Old photos: Why are the Ming Tombs in the late Qing Dynasty so desolate and desolate?

The stone elephants on the Shinto of the Ming Tombs. The Ming Tombs are a famous historical and cultural site and a national 5A tourist attraction. Everyone is familiar with it. Today we use a set of old photos to see what the Ming Tombs looked like in the late Qing Dynasty. After more than 100 years, the emperors' tombs have changed a lot.

The Ming Tombs stone archway has five rooms, six columns and eleven floors. The Ming Tombs are located in a small basin in Changping, Beijing. They are surrounded by mountains to the east, west and north, and there is a meandering river to the south. It is a geomantic treasure. From the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty, 13 emperors, 23 queens, 2 princes, more than 30 concubines, and 2 eunuchs were buried here in more than 230 years.

The stele pavilion located in the center of the Shinto. From the photos, it can be seen that there is no greenery on both sides of the Ming Tombs Shinto, leaving a desolate and desolate impression. In fact, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty not only did not destroy the Ming Tombs, but sent people to protect them, and sometimes allocated special funds for repairs. However, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the court was too preoccupied with itself to protect the Ming Tombs.

The stele pavilion located in the center of the Shinto. From the photos, it can be seen that there is no greenery on both sides of the Ming Tombs Shinto, leaving a desolate and desolate impression. In fact, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty not only did not destroy the Ming Tombs, but sent people to protect them, and sometimes allocated special funds for repairs. However, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the court was too preoccupied with itself to protect the Ming Tombs.

The Shinto of the Ming Tombs. The emperors of the Qing Dynasty once paid homage to the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. In 1659, Emperor Shunzhi went to the Ming Tombs to pay homage to Emperor Chongzhen. He burst into tears on the spot and said: "Big brother, big brother, Ruo and I both have kings and no ministers." ?On their southern tours, Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong both paid tribute to Zhu Yuanzhang at Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing, and also performed the ritual of kneeling three times and knocking nine times.

On both sides of the Shinto stand stone sculptures of civil servants and military officers. On both sides of the 1,000-meter shrine of the Ming Tombs, there are 24 stone beasts and 12 stone figures (collectively referred to as stone statues), with vivid shapes and fine carvings. These stone carvings symbolize the emperor's majesty during his lifetime, indicating that after his death, the emperor would also have hundreds of civil and military officials in the underworld, and he could also drive various livestock.