Both of them were buried in the Qingdong Tomb, which was only one of the imperial tombs of the Qing emperors. Five emperors, Shunzhi, Kangxi, Qianlong, Xianfeng and Tongzhi, were buried respectively. But what is curious is that Cixi, the Queen Mother of the West, was buried in the east, while Ci'an, the Queen Mother of the East, was buried in the west. Generally speaking, we all regard the east as the most noble. For example, the prince is generally called the East Palace. The prince Ci'an is the empress of the main palace of Emperor Xianfeng, which is also the so-called Queen of the East Palace. No matter how powerful Cixi is, she does not have a strong reputation.
Why was Cixi buried to the east of Suzuki? In this case, does Cixi have a higher status than Ci'an? In fact, this is not the case. Although Cixi took over the power in the later period and was not an emperor, her power exceeded that of the emperor. But that doesn't change it. She is the daughter-in-law of the Aisin Gioro family, and she is just a noble concubine of Emperor Xianfeng. If he ignores the system left by his ancestors and arranges Ci'an as the official queen in his position, Then many people will rise up against him. After all, the old man at that time still cared about these things.
The reason for this arrangement is that the people closest to the emperor should be as close to the emperor's mausoleum as possible. From a location perspective, the mausoleum in the west will be closer to the tomb of Emperor Xianfeng. However, Xianfeng's Dingling Mausoleum and Ci'an's tomb of Cixi were not built together. Therefore, in order to consider making the case closer to Xianfeng, he switched places with Ci'an to make Ci'an's imperial mausoleum closer to Xianfeng. This also formed a pattern in which the East Queen Mother's position was to the west, and the West Queen Mother's imperial mausoleum was to the east.
However, although the position cannot be changed, Cixi still had to overcome the case. After his death again, Cixi took control of the military and political power. In the 16th year after the construction of their tombs was completed, Cixi suddenly ordered the renovation of his tomb, and made great changes, both in scale and specifications. Cixi announced to the outside world that her imperial mausoleum was in disrepair. And this repair process lasted until Cixi's death.