When Puyi died, the Qing Dynasty had been destroyed for 55 years. Why was he still buried in the imperial mausoleum?

Why was Puyi able to hide in the imperial mausoleum after his death?

In fact, the Hualong Royal Cemetery where Puyi was buried was not an imperial mausoleum, but a commercial cemetery run by a private party. Although Puyi was buried near the Qingxi Mausoleum in the Qing Dynasty royal cemetery, this place is definitely not an imperial mausoleum, it is just close to the Qingxi Mausoleum. The real imperial mausoleums of the Qing Dynasty are divided into the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty and the Western Tombs of the Qing Dynasty. The Hualong Royal Mausoleum hidden by Puyi has nothing to do with the real imperial mausoleums. It is just a gimmick.

When Puyi died, the Qing Dynasty had been destroyed for 55 years, and Puyi was just an ordinary citizen at this time. How could he enter the Qing Imperial Mausoleum? In fact, when Puyi died, he was buried in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. When Puyi died of uremia in Beijing in 1967, considering his special status, Premier Zhou specifically asked Puyi's family if they had arranged a suitable cemetery and allowed them to choose a cemetery at will. But he was rejected by Puyi's younger brother Pujie. As for the reason for the rejection, I think it was because New China had just been founded and Puyi was the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, which was unreasonable. In the end, Puyi's wife Li Shuxian and his family decided to cremate Puyi and then place the urn in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. In this way, the last emperor completed his last journey alone, and he became the first emperor to be cremated in Chinese history. And just like that, Puyi stayed quietly in Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery for 13 years.

In the past 13 years, with the gradual progress of reform and opening up, more and more people have invested in the torrent of starting industries, including Zhang Shiwen, an overseas Chinese who invested in China.

At that time, he keenly discovered the business opportunities after China's reform and opening up, so he bought a piece of land near the Qingxi Mausoleum and developed it into a commercial complex integrating burial and sightseeing. Park cemetery. However, the cemetery had little reputation at first and could not bring him any profit. Someone gave him an idea: If Puyi's tomb could be moved here and used as the resting place of the last emperor of China, it would not be famous. Think about it, how glorious it would be if your relatives were in the same cemetery as the last emperor. What's more, Chinese people have always paid attention to feng shui, so the feng shui of the imperial mausoleum will certainly be good. As a result, Puyi's tomb was moved from Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery to the current Hualong Royal Cemetery.

So Puyi did not enter the so-called imperial mausoleum. This is just a commercial hype technique.