The tomb is related to long-term luck, so it must be guarded by someone, and it must be guarded by someone.
Since guarding the mausoleum is such an important thing, how do people choose it? I believe many people are curious. Indeed, taking the Qing Dynasty as an example, guarding tombs has always been a very serious job.
First of all, the people who guard the mausoleum cannot be unqualified, and at the same time, the people who guard the mausoleum cannot be easily changed. Usually, they are jobs handed down from generation to generation. In this way, the family members of the Qing dynasty clearly determined the rule that the grave keeper was not a senior official or a member of his own family. Later, I joined another group, the children of the Eight Banners.
How tall are the so-called senior officials? I believe everyone has seen the drama of the Qing Dynasty. There is a plot in "Walking on Thin Ice", which is in full swing. Yongzheng sent fourteen brothers to guard the mausoleum, and fourteen brothers never returned to the DPRK.
I think everyone understands this statement. Senior officials can be as high as princes, princes and royalty. Of course, in the past, these people were sent to guard the mausoleum because of trust, and then these people must all have criminal records, so they can't kill or stay. In this way, he was sent directly to the imperial tomb, where he went to face the dead and think about the past.
However, there is still a certain time limit for such senior officials to guard the mausoleum. For example, if the emperor is in a good mood or changes his mind, it is possible to recall them again. Therefore, this kind of doorman is not a professional doorman, but mostly temporary.
Who are the family members? This is actually the situation of jobs generated by the royal distribution according to needs system. These family members are the staff of the Emperor's Interior Department. They were appointed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and assigned to the imperial tomb to guard the tomb.
Speaking of which, there's nothing you can do. It's true that you have a position, but it's up to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to assign you different jobs. Everyone serves the emperor, so guarding the mausoleum is also a job. At that time, many coating officers easily became grave keepers, which was a sign of the loyalty of slaves to their masters.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with guarding the mausoleum except boredom. At least there is no intrigue, no intrigue. Keep your own acre and three points, and live your own day. Your position is not low at all.
Finally, the children of the Eight Banners joined, mostly by looking for jobs to enter the mausoleum guard industry. Because the Qing emperor refused to let the Han people guard the mausoleum, the war decreased after entering the customs, and the children of the Eight Banners had nothing to do. Joining the guard's team is equivalent to getting a job. Although you can't get ahead, you are stable and peaceful.
Some people say that Qing is dead, so why stay in the mausoleum? Of course, they are all cultural relics units and need protection. This is a truth, but the name of the grave keeper has been changed to a cultural relics protection unit.
Grave watchers are almost handed down from generation to generation. They have the obligation to protect the grave in their bones, even if no one pays.
Although there was no need for special cemetery guards in the past, it cannot be said that cemetery guards disappeared. At least, the descendants of the real grave keeper still exist. It is said that there is a village in Hebei dedicated to guarding tombs. Even though there are no tombs to defend now, the predecessor of their grave keeper remains the same.
Presumably, after a period of time, this group will really fade out of public view. Speaking of it, grave keepers are a very persistent group to some extent. They guarded the tomb as a mission, infiltrated into their bones, and stayed together for the tombs of the Qing emperors.
If you have to ask the grave keeper how persistent he is, you can refer to the story of Genghis Khan guarding the grave. It is said that after Genghis Khan's death, his son Tuo Lei specially set up an elite team to guard the sacrifice account for Genghis Khan. This team is the earliest tomb guard. Not only do they not have to do military service, but they also don't have to pay taxes. They have been guarding tombs for generations.
Because of this, these grave guards have a special name: Darhut, which translates into Chinese as: people who undertake sacred missions. Is it shocking? Anyway, the persistence of Genghis Khan's grave keeper can be seen through the lamp that has been burning for more than 780 years: it has never been extinguished, and it will never be allowed to be extinguished. Guardians have an obligation to do this day after day, year after year, generation after generation.
As for the imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty, of course, they were taken over by the national cultural relics units. However, before it was taken over, generations were held by special tomb guards. Before the establishment of the new society, they were supervised by the emperor's internal affairs office and paid monthly wages.
However, after Puyi stepped down and the Qing Dynasty perished, the grave keeper had no place to get paid. But these people have not lost their responsibilities. They still guarded around the imperial tombs conscientiously until the founding of New China, and no mausoleum could defend itself.
However, it was from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China that the people guarding the mausoleum gradually appeared to be dying. At that time, the Qing tomb was destroyed, and some grave keepers began to steal cultural relics from the tomb and resell them because they had no source of income. Sun Dianying, in particular, went to rob the tomb in public at that time. They simply have no ability, or simply ignore their duties. The world is too chaotic to control.
Of course, this is only the phenomenon of guarding the mausoleum in that particular period, and it is regarded as a non-professional guarding the mausoleum. However, most grave keepers are still very dedicated, such as the recorded professional grave keeper, who is said to be the last grave keeper: Zhao Dexin, whose family has been guarding tombs for generations in the Qing Dynasty, but he should be a member of the royal family. Just because the ancestors made mistakes, they were assigned to the mausoleum and kept it for generations, so that a village was built near Qingling.
In fact, if you really want to protect bullying people, their stories are still many. It's just that in any era, everyone has good or bad points. There is no absolute black or white, and many people who guard the mausoleum regard it as their lifelong obligation. They guard the mausoleum entirely out of generational behavior. It doesn't matter who they serve, how much money they earn or whose minions they are.