There is an old saying that "the grass on the grave is rich, the grass is red and withered, and it is endless." There is no grass in front of the grave, and the grave will die if it is buried. " Traditionally, it is normal and good to grow grass on graves, which symbolizes the prosperity of future generations. However, there is no grass on the mausoleum of Empress Dowager Cixi. This phenomenon is not accidental, but the Empress Dowager Cixi built it voluntarily.
This is indeed a strange thing today. According to common sense, as long as it is land, with the passage of time, things like weeds and trees will inevitably grow out, especially cemeteries. Even if it is called a "mausoleum", it is still a cemetery, made of mud and stone.
After Manchuria entered the customs, the royal mausoleum was divided into two parts: the Qing Dong Mausoleum and the Qing Xi Mausoleum. Empress Dowager Cixi was finally buried in the Qing Dongling, which she had visited many times. After all, behind her is a "land of eternal happiness", and she also attaches great importance to it. When Empress Dowager Cixi saw Emperor Qianlong's Yuling in the Qing Dongling, she found many weeds growing on it.
This is a normal phenomenon. People think that it is a good thing to grow grass on the grave, but Empress Dowager Cixi is a maverick. She thinks that growing grass on the grave is really unsightly and will destroy the integrity of the mausoleum.
Generally speaking, a lot of mud and stones will be used in a cemetery. As long as there is a little soil and rain, the seeds brought by wind and birds will germinate over time, and the roots of plants will germinate, so that the roots of plants will continue to extend to the underground palace. Empress Dowager Cixi thinks that this will cause many defects in her mausoleum.
Moreover, there has been a serious water seepage problem in the underground palace of Emperor Qianlong. Empress Dowager Cixi is also afraid that her underground palace will be like this in the future, thinking that this is caused by the long grass and trees in front of the grave. In fact, the water seepage in the Dongling area of Qing Dynasty is mainly caused by geological conditions, and has nothing to do with grass growth.
In addition, there is an old saying that "it is an enemy to become an outlaw". It seems that it is not a good thing for Empress Dowager Cixi to mix weeds. As a result, Empress Dowager Cixi issued an imperial edict, demanding that when Putuo Yuling was built, it was necessary to ensure that vegetation and the like could not grow above the tomb in the future.
Empress Dowager Cixi's request is really wonderful, but the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Industry dare not disobey the meaning of Empress Dowager Cixi. They can't tell the queen mother that there is no grass on the grave, and they may be childless. You know, it is quite taboo for Empress Dowager Cixi's own Tongzhi Emperor Zai Chun to die young. Since the queen mother asks, do it.
In fact, it is not difficult to prevent grass from growing on the grave. It's just that few people will do this for thousands of years, and of course some aliens will do it upside down, so it will be recorded in historical materials.
Soon, the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry discovered a method recorded in ancient books to make nothing grow on the grave, that is, mixing sulfur and quicklime with soil, frying them in an iron pot at high temperature, and then covering them on the top of the grave. Therefore, let alone let nature take its course, even deliberately planted grass is difficult to grow.
In fact, most people still want grass to grow on the grave behind them. After all, it is meaningful for future generations to prosper. If nothing grows on the grave, it has the opposite meaning, that is, the incense is going to be broken. But Empress Dowager Cixi didn't care. She only cares about the wealth and enjoyment after death, and will not care about future generations.
What's more, Empress Dowager Cixi has only one son, the Emperor Tongzhi, and Emperor Tongzhi Zai Chun has lost his child, which means Empress Dowager Cixi has cut off her child.
It turned out that Empress Dowager Cixi spent a lot of money to build gardens and her own tombs in the late Qing Dynasty, thinking that she could continue to enjoy prosperity after her death. Unexpectedly, after only twenty years, a large number of Qing tombs, including her mausoleum, were stolen and destroyed by Sun Dianying, and the mausoleum of Empress Dowager Cixi was ransacked and the body was dismembered.