Danzhu Tomb is located in Danzhu Village (Danxuzhuang), 25km southwest of Fanxian County and 4km east of pucheng county. It is the tomb of Dan Zhu, the son of Yao Emperor, more than 4,000 years ago.

According to Records of the Five Emperors, "Yao said,' Who can do it?' Fang Qi said, "The successor Dani is enlightened." (Zheng: "The son of Emperor Yao, named Dan Zhu and Wu." ) The son of Emperor Yao, the heir of Yin, was named Dani ". According to Puzhou Zhi and folklore, Dan Zhu is the son of Yao. When Yao abdicated in his later years, due to Danzhu's strong will and bad temper, Emperor Yao failed to pass the throne to his son Danzhu, but to Shun, who gave Danzhu a territory in the flooded area to govern. Although Dani is strong-willed and violent, he still has some skills in managing fields. He led the tribesmen in the flooded area to cultivate seeds, build water conservancy, develop agriculture, burn pottery and build Yanzhu City (the old city south of the Yellow River), which made the politics, economy and culture of this area develop. Through governance, the people here have no hands, no shortage of Artemisia fields, passers-by accommodate each other, grow and age in an orderly manner, and their ability to govern the country is no less than that of Yao Shun, which is deeply loved by the people. After Dan Zhu's death, the tribal people attached great importance to him, gathered eight miles east of Pucheng, and buried him in the giants. Its tomb looks like a mountain and is called Danzhu Tomb. Legend has it that the Danzhu Tomb in East Bali of Pucheng can be seen clearly. Dani's stories and legends are widely circulated in the local area.

Danzhu Tomb covers an area of 3 mu. It is said that the Danzhu Tomb is more than 65,438+00 feet high. Because it is located in the flooded area of the Yellow River, it has been silted by floods for many times. At present, the top of the tomb is about 3 meters from the ground, and the underground tombs are well protected.

Before 1964, it was a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit in Shandong Province. (At that time, Fan County was under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province). 1983, the people's government of fan county erected a monument for the protected area, and 19991February was declared as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit in Henan province.

1In August, 975, Wang Mingrui of Henan Provincial Museum conducted a trial excavation investigation at the top of Danzhu Tomb, and dug a ditch with a depth of 2 meters, a length of 3 meters and a width of 1.5 meters, and found out the soil layer in the tomb, and excavated plain pottery pots and pots in the Warring States Period, pottery pots in the Western Zhou Dynasty, pottery pieces and covers in the late Longshan culture, etc.

Historical significance

This tomb is an important cultural site with various cultural connotations. It marks the political, economic and cultural development of Pushan area more than 4,000 years ago, and is of great significance to the study of ancient buildings and cultures.