What great changes did the grave keepers in Qing Dynasty experience, and how did they decline?
The ancients believed in geomantic omen, and the royal family paid more attention to the place to rest after a hundred years. They believe that this is not only related to the wealth behind them, but also to the fate of future generations. As a result, they spared no expense to choose a treasure trove of geomantic omen, build a royal mausoleum, and painstakingly arrange grave keepers.
The Qing Dynasty was a political power established by the Jurchen nationality outside the customs at that time. Before entering the customs, all three imperial tombs stayed in the northeast of their birthplace, which is the Shengjing Sanling in Liaoning today. They are: the Qingyong Mausoleum in Fushun, the ancestral burial place of Nurhachi and the burial place of Nurhachi? The Fu Mausoleum in Shenyang and the burial place of Huang Taiji? Zhaoling, Shenyang; During the Shunzhi period, Manchu entered the customs and unified the Central Plains. Since then, most of the tombs of the Qing emperors have been buried in the Qing Dongling in Tangshan and some in the Qing Xiling in Baoding.
Before and after entering the customs, not only the position of the imperial tomb has changed, but also the people guarding the tomb have changed.
Who was the guardian of the imperial tomb before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs? Descendants of relatives and uncles in the country? The descendants of uncles and nephews refer to clans related by marriage to the royal family. The descendants of uncles and nephews of Nuerhachi and Huang Taiji are the basic guardians of the Three Tombs of Shengjing. For example, the grave keeper in Fuling is the descendant of Ilgen Juerosh, Nuerhachi's aunt, Hitarahi, the descendant of Nuerhachi's uncle, and Sadako, the descendant of his little menstruation.
The highest official guarding the imperial tomb in Qing Dynasty was a Taoist official. Although it is not prominent, it guards the ancestral graves of the Qing Dynasty and Long Mai, so it must be someone the emperor absolutely trusts. At the beginning of the Nuzhen uprising, there were not many children of the Aisinggioro family, and they wanted to make contributions on the battlefield. In addition to Aisingiorro's descendants, their cousins are the closest people, so both Nurhachi and Huang Taiji gave this important task to their cousins.
After the Qing dynasty entered the customs, although there was still a skirmish, the world was settled. The descendants of the Aisinggioro family are all in Nanshan, and the ranks of royal descendants have grown rapidly. Kangxi of Shunzhi was buried in Qingling, and Yongzheng chose Qingling as his resting place. Even if the imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty settled in the customs, the burden of guarding the ancestral graves was handed over to the descendants of Aisingiorro.
The first prince sent to guard the imperial tomb in Qing Dynasty should be Yin Gui, a milk compatriot of Yongzheng, who was only 14 years old. When Jiuzi came to power, Yin Gui was a staunch member of the Eight Ye Party. After the downfall of Yin Gui, Yin Gui even replaced Yin Gui as a popular figure on stage and became the biggest political enemy of Yongzheng. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he remembered his mother's official position.
Both the descendants of relatives and uncles guarding the Three Mausoleums outside Guanwai and the descendants of Aisin Qiaoluo guarding the East Qing and Xiling enjoyed the salary paid by the Qing court.
19 12 Puyi abdicated, which declared the demise of the Qing Dynasty. By virtue of peaceful abdication, the royal family in Qing Dynasty received preferential treatment promised by Nanjing government, which ensured the material living conditions of the members of the royal family and the promise that the mausoleum of the Imperial Temple of Qing Dynasty would be enshrined forever and protected by the national government at its discretion.
It's just that in that turbulent era, warlords scuffled and political power struggled, and promises didn't work. 1924, members of the royal family, such as Puyi, were driven out of the Forbidden City, and the rights and interests of the living could not be guaranteed, let alone the dead. 1928, Sun Dianying, a warlord, bombed the tomb of the Eastern Qing Dynasty, stole the tombs of Qianlong and Cixi, and there was no tomb keeper to protect the tomb. Visible with the demise of the Qing dynasty.