However, in the stormy land of China, many royal tombs are doomed to be stolen and destroyed. After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, even the underground palaces of Kangxi and Gan Long, which created the prosperous time of Kanggan, were stolen.
There were nine royal tombs in Dongling and Xiling in the Qing Dynasty, among which Kangxi Jingling, Qianlong Yuling, Xianfeng Dingling, Tongzhi Hui Ling and Guangxu chongling were stolen. Of the five stolen imperial tombs, only Qianlong Yuling and Guangxu chongling Underground Palace were cleared and opened to the public.
Both the underground palaces of Qianlong and Kangxi were stolen. Why is only Qianlong open to the outside world?
The main reason is that according to the actual value, the difficulty of terrain cleaning and the potential safety hazards, the Yuling in Qianlong meets the development standards, while the Jingling in Kangxi does not meet the development standards.
The reason why Kangxi's Jingling underground palace is not open.
Kangxi was the pioneer of Kangxi's prosperous time. He was also the longest-serving emperor in China history. He was in office for 6 1 year. The Qing Dynasty was completely stable during the Kangxi period. Kangxi laid a solid foundation for the long-term stability of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, although Kangxi was not as exaggerated as some people boasted, for the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi was undoubtedly a monarch.
Kangxi died at 69. Before his death, his mausoleum was built in front of the mountain, and the mausoleum site was away from Xiaoling 1 km. Surrounded by mountains on three sides, water on one side and pine trees on all sides, Jingling is a good place for geomantic omen. Because Kangxi was in office for the longest time, it naturally took the longest time to build a mausoleum, and correspondingly, the funerary objects were naturally the richest. Therefore, among many royal tombs in the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi suffered the highest frequency of disasters.
According to historical records, in the twelfth year of Daoguang, houses in Jingling East and West Dynasties caught fire one after another, and the tombs suffered serious losses. However, because it has not been found out whether someone deliberately set fire to the tomb or accidentally caught fire, the emperor ordered the Eight Banners to be handed over to the then ministers and officials.
In the thirty-first year of Guangxu, the Longgen Temple in Jingling was destroyed by fire, which also affected the East and West auxiliary halls in the mausoleum. It was not rebuilt until 1909. Like the last fire, the cause of this fire is still unknown and remains a historical mystery.
In addition to frequent fires, buildings in Jinling always collapse inexplicably. For example, after the demise of the Qing dynasty, the west column of the second column door of the mausoleum fell down inexplicably and broke into pieces; In the 1930s and 1940s, the stone pillars and jade railings in some buildings always collapsed suddenly, and only in recent years did they recover their original appearance.
In addition, two major theft cases occurred in Jinling. The robbery of Dongling occurred in July 1928, which resulted in the incomplete building of the whole mausoleum, and even the ceiling, door plaque, doors and windows were looted, leaving no coffin to carry the body. 1In August, 945, due to the turbulent domestic situation, Dongling bandits took the opportunity to make trouble again. This time, Kangxi's underground palace was almost looted, which was a disaster.
Compared with other imperial tombs of Qing emperors, the entrance of Jingling underground palace rebuilt by Long 'en Hall is more obvious. The thief Zhang took a bunch of people to dig all night and finally entered the underground palace. These people are even crazier, not only stealing countless treasures, but also driving away after stealing them. The entrance to the underground palace is so open.
1945, after the tomb robbers looted Jingling and completely opened the underground palace, due to the long-term domestic war, Jingling was neglected at that time, and the local government also existed in name only. In recent years, not only the funerary objects in the mausoleum were looted, but also the door of the underground palace was always open and the terrain was low, and the mausoleum was almost completely swallowed up by accumulated water.
It was not until the founding of New China that the government spared no effort to send people to explore the details of Jingling. However, Jingling at this time has been completely submerged by water. On the other hand, after the underground palace was looted many times, there were no cultural relics at all. So Jinling was closed by the local government at that time and has not been restarted until now.
Jingling didn't clean up and excavate, why did you choose Yuling in Qianlong to clean up?
First, it needs to be cleaned up and protected after grave robbery, and besides Qianlong, there are two queens and three queens buried in it, which provides rich research value for studying the tombs of ancient emperors.
Second, the reign of Emperor Qianlong for 60 years had a great influence. Moreover, the Qianlong underground palace has a unique design and the inner wall is finely carved. It has high cultural and historical value and is not difficult to clean up.
Third, Yuling was opened as a window of the Qing Dongling. However, the problem of water seepage has not been solved so far, and water is still pumped every rainy season.
In recent years, there are voices calling for the excavation of Emperor Kangxi's Mausoleum, just to develop tourism and increase income. Satisfying people's curiosity, but not actively exploring, is the iron law of archaeology. If the hole is easy to open, people's curiosity will be satisfied. Will they call for the opening of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, Yongzheng Mausoleum and tomb exploration, which is not only immoral, but also causes many cultural relics to be destroyed invisibly?
The scene of the stolen underground palace is very messy and difficult to deal with. As far as the underground palace in Gan Long is concerned, at first I took the initiative to apply for cleaning the underground palace in Gan Long, but it was not approved.
Later, after inspecting the site, Wang decided to clean up the underground palace of Qianlong and open it to the outside world. However, the characters of Emperor Kangxi's underground palace were also stolen, and the scene was complicated, so it was difficult to clean it up for people to visit. No matter pumping, internal collapse will be unsafe, which is not conducive to opening after cleaning. Later, I chose a dry and long mausoleum in the Qing mausoleum? Yuling spoke as a representative.
Conclusion: In fact, we should give priority to the protection of the imperial tombs. When the conditions and technology are not mature, don't act rashly, because there are thousands of years of civilization and historical relics of our Chinese nation hidden in it. Once something is destroyed, it can never be recovered!