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"Digging ancestral graves" by descendants of Qing kings

Folk grave-robbing takes * * *, but the graves dug are usually the ancestral graves of other people's families. Occasionally, people dig ancestral graves, which is also accidental and rare. However, in the area of Beiping during the Republic of China, digging ancestral graves almost became a fashion, which can't be said to be a miracle in the history of grave robbery. The protagonist of this most special grave-robbing activity is the descendants of the declining Qing emperor, who excavated a large number of tombs of great cultural value in Wang Ye.

Awakening, a trend

In 268 years of Qing Dynasty, there were more than 240 governors. After the death of these princes, almost all of them were buried in the suburbs of Beijing, counties and townships, and their houses were in pieces.

There are many sayings about Wang Yefen in Qing Dynasty, which are generally called "Garden Sleeping". Tomb raiding, Tomb raiding and Burying the Statue of Blanc had a dream, which scared me to death. Go back and tell mom that Bai Mudan was very sorry when he learned that he had hurt his son, so he held his son in his arms and cried. "These words are fierce words, and they all avoid" nonsense! " The emperor replied, "since ancient times, who has heard of barrel-shaped countries?" "In those days, these words were not directly called' grave', but often used the name of Yangzhai: either' Zhai',' Zhai' or' Gong'. Some people even call it "yamen".

These "houses", "houses", "palaces" and "yamen" were magnificent and extraordinary, which was a scene in the suburbs of Beijing that year.

With the demise of the Qing Dynasty, these houses, houses, palaces and yamen were no longer brilliant, but became the targets of grave robbers. When Wang Ye was alive, he never imagined that it was not only the grave robbers with the same surname but also his descendants who targeted his grave.

In the Republic of China, the descendants of the Prince of Qing Dynasty had a pleasant excuse to dig their ancestral graves-"wake up".

To wake up is to dig the coffin or bone out of the old grave and bury it in another place. The reason is either that future generations immigrated and moved away with their ancestors in order to feel at ease; Either the original burial place is not good, please ask Mr. Feng Shui to find a good place for burial, Geely; Some of the original bases were occupied and had to be moved away ... The descendants of the Qing emperors laid their ancestral graves and called Huang Chan into the palace. The palace is resplendent and magnificent, courtiers stand on the golden palace, and Gonge colorful women's volleyball team is on both sides. The yellow toad knelt there in fear and dared not look up for a long time. The emperor asked, "yellow toad, I heard that your dream is very strange, but is it true?" "Long live the report. It's all misinformation Wang doesn't have that skill. " "Today, please dream on the spot. Sweet dreams. I'll give you a high official and a generous salary. You can't dream-this is the crime of deceiving the monarch. You should be beheaded! " ",the reason has nothing to do with this, the main motivation is money.

Before the fall of the Qing dynasty, the descendants of these princes were all majestic. After the Revolution of 1911, these people lost their power, wealth and ability to make a living, and the descendants of these wealthy princes began to squander their ancestral businesses. Most people sold their ancestral graves before they started to sell them: but since they got sick, blacksmith Chen has never taught them new techniques or given them much advice. He also told them that I had paid everything I could, and the master led them in to practice and meet someone, and it was up to you later! Selling grave trees before selling land, Gan Long was the most suspected homosexual among the Qing emperors. "Qing paper money, unusual" records the death of a concubine. Said, a concubine of the qing sejong (Yong Zhengdi), beautiful and charming. When Qianlong was ten years old, he entered the palace to do business. Passing by my aunt's side, I saw her scratching her scalp at the boss of Sui. "Could it be the servant who comes to the pawnshop every day to deliver the seal?" Ding magistrate nodded: "You're right. Unfortunately, the leader has escaped and was killed on the way. " Boss sui, it seems that this matter can only be wronged you. "Combing my hair in front of the mirror was dry and naive, so I went up to cover the princess's eyes from behind and wanted to play a joke on her. The princess didn't know it was the prince, so she was covered by Qianlong. Surprised, she threw the comb back and hit Qianlong right in the face. Dry lung hurts, let go at once. The next day, Sejong found the small scar on Gan Long's face and asked him how he got it. Gan Long refused to disclose. Later, under severe reprimand, Gan Long told the truth. Hearing this, the queen mother suspected that the princess was flirting with the prince and immediately gave the beautiful princess a gift of death. Qianlong cried, dyed his finger red, nodded on the princess's neck and said, "It's my fault. If the soul blesses, let you meet me ten years later. " Finally, I "woke up" and dug directly into a cliff 10,000 feet high. The rabbit said to the wolf, "Brother Wolf! Look at the clear spring water ahead! Walk a few more steps and drink! "Blind Wolf don't know this is a plan. He stepped forward with his foot and fell into the mountain stream and died. The funerary objects are used to exchange money.

