The Story of the Summer Palace - Weng Niangniang’s Tomb and Buddhist Incense Pavilion
The queen of the palace of Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, was a very knowledgeable person. She assisted Kublai Khan in governing the world, and everyone in the civil and military dynasties and the Three Palaces and Sixth Court admired her. Later, she suddenly fell seriously ill. Before she died, she said to Kublai Khan: "After I die, I have only one request. I hope that your majesty will bury me on the hill north of Danling." Kublai Khan asked with tears in his eyes. : "Why is it buried in such a desolate place?" Lady Weng said, "The emperor will show me the grave in the future." After saying this, she closed her eyes without much effort. Kublai Khan followed her wishes and buried her on the hill. From then on, the hill was called Wengshan. But there were no clues left on the ground about where he was buried in Wengshan, to prevent anyone from breaking into the tomb and robbing the tomb.
Five hundred years later, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty saw the beautiful mountains and clear waters and the quiet scenery here. He liked it very much and wanted to build a royal garden here. He recruited migrant workers to dig Wengshan into Kunming Lake, and built a palace on Wengshan. While digging the foundation halfway up the mountain, I suddenly discovered that there was a large cave underneath, which was made of three-foot-square stones. There was also a large stone door that was closed tightly. The eunuch who oversaw the work immediately reported the matter to Qianlong. Qianlong thought to himself: "This must be the grave of Empress Weng. If this grave can be dug, it might be filled with rare treasures!" So he went to see it in person and ordered the craftsmen to quietly pry open the door, but The door was so tight that it took a lot of effort for the craftsmen to pry open a blocking stone in front of the door. Turning it over, I saw a few big words written on it: "If you don't move, I won't move, and I won't move you." When Qianlong saw it, his face immediately turned pale. He was so frightened that he almost lost his breath. He hurriedly ordered the craftsmen to re-lay the stones. Just above Weng Niang Niang's tomb, a Buddhist Incense Pavilion was built, covering the tomb. As a result, no one dared to touch Empress Weng's grave, and Qianlong believed that his empire would be secure. As expected, Weng Empress’ words were answered: “The emperor will show me the grave in the future.”
This thing sounds like it is magical, but it is not. Empress Weng was a learned person. She saw that the place to the north of Danling had beautiful scenery and knew that the royal family would be interested in building a palace here in the future, so she said, "The emperor will show me the tomb in the future." As for the words on the stone slab, they were carved to prevent people from digging up graves and robbing graves, and to scare people. I happened to meet Qianlong. Qianlong was very superstitious about Feng Shui, so he was fooled.