Chapter 76 second quarter

The imperial mausoleums of the Qing Dynasty, the last feudal dynasty in China, can be divided into three mausoleum areas: the Three Mausoleums outside the Guanwai in the early Qing Dynasty, the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty, and the Western Tombs of the Qing Dynasty. The three tombs outside the pass are all located in Liaoning. They are the Yongling Mausoleum where the ancestors of Qing Taizu Nurhachi are buried, the Fuling Mausoleum where Nurhachi and Empress Yehenato (La) are buried, and the Zhaoling Mausoleum where Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty Huang Taiji and Empress Xiaoduanwen are buried.

The Western Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty was built by Yongzheng.Yongzheng was not in the right position, and he dared not be buried next to his father Kangxi after his death. Another mausoleum was built at the foot of Yongning Mountain, 120 kilometers southwest of Beijing and 15 kilometers west of Yi County, Hebei Province. It is opposite to the original Dongling. It is called Xiling.Four emperors, Yongzheng, Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Guangxu, and eighty people including their concubines, brothers, princesses, and elder brothers are buried here. The Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty is located at the southern foot of Changrui Mountain in the Malan Valley in the northwest of Zunhua County, Hebei Province, 125 kilometers west of Beijing City. It is the largest and most complete ancient imperial mausoleum building in China.Five emperors including Shunzhi (Xiaoling Tomb), Kangxi (Jingling Tomb), Qianlong (Yuling Tomb), Xianfeng (Dingling Tomb) and Tongzhi (Huiling Tomb) are buried in the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty, as well as Ci'an (Puxiangyu Dingdong Tomb) , Cixi (Putuoyu Ding Dongling) and other 14 queens and 136 concubines, covering an area of ​​78 square kilometers.

The Qing Dynasty has a long history of 268 years.After two centuries and sixty-eight years of plundering, the ruler has amassed endless treasures.The emperors and empresses were extremely extravagant during their lifetime, and even buried a large number of rare treasures in their tombs after their death, hoping to continue enjoying them in another world.The resplendent and magnificent imperial mausoleums are actually the proof that the people were brutally oppressed and plundered, and they are also concentrated witnesses of feudal crimes. However, on the other hand, the tombs of emperors, which cost countless wealth and human wisdom, are also the historical and cultural heritage of the whole nation, and have extremely high non-renewable value. Their destruction and looting are harmful to the country, the nation, and even mankind. Serious crimes of history and culture.

The reason why the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty is much more famous than the other two mausoleums is not only because Kangxi, Qianlong and Empress Dowager Cixi, the three most famous emperors in Qing history, are buried here, but also because the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty was destroyed in the Republic of China. Big case of theft.Especially in 1986, Xi'an Film Studio made a movie called "The Thief of Tanglin", which described in detail the major case of the Republic of China that happened in July 1928.At that time, the film industry was not as depressed as it is now. It was the golden age of its high spirits. A better film often had hundreds of millions of viewers. Its huge dissemination power made the public familiar with the case and the perpetrator and warlord Sun Dianying. .

What we want to ask is: such a huge treasure house, under the circumstances of poor protection in the troubled times of the Republic of China, did no one else covet and do it before Sun Dianying did it?Does Sun Dianying have any excuses or explanations for this insane crime?After Sun Dianying stole the tomb, did anyone else attack Dongling? The answer is very clear: before Sun Dianying took action, some people were eager to try this treasure house; of course Sun Dianying himself would not say: "I am obsessed with money, so I rob the tomb!" After that, not only was the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty not properly protected, but it suffered a greater catastrophe at the end of 1945!