Historical overview of Tangwangling Park

King Tang was one of the most moral saints in ancient China. Its merits are respected by people, and there is a touching folklore about King Tang Cheng. It is said that shortly after the establishment of Shang Dynasty, Bozhou suffered from drought for years and the rain did not fall. Various methods have been used to beg for rain, to no avail. Later, the wizard predicted that it would rain only if people sacrificed. King Tang sighed and said, "Pray for rain to benefit the people. How can people make sacrifices? " After a while, he said firmly, "If that's the case, let me do it!" " "So he chose an auspicious day. On that day, after taking a bath, the king of Tang cut off his hair and nails, dressed in coarse cloth and white cloth, and knelt before the altar to pray: "Oh, my God, I'm guilty alone, so don't get everyone involved." All the people are guilty of me alone. Please God punish me as the king of evil. Then, with the help of the wizard, they climbed the high woodpile and took part in the rain. People knelt around the woodpile and looked at Wang Xian. Tears poured down one by one. It's time for war. Wizards lit the woodpile with torches, and soon, smoke billowed and fireworks surrounded Tang Wang. Coincidentally, at this moment, the sky thundered and the rain poured down. In the cheers, people helped the Tang king down from the woodpile and sent him back to the palace.

Tang Cheng reigned in 13 and was buried in Bozhou after his death. The story of mulberry trees begging for rain has been handed down from generation to generation, and the achievements of King Tang Cheng are praised by the world. In order to commemorate him, Tang Wangling Park was specially built.

The record of Tang Wang's tomb was first found in Huang Lanzhi compiled by Cao Pi, the Wei Wendi, who organized many Confucian scholars during the Three Kingdoms period: "There is a soup base in Fengtou Village, Wobei." Li Daoyuan recorded in "Notes on Water Classics" that "Shang Dynasty was buried in the Yang of the Wohe River". According to Bozhou Records, "there are mulberry trees in the west of Tangling, where the king of Tangcheng prayed for rain", and there is a Tong Palace in the northeast, where Yi Yin imprisoned Taijia, which is no longer there. In the 25th year of the Republic of China (1936), it was turned into "Tangling Park", with flowers and trees widely planted, pine and cypress evergreen, pavilions and graceful twists and turns.

The existing tangle is a tall dome with a height of more than 6 meters and a circumference of nearly 60 meters. There is a stone tablet "Upper Cheng Tang Tomb" in front of the tomb. To the south of the tomb, a 500-year-old neem tree is growing tenaciously. The Tang Ling Stone Monument was rebuilt through the ages. Due to the destruction of the war, it only existed in Kangxi 168 1 and Qianlong 36 years (17 1) in the Qing Dynasty. The ancient trees, tombs and tombstones in the park constitute the characteristics of the royal garden.