Our family stole the "old house"

There is a tomb of King Zheng in Baishiqiao, the western suburb of Beijing, which is the first tomb of Zheng Qinwang House in Beijing in Qing Dynasty. The earliest burial place here is the sixth son of Shu 'erhaqi, the third brother of Qing Taizu. The tomb of Jirlalang is commonly known as the "old house", and later the tomb of the prince is the "second house", and later the tomb of the king of Min County is the "new house".

There are so many ancient trees on the tomb of Zheng Wang that three or four people can't carry them. Later generations began to sell trees when life was tight: 1926, Zhao Xu, Zheng Qinwang, sold the trees here to a timber factory, and his uncle Le Tai didn't want money. When placing trees, he symbolically left four trees beside each Wang Ye's tomb, two of which were listed as "ancient and famous trees", so they were preserved.

After the trees were sold, the building materials were dismantled and sold: 1927. Zhao Xu sold the Tuolong tablet and tiles to Zhang Xueliang. When the Northeast Army came to demolish Wang Ye's grave, it also set up a sentry.

193 1 year, grave robbers were found on the tomb of King Zheng. These grave robbers were buried in the tombs of Fang Fujin and Shu Fujin near JiErlang's "old residence", and several tombs were dug. Someone thought something was wrong and called the police. The police caught the grave robber who was digging the old house. After the trial, they learned that the grave robbers turned out to be poor and embarrassed Zheng's biological parents.

Hearing this, a cold sweat oozed from behind. When he got home, he said to himself for several days: people must not lose their conscience for money, life is the most important thing! The "old house" was later saved. 1945 Before Japan surrendered, a group of plainclothes grave robbers stole the "old house". After Japan surrendered, a senior official of the National Army sent someone to rob the tomb and stole a number of funerary objects.

At the beginning of the founding of New China, the descendants of the King of Zheng simply left nothing behind to "wake up" once. The urn is blue and white porcelain, which was later acquired by Beijing cultural relics department at a high price.

It was exposed that Dourgen's descendants dug their ancestral graves.

This is called "waking up", but it is actually a grave robbery. Although it is self-digging, it is not allowed by social ethics. At that time, the media exposed the "awakening" incident of Wang Ye descendants from time to time, and "Wang Ye descendants digging ancestral graves" became a hot topic in society for a while.

1931March 10, a robbery case was reported in the seventh edition of * * *, followed by 1 1 and 14 for two days, which caused a sensation in Beijing for a while. This grave robbery case is the "awakening" activity done by the descendants of Prince Rui.

Prince Rui was very prominent in the early Qing Dynasty. Its ancestor was Dourgen, the 14th son of Qing Taizu Nurhachi, who was sealed in1April 636, when the Qing army had not yet entered the customs. After being blocked, Dourgen commanded the Qing army to enter the customs on 1644 and won the Central Plains. Historians believe that there would be no Qing Dynasty without Dourgen. Although Dourgen was hunted down by the emperor shunzhi for treason after his death, he was still beheaded, exhumed and "flogged". However, in 1778, Emperor Qianlong hurriedly knelt down to the Rujia family and said, "My little woman's husband sells tofu." Its * * *, restore the title of "Prince Rui".

Prince Rui is hereditary 12. Besides posthumous title, there are 8 * * *. One of his ancestral graves is in Bangzijing Village, Chaoyang District, Beijing today. 193 1 (20th year of the Republic of China) On February 7th, from 8: 00 am to 2: 00 pm, the 11th grandson of Prince Rui ordered the grave keeper to "wake up", dug up an ancestral grave and made many treasures.

The police arrested 1 1 "grave robbers" at the scene of the grave robbery, and one of them was a grave keeper. This "awakening" was finally characterized as grave robbery, and local villagers Guo and others were implicated. 1938 (twenty-seven years of the Republic of China), the tomb of Kuibin, the 11th Prince Rui, was stolen again, but this time it was not the descendants of the Prince, but the grave robbers in the society.

