What's the difference between Qingling and Qingling?

Generally speaking, some emperors in the tombs of past dynasties were built separately, not all in one place, while most emperors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were built in the same place, such as the Ming Tombs, which were relatively concentrated. However, although the Qing dynasty was almost built together, it still distinguished the "Qing Dongling" from the "Qing Xiling". Why is there such a difference? Is there any difference between these two places? What's the difference between Qing Dongling and Qing Xiling?

The twelve emperors of the Qing Dynasty had three imperial tombs, namely Shengjing Sanling in Shenyang, Liaoning, Dong Qingling in Zunhua, Hebei and Qingxi Mausoleum in Yixian, Hebei. The tombs of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, the founding emperors of the Qing Dynasty, and the tombs of their ancestors formed the Three Tombs of Shengjing. Then, why did two groups of imperial tombs appear after entering the customs? Which emperors were buried with him? Are there any burial rules?

Located in Changrui Mountain, Zunhua County, Hebei Province, the Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty is said to have been chosen by Shunzhi when he came here to hunt. * * * There are five emperors buried, namely, Xiaoling in the emperor shunzhi, Jingling in Kangxi, Yuling in Qianlong, Dingling in Xianfeng and Hui Ling in Tongzhi. Mausoleums are generally headed by the earliest buried emperor, so the Xiaoling Mausoleum in Shunzhi is the first mausoleum, and the other mausoleums are arranged in turn.

Qingxi Mausoleum is located at the foot of Yongning Mountain in Yixian County, Hebei Province. There are four mausoleums: Yongzheng Tailing, Jiaqing Changling, Daoguang Muling and Guangxu chongling, with Yongzheng Tailing as the head.

As the first emperor, it is normal for the emperor shunzhi to choose a mausoleum, so why did Yong Zhengdi choose Yongning Mountain? Due to the strict reform during Yongzheng period, although diligent, it offended many people and had a bad reputation. Therefore, it is said that Yongzheng killed his father and usurped the throne, so he dared not see his father after his death, so he built another grave in Xiling. But the real reason is that Yong Zhengdi found that the Feng Shui at the foot of Yongning Mountain is very good, which is very close to Beijing, especially Quyang County, which produces stones. The white marble materials needed to build palaces and tombs in Ming and Qing Dynasties were all produced in Taihang Mountain area of Quyang, so he decided to build his own tomb in Xiling, which could save a lot of manpower.

There used to be two groups of tombs, and the later emperor should follow that side. Yong Zhengdi didn't give instructions, close your eyes and go to Xiling. This problem was left to his son, Gan Long, who admired his grandfather Kangxi very much and didn't want to be buried in Xiling, so he chose Dongling, but he couldn't leave his father alone in Xiling, so he wrote a letter and ordered the future emperor to "make a decree and be buried every other generation". Generally speaking, the son follows his grandfather and buries one on each side, but the actual situation is quite different.

According to Qianlong, his son, Emperor Jiaqing's Changling, was placed in Xiling, and Daoguang's son Jiaqing should have been buried in Dongling, but when the tomb was built for the dead queen, the underground palace leaked groundwater. Daoguang thought it was unlucky and not conducive to the preservation of tombs, and decided to move the capital to Xiling. Because Daoguang was buried in Xiling, his son Emperor Xianfeng had to be buried in Dongling, and the son of Emperor Tongzhi of Xianfeng died young. Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Xianfeng's family of three wanted to be together after their death. She decided to listen to politics and still put Tongzhi in Dongling, and Emperor Guangxu was buried in Xiling in sequence.

In fact, there were five emperors buried in Dongqing Mausoleum and Xiqing Mausoleum, because the last emperor Puyi was buried in Babaoshan after his death in 1967, and later moved to Hualong Royal Cemetery near chongling (Guangxu Mausoleum) in Xiqing Mausoleum. Of course, times have changed and specifications have changed.