Digging the Tailing of Yong Zhengdi Mausoleum?

1980 Excavation of the Tailing Mausoleum in Yong Zhengdi

The Tailing Mausoleum in Yongzheng of the Qing Xiling Mausoleum is the most striking, not because it is the first mausoleum of the Qing Xiling Mausoleum and the largest. But whether Yongzheng was buried with a golden head or assassinated. 1975 After the underground palace of Longdong Palace in Qing Dynasty was cleaned, the academic circles have always advocated the excavation of Tailing. There is an ancient stolen hole in the glass screen wall of Tailing Baocheng, and it has always been believed that the underground palace of Tailing was stolen. 1980, National Cultural Heritage Administration approved the cleaning and excavation of Tailing underground palace. On April 8th 1980, the leaders of the Cultural Relics Bureau of Hebei Province, Baoding City and Yixian County personally conducted on-site investigation. A large number of media gathered in Tailing. At 9 am, the excavation began. After digging two meters along the stolen hole, I found that there was intact soil below. The stolen hole was dug only two meters, and the tailings were not stolen. At that time, Beijing Slide Studio poked this news in Beijing Daily. After Xia Nai was informed, he immediately reported to National Cultural Heritage Administration to stop the excavation, and told National Cultural Heritage Administration to immediately stop the excavation of the Tailing Underground Palace. On April 1 1, Xia Nai personally came to the excavation site of Tailing in Qingxi, yi county, and announced National Cultural Heritage Administration's instructions. The excavation of Tailing Underground Palace was terminated, and the thief's mouth under the glass screen was rebuilt, so the mystery of Yongzheng Golden Head could not be solved. In order to make up for the regret of the curious, the underground palace of Emperor Guangxu stolen in July 1980 was excavated and cleaned, 250 precious cultural relics were unearthed in the golden well under the coffin, and the underground palace was repaired and opened to the outside world. Now Yongzheng and his empresses are still lying in the underground palace of Tailing, which has been completely preserved for 270 years.