After Yongzheng's death, why not bury him in the Qing Dongling, and he didn't dare to meet his parents?
Yongzheng was not buried in the Qing Dongling, not because he was afraid to meet his parents, but because the soil of the Qing Dongling was not suitable for building a mausoleum, and he thought that the Qing Dongling was not an excellent place for feng shui.
1. There is sand and stone in the soil of the Qing Dongling
At first, Yongzheng planned to build a mausoleum for himself in the Qing Dongling, and there was no plan to find another place. After investigating the Qing Dongling, he ordered people to build the mausoleum in Jiufeng chao yang shan, and even the wood and stone for building the mausoleum were transported there.
When Yongzheng's mausoleum was ready to be built, in order to ensure foolproof, the ministers of the Ministry of Industry responsible for the construction of the mausoleum once again made a field survey of the geology of Jiufeng chao yang shan. However, this survey made them find that the soil here contained sand and gravel, and they thought that such soil was prone to water seepage and was not suitable for the construction of the mausoleum.
after listening to the ministers' reports, Yongzheng also began to worry that if a mausoleum was built here, his own coffin would be soaked in the water if the underground palace flooded in the future, and it was himself who suffered, so he gave up building a mausoleum in the Qing Dongling.
Second, Yongzheng was superstitious about Feng Shui
The ancients paid great attention to Feng Shui in the location of tombs, especially emperors like Yongzheng who were obsessed with alchemy, and even believed in Feng Shui.
When Jiufeng chao yang shan was preparing to build a mausoleum, Yongzheng sent ministers who were proficient in the art of geomancy to inspect it. However, after some investigation, these ministers agreed that Jiufeng chao yang shan was a place with good geomantic omen, but it was not perfect.
Yongzheng wanted to build a mausoleum in an excellent geomantic treasure-house, and wanted to continue his majesty after his death. So Yongzheng ordered his ministers to find him a new land of eternal happiness. At the suggestion of the ministers, he finally decided to build the mausoleum in Taining Mountain, which is now the Qing Xiling Mausoleum.