pine coffin in the tomb, archaeologists saw two bones. Although the bones have rotted with age, it is easy to identify two bodies, a man and a woman. The left is a man and the right is a woman. They are all lying straight with their heads facing north. The staff also found seven copper coins in the mouth of the female corpse and around the body.
The result was really unexpected. Lv Zu's tomb, handed down from generation to generation, turned out to be a tomb for men and women. According to China folklore, a husband and wife can only be buried together after their death. Then, if the man in the tomb is a Taoist, it is difficult to explain and even insult the reputation of Taoism. However, according to the research and textual research of archaeologists, this tomb is not like a second burial tomb, so it was buried together in that year. But if so, then this tomb is probably not Lv Dongbin's tomb. Of course, this is only possible.
The copper coins found in the ancient tomb are even more confusing. These ancient coins were the currency in circulation in the Song Dynasty. Among them, there are 4 Kaiyuan Bao Tong; 2 pieces of Xiangfu Bao Tong; The 1 piece contained in the female corpse's mouth is Tiansheng Bao Tong. This is actually telling the world that the tomb owner can only be buried in the heyday of the Song Dynasty (1023 ~ 103 1) or later, which is nearly 200 years different from the time when Lv Dongbin was active in the Tang Dynasty. If it is really Lv Dongbin in the grave, he may have lived for more than 200 years. Is this possible?
All these discoveries make Lv Dongbin more mysterious, and at the same time, it seems to tell future generations that this tomb of Lv Zu is not worthy of the name.
Near the tomb, archaeologists also excavated the tombs of Song, the famous founder of Quanzhen religion in Yuan Dynasty (Piyun Zhenren) and Pan Dechong, the director of Yongle Palace (Chonghe Zhenren). From the epitaph to the tomb shape and other aspects of textual research, no discrepancy was found. It seems that the vicinity of Yongle Palace is indeed the burial place of Taoist masters. This complicates the problem. How can there be graves for men and women in this Taoist holy place? If the discovery of the ancient tomb denies that this ancient tomb is Lv Zu's tomb, then the old local chronicles here record the construction of Lv Gong Temple in Yongle Town of Tang Dynasty, and also record the dynasties after Tang Dynasty, including the sacrifices made in Song and Yuan Dynasties. Are these all fake? The conclusion is really not easy to draw a conclusion. Because, after all, we have to admit that we know too little about the world, our knowledge is still superficial, and some thinking habits may really not conform to the real situation of things.
Now, none of us can say for sure that the limit of human life cannot reach or exceed 200 years. Therefore, people cannot be persuaded to exclude Lv Zu from Lv Zu's tomb.
Moreover, it is entirely possible for the female corpse in the tomb to move for the second time, because it is entirely possible to do all the work carefully and carefully when moving, so that future generations can't see the flaws. Besides, there is something suspicious in fact. For example, there are copper coins on and around the female corpse, but why not on and around the male corpse? It is entirely possible that the male and female bodies are not of the same era, or the funeral customs are different. So, it is very likely that Lv Dongbin is really buried in this tomb of Lv Zu. As for who the female corpse is and why it was put in, there is probably another feeling.