Every generation of "great dynasty" will have its founder choose an auspicious place for thousands of years, so subsequent emperors will follow the system of burying sons with their fathers, but by Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng changed this practice; In the Qing Dynasty before Yongzheng, the imperial mausoleum had only one mausoleum, which was not divided into east and west. This site was chosen by Shunzhi himself, covering an area of ??2,500 square kilometers, and construction began in 1661.
After Shunzhi chose the mausoleum, he originally thought that all future emperors should be buried here. As a result, in the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign, Yongzheng, the "unruly emperor", broke the system and built a Tailing mausoleum. From then on, the Qing emperor The mausoleum is divided into two major mausoleums, the Eastern Qing Tomb and the Western Qing Tomb. The former is buried with emperors before Yongzheng, and the latter is buried with emperors after Yongzheng. The initial construction of the Western Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty
In the first half of his life, Yongzheng was called "sincere and filial" by Kangxi during his lifetime. However, after he succeeded to the throne, he changed his mind to "always abide by the constitution and dare not make any changes." Yongzheng was extremely happy with the "auspicious" thing. To put it bluntly, it was superstitious.
The reappearance of "auspicious auspiciousness" in ancient times is not a rare thing throughout history. Ancient emperors most liked to regard "nectar falling from the sky, unicorn appearing, Ruizhi growing, and Qingyun coming out" as the auspiciousness of Jiarui. This represents a sign of a peaceful and prosperous age when the government is clear and the people live and work in peace and contentment. The makers of these are none other than ancient rulers and emperors.
Among these emperors, you can always find a group of people who are keen on these things. Of course, there are also some people who are not interested in them, such as Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong. These two people feel that they will be ridiculed by future generations. Never pretentious, but after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he was completely opposite to them. Yongzheng not only believed in the auspicious omens that represented good fortune, but also encouraged his officials to talk about auspicious omens and offer auspicious signs.
On the second day of March in the third year of Yongzheng (i.e. 1725), the sun and the moon rose at the same time and the five stars of metal, wood, water, fire and earth were within a 45-degree angle on one side of the earth. At that time, it was called "sun". "The moon unites and the five stars connect", because this phenomenon only occurs once in hundreds of years, it was regarded as Jiarui by the ancients. After knowing Yongzheng's preference, the Qintian Supervisor also reported the calculated results to Yongzheng, and Yongzheng responded that this was This rare blessing was ordered to be recorded in the history museum and announced to the world and the people of the country.
The number of such "Jia Rui" events from the first year of the reign of Emperor Yongzheng to the tenth year of Yongzheng's reign can be regarded as "the most in history", such as the phoenix praising the emperor's virtues and the emergence of a saint from a unicorn. On Yongzheng's mind.
These auspicious signs made Yong Zheng attach great importance to Feng Shui. In the seventh year of Yong Zheng's succession, Yong Zheng had already asked Feng Shui masters to select a mausoleum for him. Of course, the selection had to find a second mausoleum between the Qing Dynasty mausoleums. Two "auspicious places for ten thousand years" were found. The first one was Chaoyang Mountain, but it was not perfect. Finally, it was settled on Taining Mountain, which was later designated as Yongning Mountain. This auspicious point was rated as the most auspicious place by the experts , so the Western Tomb of the Qing Dynasty was built in the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign. Why was the Qingxi Mausoleum well-preserved in later generations after its construction?
Firstly, at the beginning of the construction of Yongzheng, many "Bagua and Feng Shui" coincided with the built-in Qiankun. It was not like Dongling, which was established in the early days. Many cemeteries were subsequently restructured and there was no real unification. Planning, and the Western Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty was re-planned by Yongzheng and built by people from Kanyu.
Take Yongzheng’s Tailing Mausoleum as an example. Some of the stone monuments in Tailing Mausoleum are more than 10 meters wide, the Shinto is five kilometers long, and the main buildings such as the main hall and side halls are even thicker and cannot be stolen by ordinary people. , when the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty was stolen, it was not possible to open it even if it was exploded with gunpowder. It was even worse when it was used in the Western Tomb of the Qing Dynasty. This is one of them.
Secondly, the Western Tombs of the Qing Dynasty are not as "rich" as the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty. The reason why the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty were stolen was because when Cixi was buried in a grand funeral, everyone in the world knew how rich she was, and people's hearts were greedy. You know, there will always be people willing to take risks, so being stolen is inevitable. I think it would be strange if no one would steal it. What's more, in addition to Cixi, the Founding Emperor and all the Mingjuns of the past dynasties are also buried in the Dongling Tomb of the Qing Dynasty. If you insist on stealing, Basically, if you choose one, a smart person will choose Qing Dongling.
Thirdly, the Western Tombs of the Qing Dynasty had no chance to be stolen, so they were well preserved. Why no chance? After the Imperial Tombs were in the Republic of China, they were protected by the Republic of China government. The Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty were stolen because of the right time and the right place and the lack of people. As a result, it was violently stolen. In 1928, Sun Dianying took the opportunity to block the border of the Qing Tombs through military operations. Otherwise, it would not have been so easy.