Archaeologists once excavated Yongzheng Mausoleum. Why did the experts stop digging two meters?
Speaking of it, Yongzheng's mausoleum is also called Tailing Mausoleum. It is not only the earliest and largest mausoleum built in Qing Dynasty, but also the main part of Qing Dynasty. However, it is puzzling that before the construction of the Qing Xiling, the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty had dug the Qing Dongling under Changrui Mountain in Maliyu, Zunhua. To tell the truth, the feudal emperors all hoped that the mountains and rivers would last forever, so they attached great importance to the location of the imperial tomb. Therefore, it was possible to build the tomb in Long Mai, which had a great influence on the prosperity of the country and the dynasty.
Therefore, after the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty took charge of Shunzhi, it was considered that although there were Qing Yongling Mausoleum, Zhaoling Mausoleum and Fuling Mausoleum in the pass, in order to keep the regime in power for ten thousand years after the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, and considering that the mountains were high and the roads were long, it was inconvenient for future generations to contain the mausoleum, it was urgent to choose a site in the pass. On one occasion, Shunzhi took a group of ministers to Malanyu for hunting. At that time, it was crisp in autumn, and the area around Changrui Mountain was even more dyed and golden. In addition, there are two rivers around Changrui Mountain like jade belts at the foot of the mountain, which can be described as beautiful and refreshing.
Therefore, Shunzhi said to the ministers around him: "This mountain is full of Maowang, which can be my eternal palace." Moreover, he put a finger on the arrow feather and raised his hand to shoot at Changrui Mountain, indicating that the place where the arrow landed was designated as Lingdong. Of course, choosing the imperial tomb is a very serious matter, so the Feng Shui master accompanying Shunzhi quickly took out his compass. After calculation, he found that the place referred to by Shunzhi was a place with excellent feng shui, so it became the place to build the Qing Dongling. Later emperors, Yulong, were buried in the Qing Dongling according to their ancestors. For example, Emperor Kangxi's Jingling is located in the southeast of Xiaoling.
So why did Yongzheng leave this treasure land of Long Mai, but want to open another Xiling? It turns out that Yongzheng did choose a piece of auspicious soil as the mausoleum site under Jiu Feng chao yang shan of the Qing Dongling, but this place was not to his liking. He thought that "the scale is incomplete because of thunder, and the soil in the cave is filled with sand and stone, which is really impossible", so he abandoned the mausoleum site and handed over the task of choosing the mausoleum site to Huang Tianxiang, who was responsible for re-selecting an "eternal and auspicious place". Although Huang Hongfa is weak and has leg and foot diseases, he has been very diligent and dare not neglect the site selection. He personally took Qin officials to Taining Mountain to choose a site, and finally decided that Yongning Mountain is a "dry and beautiful place, where Yin and Yang meet, and there are sand and water caves, which are not beautiful at all." Understandable, Zhu Jixian, Yongzheng.
Yongzheng was very satisfied, so at the foot of Yongning Mountain, it became the seat of Qing Xiling, and Yongzheng became the first emperor buried in Qing Xiling. Although Yongzheng was in office for only 13 years, his diligence and determination to reform were praised by later generations, and it was with his efforts that the prosperity of Qianlong period was achieved. However, Yongzheng was also the most puzzling of the Qing emperors. Why do you say that? Among them, apart from the mystery of Yongzheng's accession to the throne, the mystery of his death is the most talked about. As for the mystery of Yongzheng's accession to the throne, it was solved because later generations discovered Kangxi's testamentary edict.
The mystery of Yongzheng's death is still an unsolved mystery. The reason for this is that Yongzheng died suddenly. Due to sudden death, there is not a word in the official historical materials, leaving people with endless speculation. Although there are different opinions, the most popular one is that Yongzheng was killed by Lv Siniang and his head was cut off. This statement is recorded not only in the History of Manchu Dynasty, but also in the Biography of Yin Zhen. So people have always said that Yongzheng was buried with a golden head because he had no head.
After the demise of the Qing dynasty, it entered the era of warlord melee. Due to the lack of government supervision, the Qing imperial tomb was not properly protected, so many grave robbers took up the idea of the Qing imperial tomb. One of the most shocking cases in the world is the theft of the treasures of Qingling made in Sun Dianying. At that time, the tombs of Qianlong and Cixi were stolen, and not only the antique cultural relics were looted, but also the tombs were seriously damaged. After Sun Dianying, all the tombs of the Qing Dongling were stolen by bandits and nearby villagers. Because of the steep terrain, besides Yongzheng, there are Jiaqing, Daoguang and Guangxu emperors buried in the Qing Xiling. These emperors were either very frugal or puppet emperors, which were obviously much more shabby than the gorgeous burial team of the Qing Dongling.
Therefore, the Qing Xiling could not enter the eyes of grave robbers at all, and only Guangxu's tomb was stolen and dug in the whole Qing Xiling. From 65438 to 0975, in order to protect the imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty and let more people know about history of qing dynasty, the national cultural relics department carried out large-scale maintenance on the destroyed imperial tombs. At that time, the academic circles heard that there was a stolen cave in Tailing for a long time, so they kept applying to the relevant departments for excavation of Tailing to verify whether the death of Yongzheng was really a golden head burial as rumored by the people. According to the experience of archaeologists, they also think that the tomb of Yongzheng should have been stolen, so it is also a kind of protection to excavate the Tailing as soon as possible. So with the consent of National Cultural Heritage Administration, the scene at the beginning of the article appeared, so what made them stop?
It turned out that archaeologists dug 2 meters deep next to the old stolen hole in Baocheng glass screen wall and saw that the bottom was actually intact soil, which showed that the tailings were not stolen. Due to the backward archaeological means and the lack of cultural relics preservation technology at that time, in order to prevent the tragedy of the early excavation of the Ming Tombs from happening again, National Cultural Heritage Administration immediately gave the order to stop the excavation. In this way, the Tailing Mausoleum has been well preserved, and the mystery of Yongzheng's death can only be revealed after the archaeological technology is developed. (Refer to historical materials: Records of Sejong, Biography of Yin Zhen, etc. )