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Record of the Excavation of Yongzheng’s Tomb Tailing in 1980
Among the mausoleums of Western Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng’s Tailing is the most eye-catching, apart from other Among the Western Tombs of the Qing Dynasty, it is the first mausoleum and the largest. It is about whether Yongzheng was buried with a golden head and whether he was assassinated and died. After the Qianlong underground palace of the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty was cleared in 1975, academic circles continued to advocate for the excavation of Tailing. Moreover, there was a stolen hole in the glazed screen wall of Tailing Baocheng, and the Tailing underground palace has always been believed to have been stolen long ago. In 1980, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage approved the cleaning and excavation of the Tailing Underground Palace. On April 8, 1980, the Tailing Underground Palace was officially excavated. Heads of the Cultural Relics Bureau of Hebei Province, Baoding City and Yixian County came to the site to direct the excavation. A large number of media gathered in Tailing. At 9 o'clock in the morning, the excavation started. After digging two meters along the entrance of the robbery cave, it was found that there was original soil underneath. The robbery cave was only dug two meters, and the Tailing Tomb had not been stolen. At that time, the Beijing Slide Studio published the news in the Beijing Daily. When Xia Nai learned of the matter, he immediately reported to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and asked to stop the excavation. He also informed the local authorities of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage's order to immediately stop the excavation of the Tailing Underground Palace. . On April 11, Xia Nai personally came to the excavation site of the Tailing Tomb of the Western Qing Dynasty in Yi County and announced the written instructions of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. The excavation of the Tailing Underground Palace was to be terminated. The mystery of Yongzheng's golden head has not been revealed. In order to make up for the regrets of the curious, through subsequent understanding, in July 1980, the Chongling underground palace of Emperor Guangxu, which had been stolen in 1938, was excavated and cleaned. 250 precious cultural relics were unearthed in the golden well under the coffin, and the underground palace was renovated. Open to the outside world. Now Yongzheng and his concubines are still lying in the Tailing underground palace that has been preserved intact for 270 years.