Cao Teng's tomb

Cao Teng's tomb, located in the north of Cao's family tombs on the west of Weiwu Avenue in the urban area, is the tomb of Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng. It is now a national key cultural relics protection unit. Cao Teng, whose name is Ji Xing, was born in the Eastern Han Dynasty in the state of Pei (today's Qiaocheng District of Bozhou City). When Emperor an entered the palace, he accompanied the prince to study. Shun emperor, for the small yellow gate, moved to serve. He took part in the decision-making and meritorious service to Emperor Huan, and was appointed Marquis FeiTing. He soon became the servant of Changle, moved to Changqiu, and worked in the palace for more than 30 years. During his lifetime, he designated a large area of land in the south of Bozhou City as his clan cemetery and built his own tomb on a large scale. Cao Teng's tomb is covered with earth in a bucket shape, with a residual height of 7 meters. The bluestone wall built around the tomb by later generations is well preserved. According to shuijingzhu, there is a GUI shaped stone tablet on the south side of Cao Teng's tomb, with the inscription on the front: "in the old Han Dynasty, Cao Jun, the Marquis of Changle, the imperial servant of Changle, entered FeiTing.". It was established in the third year of Yanxi (160th year). There are two pairs of stone horses on the East and west sides of the stone tablet. The stone horses are eight feet and five inches high, and the carving is rough and clumsy. On the south side, there are two stone towers, one foot high and six feet high, carved with cloud moment patterns. To the south there are temples. In 1973, Cao Teng's tomb was excavated to coordinate with the construction of farmland. The tomb is a large multi chamber tomb with stone structure. The door of the tomb faces east and consists of corridor, front chamber, middle chamber, back chamber, north-south ear chamber and east-west side chamber. The whole tomb is built with more than 1000 pieces of two meter long bluestone, which is also rare in the plain area where there is no stone. There is a pair of stone carved jiyangtou at the entrance of the corridor, which is thick and lifelike. It is a rare round carving art of the Han Dynasty. The north and south walls of the corridor are symmetrically carved with four portraits of Shencha and Yulei. The door forehead, door frame and door leaf are decorated with stone carvings. The carvings are vivid, the lines are smooth and concise, and the knives are vigorous. The stone walls of each tomb are decorated with a thin layer of lime and color murals. Two caves were found in Cao Teng's tomb, and a large number of traces of smoke and fire were found, indicating that the tomb was stolen at least twice, and the stolen remains were burned up by the thieves. Fortunately, there are a small number of relics buried under the soil of the cave. The unearthed relics are: jade clothes, jade pillows, copper pigs, gilt copper components, stone carvings, beads, ceramic pieces and other precious cultural relics. Cao Teng's tomb is a grand building with large scale, exquisite materials, exquisite carving, gorgeous painting and exquisite unearthed cultural relics. It is like an underground palace.

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Cao Teng's tomb

Cao Teng's tomb is located in the north of Cao's family tombs on the west of Weiwu Avenue in Bozhou City, Anhui Province. It is the tomb of Cao Teng, Cao Cao's grandfather. It is now a national key cultural relics protection unit.

brief introduction

Cao Teng, whose name is Ji Xing, was born in the Eastern Han Dynasty in the state of Pei (today's Qiaocheng District of Bozhou City). When Emperor an entered the palace, he accompanied the prince to study. Shun emperor, for the small yellow gate, moved to serve. He took part in the decision-making and meritorious service to Emperor Huan, and was appointed Marquis FeiTing. He soon became the servant of Changle, moved to Changqiu, and worked in the palace for more than 30 years. During his lifetime, he designated a large area of land in the south of Bozhou City as his clan cemetery and built his own tomb on a large scale.

structure

Cao Teng's tomb is covered with earth in a bucket shape, with a residual height of 7 meters. The bluestone wall built around the tomb by later generations is well preserved. According to shuijingzhu, there is a GUI shaped stone tablet on the south side of Cao Teng's tomb, with the inscription on the front: "in the old Han Dynasty, Cao Jun, the Marquis of Changle, the imperial servant of Changle, entered FeiTing.". It was established in the third year of Yanxi (160th year). There are two pairs of stone horses on the East and west sides of the stone tablet. The stone horses are eight feet and five inches high, and the carving is rough and clumsy. On the south side, there are two stone towers, one foot high and six feet high, carved with cloud moment patterns. To the south there are temples.

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In 1973, Cao Teng's tomb was excavated to coordinate with the construction of farmland. The tomb is a large multi chamber tomb with stone structure. The door of the tomb faces east and consists of corridor, front chamber, middle chamber, back chamber, north-south ear chamber and east-west side chamber. The whole tomb is built with more than 1000 pieces of two meter long bluestone, which is also rare in the plain area where there is no stone. There is a pair of stone carved jiyangtou at the entrance of the corridor, which is thick and lifelike. It is a rare round carving art of the Han Dynasty. The north and south walls of the corridor are symmetrically carved with four portraits of Shencha and Yulei. The door forehead, door frame and door leaf are decorated with stone carvings. The carvings are vivid, the lines are smooth and concise, and the knives are vigorous. The stone walls of each tomb are decorated with a thin layer of lime and color murals.

Two caves were found in Cao Teng's tomb, and a large number of traces of smoke and fire were found, indicating that the tomb was stolen at least twice, and the stolen remains were burned up by the thieves. Fortunately, there are a small number of relics buried under the soil of the cave. The unearthed relics are: jade clothes, jade pillows, copper pigs, gilt copper components, stone carvings, beads, ceramic pieces and other precious cultural relics.

Cao Teng's tomb is a grand building with large scale, exquisite materials, exquisite carving, gorgeous painting and exquisite unearthed cultural relics. It is like an underground palace.

geographical position

Address: 100 meters south of Bozhou No.3 middle school, west of Weiwu Avenue North Road, Bozhou City, Anhui Province.

Longitude: 115.787

Latitude: 33.8664

Ticket information: 1. Business hours: 8:00-18:00

2. Pick up place: ticket office of Caotang Tomb scenic spot

3. Preferential policies: elderly people over 70 years old, active servicemen, tour guides (with valid certificates)

Opening hours: 08:00-18:00.