The Qing Dongling Mausoleum is not only a treasure trove of geomantic omen, but also has beautiful scenery. The mausoleum here is located at the southern foot of Changrui Mountain. There is also an anecdote about the location of the Qing tombs. When the emperor shunzhi was hunting, he stopped his horse and looked around. He found the scenery here beautiful and "the king is lush". He was very interested, so he took off the banzhi used to shoot the hook string and threw it into the air, saying, "The place where the banzhi fell must be a good cave, which can be used as my longevity palace." Later, Mr. Feng Shui came here to measure Feng Shui. He was very surprised: "Even if we were ordered to travel all over the sea, it would be difficult to find such a piece of land!" In the second year of Kangxi (1663), the Xiaoling Mausoleum was built for the emperor shunzhi in Changrui Mountain, which was the beginning of the construction of the Qing Dongling Mausoleum. Since then, mausoleums have been built one after another. "The son is buried with his father and inherited by his ancestors" is called "Zhao Mu's system".
When Dongling was built, Emperor Kangxi sent a Manchu-Han Shangshu and two Qin Xian from the Ministry of Rites to draw up the orientation, and then the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Industry each sent a Manchu-Han Shangshu to jointly assist the project. At that time, the designer was called "style room" and the person who estimated the budget was called "calculation room". For example, craftsman Lei Fada was appointed as "Style Room" and was called "Style Lei"; The surname of the calculation room is Liu, and it is called "Liu Fang". Before the start of construction, it was a very grand thing for Qin to choose a day to worship heaven, land and mountains.