The wall under the root of the thousand-year-old street under the Mausoleum, why the emperor passed by also dismounted?

The memory of a city, in addition to the writings written in the history books, the historical relics, and the laneway of the crisscross, is like the blood flowing from the city.
Even if the passage of time, the old street will be integrated into the hustle and bustle of modern cities, but also difficult to refute the past in the alley. Perhaps for a moment, a small road sign will open the dusty story.
The Lower Ma Ling is located in the southeast cheap hiroshima tickets corner of the square city wall, east of Heping Gate and Wenchang Gate. Speaking of the long history of Ma Ling, it is inevitable to mention a person, that is, the Eastern Han Dynasty "Dong Zhongshu ".
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History books have recorded:" xi han wu emperor each lucky hibiscus court, to dong zhongshu tomb dismount." Since then, in order to show respect, up to the official dignitaries, down to the common people, horsemen, sedan chairs, anyone passing through the tomb of dong zhongshu, people will come down to walk. The folk then call this "dismount ".
If the local people understand that maling is from dong zhongshu, then outsiders understand maling, may be from the tang poetry.
"She said she was a capital woman, living under the hong kong to chongqing flights toad mausoleum," the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi said," toad mausoleum" is the dismount. The poem monk Jiao ran also once wrote "Cuilou spring wine shrimp toad mausoleum, chang'an youth all share pride."
Ma Ling was once the capital youth and aristocrats fresh clothes angry horse, wine to see flowers, showing the city of Chang'an smart and fresh.
Now, in addition to this heavy historical story, there is a small shop full of literary and artistic retro, in the alley of the bluestone path, there are different styles of green brigade, food shop, bar, coffee house, but also some qin cavity or quyi quyi society, the courtyard door is half hidden waiting for visitors to visit.
Enough to see the big scenery, in the gap between the city's tall buildings, along the root of the wall, deep into the city's small veins, bluestone paved alleys and thick wall accompanied, stroll among them, that feeling also instantly brought you into the memory of Xi'an.