Stone students are stone figures and beasts installed in front of the tomb of the Emperor, also known as "Weng Zhong". It is the epitome of imperial power. In the Ming Dynasty, whenever grand ceremonies were held, in addition to civil and military officials and military ceremonies, animals such as lions and elephants were also kept in cages and placed on both sides of the Imperial Road to strengthen imperial power. After the emperor died, he needed the same ostentation and extravagance, so he set up a stone statue student in front of the mausoleum.
Function: Stone statue students are also the epitome of imperial power. In the Ming Dynasty, whenever a grand ceremony was held, in addition to civil and military officials and military ceremonies, animals such as lions and elephants were kept in cages and placed on both sides of the Imperial Road to strengthen imperial power. After the emperor died, he needed the same ostentation and extravagance, so he set up a stone statue student in front of the mausoleum.
Because of the geomantic terrain, there were no stone statues in the original design of Tailing. Later, because it was inconsistent with the canon system, measures such as expanding Dahongmen to the south and moving Longfengmen to the north were taken, and stone statues were installed between Dabei Building and Longfengmen, which were located on both sides of Shinto. They are a pair of stone lions, stone elephants, stone horses, stone carving officials and military commanders.
Stone statue students are part of a large memorial complex in the mausoleum building. Its configuration is not customized. When the Tailing Mausoleum was built, it was not set up because of geomantic omen. Until the 13th year of Qianlong (1748), in order to show filial piety, Emperor Qianlong forcibly built five pairs of stone statues, which caused twists and turns between him and his ministers.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Stone Statue Students.