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Hanguangwu Emperor State Tomb
Hanguangwu Emperor State Tomb
is located in Baihe countryside, Mengjin County, about 20 km northeast of Luoyang. Its border reaches Yellow River in the north and Wang Hill in the south. Also called Han tomb, or Liuxiu tomb, it's the tomb of Emperor Liuxiu's who was founder of Eastern Han Dynasty.Hanguangwu Emperor State Tomb was large, the area around was about 1400 m, its height was about 20 m. Because there were more than one thousand hardy and old cypresses within the cemetery which surrounded by low wall, the atmosphere looked very solemn.
Guangwu temple
was in the west of the tomb. There planted 28 old cypresses between the road in front of Guangwu Temple for commemorating 28 heroes who helped Liuxiu. A stone tablet in front of the tomb carved 10 characters of "Donghan Zhong Xing Shizu Guanglingdi Tomb". The stone tablet erected in 56th year of Ganlong in the Qing Dynasty.Hanguangwu Emperor was from Hunan Province and 9th generation descendants of Hangaozu Liubang, also one of the famous founding emperors in Chinese history. Hanguangwu Emperor State Tomb is full of old towering trees and green leaves, local people in
Luoyang
like to take holiday or go for a while there. They visit cultural relics and commemorate the outstanding emperor in Chinese history.History
Hanguangwu Emperor was born in the year of 6 BC. In the end year of Western Han Dynasty, Wangmang took over power, the peasant uprising broken out. Liuxiu and his brother Liuyan under Yinyuanji party lead seven to eight thousand people joining in Lulin troop of peasant uprising. Since Liuxiu was very brave and resourceful, he and his one hundred and twenty thousand troops defeated Wangmang with four hundred and twenty thousand troops in "Kunyang battle" broken in the year of 23 AD. Thus, he established a foundation of recovering the power of Han Dynasty, Wangmang became hopeless in taking over power.
This was a famous battle example of pitting the few against the many in Chinese war history. Afterwards, he went to Hebei to abolish
Wangmang powe
r, released prison under the call of recovering Han Dynasty; meantime, he incorporated many troops into his own forces and became much stronger. Because Liuxiu could shared comfort and hardship with his comrade-in-arms, ate bean gruel and wheat food, suffered hardships, took care of people, his troops had strict discipline, rules of rewards and punishment, he got support from people gradually.After united country, he issued an order of setting free servile, stopping killing servile otherwise punishing. All this reflected his policy of caring for people. In the field of enriching people and developed economy, he knew he must stabilize people's mind, so he lightened tax, reduced officials, built irrigation works, bridges and roads, meanwhile, he lived a simple life, implemented the principle of setting himself as example.
Liuxiu was worthy of master recovering Han Dynasty, called "Guang Wu Zhong Xing", which left a story on everybody's lips in Chinese history.
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