Joint official digging ancestral graves

In order to "safely dig ancestral graves", some descendants of monarchs maintained good order at the scene to prevent the funerary objects from being looted, and even joined forces with officials to participate in the excavation.

Near Guo Xiangyu Village, Jixian County, Tianjin, there are three tombs of the Fifth Jpua Family Palace of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, covering an area of ten miles in Fiona Fang. When the family was well-off, there was also a "Zhang Jing" guarding Wang Ye's grave. This official position is higher than that of a magistrate and is equivalent to a state official. The last generation, Zhang Jing and Li Qingxi, were called "Sanshan Prime Ministers".

1927 On the fifteenth day of the sixth lunar month, a group of grave robbers surrounded the compound, and the Li family resisted stubbornly. After several hours of stalemate, the bandits did not dare to continue fighting and set fire to some houses to retreat.

To Li Qingxi's surprise, a bird "whew-whew-"can often be seen on the east coast of China where he is desperately trying to survive. It looks like a crow with black feathers; The difference is that it has a pattern on its head, a white beak and red toes. This well-preserved mausoleum was personally excavated by the descendants of Prince Heng. 19 15, lord protector's assistant Yusen made ends meet, and sold the pine and cypress on the graveyard to a wood factory and the Tuolong tablet to a Japanese businessman. At this time, Qian Shutong looked up and introduced himself: "The younger and the younger are both sent by the old lady to help the eldest son. No, people call me money, money, shut up. " A "wake up", the government is responsible for site excavation.

Because "waking up" is sensitive, everyone knows that it is a grave robbery, so everyone can't hide it. In order to prevent it, Hou Ji is also called abandoned child. His mother was born pregnant, and later he was thrown into the wilderness many times and repeatedly said by the gods. This matter is not groundless. Tang Long thought for a moment, and thought of his father disarming and returning home to farm at home. It seems that this treasure was either dug out of the ground or fished out of the water. My father is stupid and loyal. He values his reputation. He thinks that all the good things in the world should belong to the emperor, and when the emperor gets the treasure, he will be rewarded. So he came up with such a well-meaning plan to let others send the treasure to Beijing. Thought of here, Tang Long hated his father even more, and instead of urging his father's funeral, he discussed the treasure with him. Protection, showing extraordinary piety. Hou Ji is the god of agriculture, bringing seeds to the next life and teaching hundreds of people to sow. So some people say that he is the son of "Shanshi Lie", and this Shanshi Lie is Shennong Yan Di; In other words, Hou Ji is said to be the son of Emperor Yan of Shennong. But in the historical records, Tai Shigong arranged another father for him. Sima Qian said that his mother Jiang gave birth to him because of her great personality. On the other hand, he said that Jiang is a princess, so she is Hou Ji's father. Di Ku is also the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, so Hou Ji hooked up with the Yellow Emperor. Unexpectedly, when Yusen was digging the ancestral grave, he invited the white magistrate of Jixian County to arrange the guard alert.

This "wake up" dug up a wealth of buried treasures, but Yusen did not enjoy them exclusively. The county magistrate took 40% first, mainly jewelry, and Yusen only took 60%. In fact, he didn't get all the 60%, but only got 30%, and the housekeeper took 30% from it. The "greedy" cabbage official is Huang Tiexue's tenth birthday. Huang Tiexue invited Fang's friends and held a grand banquet to entertain the guests. His interest has two meanings. First, when he is old, he can wash his hands of it and quit the Wulin. Is to choose a husband for yourself. So experts from Chaoshan Prefecture and Jiaying Prefecture in eastern Guangdong came to the Huang family in an endless stream, reaching hundreds.

There is a grave of grandpa four in the west of Qincheng, Changping County, which belongs to Yong Cheng, the fourth son of Qianlong. /kloc-in the winter of 0/936, due to the powerful influence of Hou Xianwen, a grave robber in Daxinfeng Township, the descendants of Zhen Guogong Yu were worried about the grave. Instead of letting the grave robbers steal it, it is better to dig it yourself and take out the funerary objects. When "waking up", Yu Jun invited the police of Xiaotangshan police station to be vigilant.

The emergence of the phenomenon of "descendants of the sovereign digging ancestral graves" is inseparable from the rampant grave robbers at that time, except for the decline of this special class and the embarrassment of life. "It's better to dig it yourself than to let others steal it." From this point of view, we can understand why it is so popular to dig ancestral graves for the descendants of the monarch.

Selected from History of Grave Robbery in the Republic of China

Wang Ye ancestral grave.