People who love history often like to compare the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and compare the politics, economy, culture and military of the two dynasties. One reason is that the two dynasties are close to each other, and the other reason is that the Qing Dynasty is The Ming Dynasty was founded by the Manchus, while the Ming Dynasty was founded by the Han people. In any case, these two dynasties were relatively powerful dynasties in the history of our country. There is a huge difference between these two dynasties.
The imperial mausoleums of the Qing Dynasty were stolen many times, such as the Qingdong Mausoleum of Cixi and the mausoleum of Emperor Qianlong, but none of the imperial mausoleums of the Ming Dynasty were stolen. Why is this? Does it mean that there are no gold and silver treasures in the imperial mausoleum? Or are there any means to prevent tomb robberies in the imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty? In fact, of course not. There is a reason why the Ming Dynasty imperial tombs were not stolen.
The first point: site selection of the imperial tombs
There are two imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty, one is the Ming Tombs in Beijing, and the other is the Ming Tombs in Beijing. The Ming emperor's tomb near Nanjing, and no matter which emperor's tomb is in a crowded place, tombs are robbed in this place. Tomb robbers need to think about it. In ancient times, being caught robbing a tomb was a capital offense, let alone an emperor's tomb.
There are three imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty. One is the ancestral tomb outside Guanwai, and the other two are the East and West Qing Tombs. These three are all in the wild areas. Compared with the Ming Emperor's Tombs in the suburbs of the city, tomb robbers will definitely choose them. Safe place.
Second point: Government attitude
During the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Emperor’s mausoleum was well protected, and there were dedicated tomb guards. After the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty’s tombs In order to win over people's hearts, the emperor also protected the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum well. During the Qianlong period, the Emperor's Mausoleum was even repaired. (Actually, it was to steal the golden nanmu from the imperial mausoleum). During the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum was also well protected.
The imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty were not so lucky, because the Republic of China was the peak period of the outbreak of tomb robbers, and the public opinion at that time was also against the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty were definitely not spared, while the imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty were well protected.
The third point: Protective measures for the imperial tombs themselves
The structure of the underground palace of the Ming Dynasty imperial tombs is very complex. When archaeologists originally wanted to dig up Zhu Di’s Changling Tomb, they spent several months searching. The entrance to the underground palace was not found. Not to mention tomb robbers, even if the tomb robbers can enter the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum, the time spent is not affordable.
Therefore, no imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty were stolen for hundreds of years, but no imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty were spared.