After the national subjugation of the Qing Dynasty, why were the tombs still guarded? Do you still have a grave keeper?

Just after the demise of the Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang Provisional Government promised the Qing royal family that it would send soldiers to guard the imperial tomb to ensure that it would last forever. Later, in the Republic of China, it was guarded by the descendants of the Qing royal family. Now, after the founding of New China, the tomb is under the unified management of the Tourism Bureau.

China people attach great importance to their own affairs, especially the theory of Feng Shui. It usually takes a lot of time and money to build an emperor's mausoleum. It is also common that it takes several years from site selection to construction. As for the guards of the imperial tomb, they are carefully selected and must be loyal people to be competent.

The guard of the imperial tomb is very strict, and idle people are absolutely not allowed to approach it. The guards are responsible for cleaning, guarding and offering sacrifices, and are not allowed to contact with the outside world. It's hard. In history of qing dynasty, many royal families made mistakes and were sent to guard the mausoleum. For example, after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he sent his third brother to guard the mausoleum for Kangxi.

When the Qing Dynasty perished, the provisional government promised to send troops to guard the imperial tomb, which would not make the Qing royal family lose their incense. However, at that time, the society was very chaotic and the Beiyang government was in trouble. There is no extra power to protect the imperial tomb. Therefore, at this time, the Qing tomb was in an unprotected period, and many people went to rob the tomb in order to covet the funerary objects inside. So there have been many famous grave robberies, the most famous being that Sun Dianying stole the tombs of Cixi and Qianlong.

The descendants of the Qing royal family were very sad. They can't stand their ancestors' graves being trampled like this. On the other hand, in order to stay away from the political vortex, these descendants of the royal family moved to the village near the imperial tomb to protect their ancestors. This behavior also protected the safety of the imperial tombs in the Qing Dynasty to a certain extent.

It was not until the founding of New China that the state began to protect cultural relics and vigorously develop tourism. It became the unified management of the Tourism Bureau to repair and develop the imperial tombs in Qing Dynasty, and the staff naturally became the new grave keepers.