The Qing Dynasty died a hundred years ago, who is the guardian of the imperial tomb, and what is the salary? Their identities are a mystery.
The Qing Dynasty is the last feudal dynasty in China, and its status and evaluation in history have always attracted much attention. A dynasty that has existed for nearly three hundred years, regardless of its merits and demerits, is difficult to summarize in one or two sentences.
Even historians who study the history of the Qing Dynasty will always have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, it is the last feudal dynasty in our country, and on the other hand, the backwardness of our country in modern times is also related to the wrong decisions of its emperor to a certain extent.
However, as a dynasty that achieved great unification, the Qing Dynasty still had its unique position. Although it has been dead for more than 100 years, its importance cannot be overlooked.
In particular, the famous Qing Dongling Tomb has become a national cultural relics protection base, so who are these people who guard the mausoleum, and what is their life? Today, let's take a look at the stories of these mausoleum keepers.
The Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty, which once shocked the world, are the mausoleums of the Qing Dynasty royal family, covering an area of more than 80 square kilometers, including five emperors' tombs, four queen's tombs, and the tombs of many concubines and princesses.
Sun Dianying's tomb robbery caused the theft of the Qing Dongling Tomb to shake the world overnight, and it also became a hot topic after dinner. So, how much do you know about the Qing Dongling?
1.As the most important royal mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty, the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty lasted for more than 240 years and witnessed almost the entire history of the Qing Dynasty. Zunhua City, located in Tangshan, Hebei Province, is buried with five emperors, fifteen empresses and more than 100 concubines.
2.The construction of the tomb of the emperor of Dongling in the Qing Dynasty is different from the tomb of ordinary people, taking the filial piety tomb of the Shunzhi emperor as an example, starting from Jinxing Mountain in the south and reaching Changrui Mountain in the north, forming an excellent central axis.
3.The Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty, from Emperor Shunzhi to Empress Dowager Cixi, lasted more than 240 years, covering almost the history of the Qing Dynasty and is an important cultural heritage in Chinese history.
The layout of the Qing Dongling Tomb is unique and complex, which contains profound historical and cultural connotations. It not only sits on a natural feng shui treasure, but also 161 royal relatives are buried here, enjoying the aura of the Chinese land.
The grandeur of the emperor's mausoleum, the rarity of the burial goods, and the rampant ancient tomb robbers made the emperor's mausoleum must be heavily guarded. Although modern people look down on the funeral industry, in the Qing Dynasty, guarding the imperial tomb was an excellent job.
The people who were sent to guard the imperial tomb not only had the pure blood of the Aixin Jueluo family, but the errand of guarding the tomb could also bring a lot of benefits.
The Tomb Guards are a special group of guardians, most of them are orthodox Eight Banner disciples, who are sent to guard the Imperial Tomb, which is actually a kind of protection for them. Among the children of the Eight Banners at that time, guarding the tomb was a highly sought-after good job.
Each garrison unit will have a commander lead a group of soldiers to form a small team, and they patrol 24 hours a day from day to night to ensure the safety of the imperial tomb.
Because there are a large number of precious treasures in the imperial tomb, any one of which is worth a fortune, so the tomb robbers have long been eyeing the imperial tomb. Even when heavily guarded, it is difficult to prevent harassment by tomb robbers.
Even if the Mausoleum Keeper may not be complicit, it is possible that his soldiers may collude with tomb robbers to steal the Imperial Tomb.
During the prosperous period of the Qing Dynasty, the life of the mausoleum keepers was like a fairy, in order to protect the imperial tomb, the mausoleum keeper was even promoted to two levels, and the royal treasures were also given priority to the mausoleum, and these treasures were not enjoyed, so they fell into the pockets of the mausoleum keepers.
However, with the decline of the dynasty, the life of the mausoleum keepers began to be difficult, they lost the royal court, and the children of the Eight Banners did not know other means of making a living, so they could only watch the mausoleum be destroyed by the warlords.
In 1912, the abdication of Emperor Puyi marked the official withdrawal of the Qing Dynasty, which had lasted for 296 years. The loss of imperial power made the originally comfortable mausoleum keepers fall into a dilemma overnight, the older ones could only barely survive, and the younger ones chose to go out to find a way out.
However, the war-torn modern society has not brought much life to them, and most of them have no choice but to accept the tragic end. The Qing Dongling mausoleum guards who lost their imperial power also began to relax their vigilance, which also provided an opportunity for Sun Dianying's Tanglin robbery, resulting in the loss of a large number of national treasures, which is undoubtedly a crime against the nation.
Old version of the copy: However, this also made the Nanjing people at that time pay attention to the protection of the Qing Dongling, so the original mausoleum keeper continued the previous work and funded it.
New version of the copy: However, this also made the Nanjing people** begin to pay attention to the protection of the Qing Dongling, and they let the original tomb keepers continue their work, and even provide financial support.
With the founding of New China, the country's various constructions are gradually on the right track, although the Qing Dongling represents the mausoleum of the feudal emperor, but in the eyes of the new era, this is undoubtedly a valuable historical wealth.
Not only does it help us understand the real history, but it also has high academic value. Nowadays, the Qing Dongling Tomb has become a national 5A-level tourist attraction, and those who guard the tomb have also become the staff of the Qing Dongling Museum, and the wages are uniformly paid by the state.