Among the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty, why is there only no grass around the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi?
Because the root system of plants is prevented from damaging the top layer of the underground palace, there will be no water leakage from the top to the bottom. In addition, when Cixi's mausoleum was built, great attention was paid to the drainage problem in the underground palace.
1. There is no grass around the tomb of the Empress Dowager Cixi
The Empress Dowager Cixi is closely related to the fall of the Qing Dynasty. She was greedy for power, lived an extremely luxurious life, and did many things that harmed the country and the people. In history, she is also considered an important figure. Generally, such powerful people will attach great importance to their own funeral affairs. Cixi was no exception. She began to prepare for her funeral while she was still alive. When she was still alive, she once issued such a fatal order, asking ministers to find various ways to prevent grass from growing on their graves.
2. Cixi’s tomb
Cixi was buried in the Dingdong Tomb of the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty, which is called the “Dingdong Tomb in the Bodhisattva Valley”. Cixi was a very superstitious person. She believed that there was an afterlife after death, and that there were souls and ghosts. Therefore, the tomb after death must be luxurious, so that you can enjoy the same glory and wealth as when you were alive. Her mausoleum was built on the Qingming Festival, the ninth day of March in the twelfth year of Tongzhi. Emperor Tongzhi personally surveyed the Feng Shui and renamed the selected Feng Shui treasure Mount Putuo to Putuo Valley and designated it as her tomb.
3. Cixi has very high requirements for her own tomb
When Cixi inspected the tomb under construction during her lifetime, she discovered one thing, that is, as mentioned above The "graves" of Kangxi and Qianlong had green grass growing on them. After Cixi read it, she felt very uncomfortable. This memory made Cixi very uncomfortable with the image of grass growing on the graves. She always felt that after death, it would be exactly the same as the graves of ordinary people. , Cixi, who has always had a good face, would never tolerate such a thing happening.
Because Cixi holds real power, no one dares not to listen to his words. Therefore, she can do it no matter how difficult it is to make the surrounding area of the mausoleum completely green.