These eunuchs are really blind when they leave the palace gate and don't know where to go.
Rich and powerful eunuchs have to say that most of them have sons outside. If the adopted son has a conscience, he will send a carriage to pick him up.
If I had more money, like Xiao He and Li in the late Qing Dynasty, they all had private houses. It's easy for them to retire. Just go back to their private houses and enjoy their retirement.
Except for the above two, the rest are more tragic. Because I had surgery in my early years and had no children, I can say that I was helpless. However, don't be too discouraged, society still has humanistic care.
In order to let these eunuchs spend their old age safely, a trade association was set up to arrange their old age for eunuchs.
Of course, you have to pay. Eunuchs are not short of money. They have saved money all their lives and have little place to spend it. Not now. When?
Life is ups and downs, but the mental torture is great. These eunuchs stay in the palace all their lives and are used to the monotonous and repetitive life. Once they are free, they don't know what to do. Look at The Shawshank Redemption. There was a prisoner who was imprisoned when he was young and released on parole when he was old. As a result, he could not adapt to the society and hanged himself directly.
Retired eunuchs also have this problem. Because of physical disability, it is called the old palace. They usually have no friends, so they get drunk all day and spend their bleak twilight scene in confusion.
To make matters worse, there is no money. then what There are also asylum institutions, and the government or eunuchs' associations have eunuchs' nursing homes, and the brands are mostly temples and shrines. For example, there was a temple dedicated to welcoming eunuchs in the Qing Dynasty.
In addition, some eunuchs usually have a good relationship with temples, and they will go to live directly after retirement, and then they can give some incense money to temples.
In society, two people who have no sexual life live together. It's also quite harmonious.
What about the dead eunuch? Where are they buried?
If there are family members, they will be buried in the family cemetery. If not, there are also cemeteries dedicated to eunuchs, usually near the temples where eunuchs are placed.
For example, there is a eunuch cemetery behind the national defense shrine. That place has good feng shui, and later Babaoshan cemetery was built there.
Another place to bury eunuchs is now Zhongguancun. That place used to be desolate. Since the Ming dynasty, eunuchs have bought land here, one is to run eunuch sanatorium, and the other is to repair eunuch cemetery. Therefore, this land is called "official son", also called "official grave", which is a gathering place for eunuchs before and after their death. Later, it developed, but it didn't sound good, so it was renamed Zhongguancun.
These eunuchs worked for others in the palace when they were alive. I was buried together when I died, and finally I was not lonely. Besides, they shouldn't worry about being disturbed. Because of the rules of grave robbery, "digging a grave without family" will be punished.