Why did Cao Cao build 72 mausoleums?

First of all, I am Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, you Cao Cao have to listen to me, indeed, I Cao Cao has to listen to you.

But do you have as much experience as Emperor Han Xian's Cao Cao? Meet Yuan Shao's troops to attack you.

Do you have the experience to handle this battle well? It still depends on my ability to conquer Cao Cao, who is used to fighting, to meet Yuan Shao.

Those are all rumors, lies of Mao Zonggang's father and son.

In fact, there is no such thing as a 72 doubtful grave. It was made up by later generations to illustrate Cao Cao's cunning

Got it.

Cao Cao's tomb is Anyang Gaoling, located in Xigaoxue Village, Anfeng Township, Anyang City, Henan Province, 12 kilometers west of Cao Cao's royal capital Yebeicheng. According to historical records such as the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao died in Luoyang in 220, and his coffin was buried in the hills west of the Ximen Leopard Temple in Yecheng.

On December 27, 2009, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage finally determined that the archaeological excavation of the Gao Mausoleum located in the south of Xigaoxue Village, Anfeng Township, Anyang City, Henan Province was Cao Cao. On June 11, 2010, Cao Cao's Mausoleum in Anyang was selected as the first of the "Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2009". In May 2013, Cao Cao's Mausoleum became the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

In June 2013, Cao Cao's Gaoling Mausoleum and Yecheng Ruins were shortlisted for the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan for the Protection of Large Ruins" approved by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Ministry of Finance.

According to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, "the procedures for archaeological excavation, academic recognition and publication of research results at Cao Cao's Mausoleum are in line with the archaeological work regulations." Individual scholars, such as Xu Pingfang, a member of the expert group of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Yuan Jixi, an expert on Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties literature, Zhang Guoan, a doctor of history at Beijing Normal University, and Ni Fangliu, a scholar of the history of tomb robbery in China, have controversial opinions on Cao Cao's tomb, but most of the doubters are not experts in the archaeological industry, so they are not authoritative. In March 2018, the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology released the 2016-2017 archaeological discoveries of Cao Cao's tomb, and Cao Cao's remains were basically confirmed.

The real tomb of Cao Cao was found, and after the experts opened the coffin, they were stunned by the tragic scene in the coffin!

At present, the official has not made a clear statement, but the news of Cao Cao's tomb has been reported in the past few years, but it has still not been officially confirmed! Anyang, for example, is an example!

Now it can only be said that the tomb of Cao Cao in Anyang may be.

The tomb of Cao Cao is located in Xigaoxue Village, Anfeng Township, Anyang City, Henan Province.

The tomb of Cao Cao, also known as the Gaoling of Anyang, is 12 kilometers west of the north city of Ye Ye, the capital of King Cao Cao. Cao Cao's tomb is an important platform for studying the culture of the Three Kingdoms and the history of the Han and Wei dynasties. Cao Cao, an outstanding politician, military strategist, writer and poet in the late Eastern Han Dynasty; Cao Cao is unanimously regarded by the world as a generation of heroes and the founder of the Wei State, one of the three-legged powers.

The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms clearly records that Cao Cao was buried in Gaoling after his death. Cao Cao's funeral was relatively simple, but it left a strong mark on history. It is precisely because of the simplicity of Cao Cao's tomb that compared with the funeral history of Chinese emperors based on thick burials, it is more individual and precious.

In fact, in ancient times, many emperors paid great attention to their burial places, for example, Qin Shi Huang began to prepare his own mausoleum after he ascended the throne. Cao Cao was also very majestic during his lifetime, so he also wanted to be able to sleep underground forever after a hundred years, without being disturbed by others.

I think it's very likely that Cao Cao was afraid that his grave would be discovered by others, so he built a few more to make it difficult for others to find the real grave.

Cao Cao's plan to build 72 mausoleums is said to be because Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, and in order to prevent anyone from digging his grave after his death, he would set up this ecstasy array.

Cao Cao was born with a lot of suspicions, and he was afraid that his mausoleum would be stolen by thieves, so he built 72 mausoleums to confuse the public and prevent his real mausoleum from being found.

The main reason why he wants to build so many mausoleums is that he doesn't want others to know which mausoleum he is standing on, because future generations may dig him up.