Why is there no grass growing on Cixi’s mausoleum? It turns out that the problem lies here, how is this done?

In ancient times, emperors had to start building their own mausoleums since they ascended the throne. They lived in luxurious palaces during their lifetimes, and they also lived in underground palaces after death, and they also needed rich burial objects. However, although Cixi was not an emperor, she also wanted tombs. To join in the fun, Cixi’s Mausoleum is actually the Ding Dong Tomb of the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty. But the strange thing is that grass never grows on Cixi’s Mausoleum. Why is this?

February 22, 1873, was a very important day because the construction of Cixi’s Mausoleum was about to begin. At the same time, the Empress Dowager Ci’an, who was in charge of the mausoleum project at the time, was also starting construction. The main people include ministers such as Yixuan, Ronglu, Weng Tonghe, etc., all of whom are important figures in the Qing Dynasty. Cixi's mausoleum is located in Putuoyu. This is a location carefully selected by famous masters at that time. What is the location of Dingling Mausoleum?

This treasure land is indeed good. Cixi is still very satisfied with this location, but the problem is that Cixi believes that since ancient times, there have been countless tombs with better locations than Putuoyu, but in the end they could not escape being stolen. Cixi didn't want this fate. What she wanted was eternal peace and sleep without anyone disturbing her.

So the Empress Dowager Cixi decided to do something different for her mausoleum. Prince Chun Yixuan saw through Cixi's thoughts at a glance. Cixi loved wealth and honor all her life, and she would do anything to learn from Qianlong. The most high-end one, Prince Chun Yixuan built three gilded halls for Cixi's mausoleum, which is splendid and dazzling.

After Cixi read it, she was very satisfied, but she did not show it. Instead, she asked Prince Chun Yixuan? Do you know the meaning of "a fallen grass turns into a bandit?" ?

It is indeed terrible to be uneducated. Cixi’s meaning is very obvious, that is, if grass grows on your grave, there will be tomb robbers. This is unlucky and means that you will be called a thief by future generations. Yixuan has nothing to do. How can there be no grass growing on the grave? This is the most normal thing. He racked his brains and finally thought of a person. This person had retired, a mausoleum engineering director named Zhao, who was senior and experienced. But when Prince Chun Yixuan asked, Director Zhao was also confused. According to his experience, it is not difficult to prevent grass from growing for decades, but it is very difficult to prevent grass from growing for hundreds of years. Later, the two of them kept looking through ancient records and discovered that there is a mausoleum of the emperors of the Western Xia Dynasty in Helan Mountain, Ningxia. There is a very thick mound of soil on the top of the mausoleum. It is said that not a bird falls and not a blade of grass grows.

So how was this big mound made? How is this done?

In fact, it is very simple. It is to fry the sealed soil in an iron pan and then smoke it. The purpose is to make the soil lose its fertility, so that the grass seeds cannot take root and germinate, and the grass will naturally not grow. Although Prince Yixuan didn't know whether this method was true or not, he decided to give it a try anyway. Then he ordered someone to use a large pot, put twenty kilograms of raw soil, stir-fry the saltpeter and sulfur together in the raw soil, and then stir-fry it. Grass seeds were put into the soil, and after several tests, it was found that grass did not grow. Prince Chun Yixuan was very excited, and immediately asked people to prepare hundreds of large black pots for frying, and then piled the fried soil on Cixi's mausoleum. Therefore, the problem of Cixi's mausoleum being barren of grass was due to this mound, so that Cixi The mausoleum is still barren of grass.

Prince Chun Yixuan

In fact, Director Zhao saw the shortcomings of this general approach at that time. He told his disciples that they must not do this. If grass grows on the grave, this will In terms of Feng Shui, it is a good thing and suitable for future generations. If there is no grass growing on the tomb, it means that the tomb was buried above the fire pit by mistake. However, Cixi also deliberately prevented the grass from growing on the top of the tomb. It can be said that it is harmful to all but no good, especially to the reproduction of future generations.

The Qing Dynasty, which was already on the verge of collapse, became even more fragile under Cixi's efforts. Empress Dowager Cixi spent a lot of manpower and financial resources to build Dingling, and finally she took countless gold and silver jewelry and lay down in the Dingling Underground Palace. , the wish was good, but not long after Sun Dianying, the Dongling thief, led the army to loot her Ding Dongling, and even stripped off her own clothes, which was really ironic.