Why is there no tomb of the Qing emperor in Beijing?
In the Qing Dynasty, there were two royal tombs in Hebei, namely, the Qing Dongling Mausoleum and the Qing Xiling Mausoleum, and three others were built outside the customs. The first is Yongling, located in Yongling County, Liaoning Province, where Nurhachi's ancestors are buried.
The second is Fuling, located in Shenyang, Liaoning. Because it is located in the east of Shenyang, it is also called Dongling, which is the burial place of the Qing emperor Nurhachi and his concubines. Fuling was buried in Shenyang because the capital was here at that time.
The third is Zhaoling, also in Shenyang, Liaoning. Because it is located in the northern part of Shenyang, it is also called Beiling, and there are concubines in the imperial palace of the Qing Emperor Taizong, such as Huang Taiji. In addition to the later famous sourdrang dowager Zhuangfei Bumu Butai, there is also the sourdrang dowager Mausoleum near the Qing Dongling, which is a separate one, because it is located in the west of Zhao Mausoleum of the Qing Emperor Taizong.
Only a few months after the Qing ancestor succeeded to the throne, the Qing army successfully entered the customs. After defeating Li Zicheng who occupied Beijing, the Qing army then occupied Beijing. After that, Fu Lin, the royal family and the DPRK ministers went to Beijing, and Fu Lin, the Qing ancestor, ascended the throne in Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City in Beijing, formally unifying the whole country. From the Qing ancestor's blessing, they all lived in Zai Tian, and were buried in Beijing, but the tombs were different. Because it was not built in the Qing Dynasty, and the Hualong Royal Cemetery belongs to a commercial cemetery operated by individuals, it only contains the tomb of Puyi, the tomb of his queen, the cenotaph of grace, and the tomb of the noble Tan Yuling.
Most emperors in the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to geomantic omen, and were very strict about the location of the mausoleum and the surrounding environment. In fact, this practice is understandable. After all, this is where they will look forward to it for a long time. If they make a bad choice, it will do them no harm in the future. The emperor of the Qing dynasty originally wanted to choose an eternal place near the capital, but it was not particularly suitable for finding it. The only suitable place was occupied by the Ming Dynasty. Although the relationship between the Qing dynasty and the Ming dynasty was an enemy, the Qing dynasty did not do anything like digging graves. After acquiring territory, the Qing Dynasty sent people to protect the Ming Tombs to prevent the Ming Tombs from being stolen by others.
And there is no need to build a mausoleum in only one place. This place can't work. You can look elsewhere. Although this is a very urgent matter, it doesn't have to be urgent at that time. Therefore, Fu Lin, the sai-jo of the late Qing Dynasty, sent someone to expand the search scope and look for it in the suburbs of Beijing or a little farther away, so he found Changrui Mountain in zunhua city, Hebei Province today, which met the requirements of Fu Lin, the sai-jo of the Qing Dynasty. Later, after a field trip, Fu Lin, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, decided to build his own mausoleum in Changrui Mountain, zunhua city. Because it is located in the east of Beijing, it is also called Qingling Mausoleum. There are five emperors' tombs in the Qing Dynasty, namely, the Xiaoling Mausoleum in Fu Lin, the Jingling Mausoleum in Michelle Ye, the Yuling Mausoleum of Emperor Gaozong in Qing Dynasty, the Dingling Mausoleum of Emperor Wenzong in Qing Dynasty and Hui Ling in Zai Chun in Qing Dynasty.
The Xiaoling Mausoleum in Fu Lin is the longest Shinto in the Qing Dynasty, with the largest number of stone statues and the best preserved mausoleum in the Qing Dynasty. The reason why the Xiaoling Mausoleum in Fu Lin is well preserved is mainly because Fu Lin, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, used cremation at that time, when the economy was not developed, so there were too many rich funerary objects, and natural grave robbers did not have much interest.
Later, Michelle Ye, the holy father of the Qing Dynasty, was also buried in the mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty. The tomb of Michelle Ye, the sage of Qing Dynasty, was originally Jingling, but when he arrived in Yin Zhen, the tomb of Sejong of Qing Dynasty changed. Yin Zhen, Emperor Sejong of the Qing Dynasty, was not satisfied with the address of his mausoleum in Dongling, so he decided to choose another geomantic treasure. Later, Yin Zhen, the 13th brother of Sejong in the Qing Dynasty, sent Huang Anxiang, the person he trusted most, to inspect the place where Feng Shui was better and could be used as a mausoleum. At first, it was the Emperor of Heaven, but not long after, at the foot of Yongning Mountain in Yixian County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, which is 0/80 kilometers away from Beijing, a treasure trove of geomantic omen suitable for building a mausoleum was discovered, so the Emperor of Heaven immediately reported the matter to Yin Zhen, the ancestor of Qing Dynasty. After listening to Huang Anjun's words, Yin Zhen immediately ordered a mausoleum to be built at the foot of Yongning Mountain in yi county, because Yongning Mountain in yi county is located in Jingxi, also known as Qing Xiling, and there are four emperors in Qing Xiling.
At that time, the place where the Qing emperor chose the tomb didn't care whether it was close to Beijing or not, but only whether the feng shui was good or not and whether the surrounding environment was beautiful or not. However, the addresses of these tombs, including the four tombs far from Guanguan, were not particularly far from Beijing before, but now the transportation is convenient and it is very fast to go anywhere.