18 years after the demise of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial tomb is still guarded by people. What is the life of the tomb guards now?

It is a fact that all China people firmly believe that Socialism with Chinese characteristics will lead China to prosperity. It was precisely because of the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government that China was bullied by foreign countries in modern history. It is precisely because the Qing government repeatedly oppressed the people and wantonly searched for the people's fat and ointment, which led to people's hardship and people's inability to survive.

This made people with lofty ideals rise up in succession and completely overthrow the Qing government. But after the demise of the Qing Dynasty, why are people still guarding the imperial tomb?

Now there are no traditional tomb guards, all of whom are professional security guards. I have been to the Qing Dongling several times. Besides the security guards, there are policemen patrolling at the gate. As for the mysterious tomb guards, I haven't seen any of them. ?

However, I did talk to some old people nearby. They said that there were people guarding the tombs here in those days, not officers and soldiers specially sent here by Beijing, but farmers recruited from the local area, who were just equipped with some weapons. These people usually cultivate land near the mausoleum, and weeding the mausoleum and so on. Now the land they cultivated is still nearby, and those mysterious legends are just made up by people.

these people don't get high wages, and they often cut their wages for a while, so everyone doesn't work much.

Dongling has been stolen twice on a large scale. One time, in July 1928, Sun Dianying and others robbed Dongling, and the Qianlong Yuling and Cixi Dingdong Mausoleum (Putuo Valley) were seriously damaged.

The second time was in January, 1946, when a large-scale robbery was committed. The Jingling Mausoleum of Kangxi, Dingling Mausoleum of Xianfeng, Dongling of Ci 'an (Puxiangyu) and Huiling Mausoleum of Tongzhi were seriously robbed, and all the treasures in the mausoleum were looted.

It should be noted that the damage caused by the second excavation was much more serious than that caused by the first excavation, but many people just didn't know about it.

twice, no one guarding the mausoleum ever stopped them, and some even joined the army of thieves. To put it bluntly, the Qing court also didn't spend enough money. If it trained a township brave or Yong ying army, it might be able to fire one shot and two shots when it was stolen twice. It's a big joke that you let farmers guard the mausoleum for you.

Many descendants of those farmers (so-called tomb guards) live in the local area, and most of them laugh at what their ancestors did. It's just getting paid and doing things for others. As for the saying that the industry has kept the mausoleum for 18 years, it is pure nonsense. ?