Although I was psychologically prepared for the two Tang tombs in Jingyang County, the difficulty of finding them was beyond my expectation.
With the help of the map and constant inquiries, after half an hour's drive, I saw the tall and rugged mountain appear in the sky.
Speaking of this rugged mountain, there is a story with Japan. When Dezong was buried, Japanese monk Konghai attended the funeral. After he returned to Japan, he found that a mountain near Kyoto was very similar to craky Mountain, so he named it craky Mountain. At the same time, at his suggestion, Taiuterus was renamed as the craggy courtyard, and the prince became the emperor of Emei after he acceded to the throne (the Japanese always liked to do this, and the mountain in central Japan was renamed Ida Mountain in modern times).
At the foot of the mountain, I asked the local people where the Tang mausoleum was, pointed to the mountain with my finger, and went up the mountain.
I was honest, too, and drove straight up the hill. It's getting higher and higher, and Qinchuan in 800 miles is already at the foot of a few hundred meters.
God, I'm afraid of heights! At the sight of the mountain, I feel dizzy, sweaty palms and tight toes.
Until I climbed over the mountain ridge and went down to the valley, I still didn't see the stone carvings. There are only a few road builders by the roadside. Where are the stone carvings?
They pointed to the Woods below, and sure enough, there was a pair of stone lions, with surveillance next to them.
But are there only a pair of stone lions? Show them photos of chongling stone carvings on the Internet with doubts.
They were very happy to see it and told me that it was a stone carving from the south gate, and the stone carving here belonged to the north gate.
Oh, dear, I really climbed that steep mountain. I must climb it again.
Drive, hold your breath, keep an eye on the road and drive slowly down the hill. Fortunately, there was a close call, thinking that this trip over the mountains was the most thrilling one in this trip. Later experience proved me wrong again.
After numerous inquiries and detours, I finally came to the place called Shimagou by the locals. A big sign said "Tang Chongling" in three Chinese characters.
An asphalt road turned into a fork in the road less than 50 meters, leading to a village on the right, and went straight to a narrow path, which was obviously impossible to drive.
After retiring, ask the local people that there is a path leading to the east, which is better than this.
I had to park my car in the yard of a beekeeper by the side of the road. The beekeeper looked at my license plate and said that he had just released bees from Anzhou last week. Pass a cigarette and ask him how far it is. The answer is not far, not far, only two miles!
One kilometer! It's time to exercise!
Walking up the mountain road, I found that the road is quite wide, so it is no problem to drive up. I want to go back to driving, but I think it's only two miles anyway.
Go further and further, my god, more than two miles, at least three kilometers! At this time, two cars with Xi license plates passed by and soon disappeared.
When I climbed up the mountain panting, several tourists who had just come up by car had finished their visit and were ready to go down the mountain.
There is a row of caves on the mountain, and an old woman is sitting in the shade peeling some vegetables! A closer look reveals that there are many huge onions, the size of small watermelons.
Over the ceiling of the bride's family, a China watch appeared in front of her eyes, and then another.
Looking north along the Huabiao, Yima and Weng Zhong appeared one after another.
The two ends of the stone carving are separated, and at least five monitoring probes are installed on both sides of Shinto.
A pair of winged horses are very well preserved, but the staff horses are disabled!
Continuing northbound along the east side of Shinto, Weng Zhong, a civil servant, appeared gradually, and all this was complete.
As usual, the northernmost Shinto is a pair of stone lions, and these two guys are also very powerful!
Going south from the west side of Shinto, the military attache's team is also very neat, only two guys have no head!
The first military attache in the northernmost part is the guy on the cover of Shaanxi Mausoleum in his hand. Come on! Take a picture!
The stone carvings in chongling are more complete than I expected, and better than all the undeveloped stone carvings in the Tang tombs these two days.
This may be the reason why chongling is remote! The so-called "raised in the inner room, no one knows her." If one day, chongling can be developed into a tourist attraction, it will be very popular.
One more thing, Jingyang's cultural protection work is the best in these counties. In chongling, besides the stone carving of Zhuquemen, there are three other stone lions, all of which have video surveillance and alarm systems. So is Ling Zhen!