There are stories about the Ming Tombs and unofficial history.

The Ming Tombs Reservoir is a large reservoir newly built after liberation, but there are many stories in the Ming Tombs. Anyone who has been to the Ming Tombs knows that there are twenty-four stone beasts and twelve stone men there. Stone beasts are lions, lions, camels, elephants, unicorns and horses. Stone men are four military officials, four civilian officials and four honorary officials with great titles. These stone carvings are exquisite, but each one is damaged in one or two places. Why is Bai Yushi so hard to break? The local people have told such a story.

At the beginning, Li Hong, the Qianlong emperor of the Qing Dynasty, wanted to make his cemetery look better, so he wanted to move the stone men and beasts of the Ming Tombs and put them in front of his cemetery. He told this idea to Liu Yong, the prime minister of Romania. Prime Minister Luo thought: If all the stone men and beasts in the Ming Tombs were removed, wouldn't it be ugly? However, the prime minister of Romania dared to violate the imperial edict of the emperor's old son! I have to say, "well, well, the emperor is right." The emperor sent the prime minister to visit the Ming Tombs first, and then discussed how to move. The Prime Minister received the imperial edict and came to the Ming Tombs. He went to the front of the beast, and the more he saw it, the more he liked it, the more he felt that he should not move away, but he couldn't figure out how to keep the beast. He just announced the imperial edict of the emperor's old son to the stone man and beast like singing opera, saying, "The stone man and beast listen to the truth, and the emperor has an imperial edict: are you willing to move within three days?" The stone man didn't speak and the stone beast didn't move. The Prime Minister Luo turned to his entourage and said, "The stone man and the stone beast are so happy that they are silent." The waiter wanted to laugh but dared not, so he had to agree. Premier Luo and his entourage returned to the official residence.

That night, in the middle of the night, the Prime Minister sat in his room trying to keep the stone man and beast of the Ming Tombs. Suddenly, he heard a noise outside the door, as if many people were coming. He opened the door and came out to have a look. Wow! Twelve stone men from the Ming Tombs came, and he asked, "You are not going to move, so why bother here!" The first four ministers with great titles said, "We ask the Prime Minister. We have lived here for hundreds of years and really don't want to move. Please save it! " Hearing the word "preservation", Luo Guocheng's heart lit up and said, "How dare you disobey the imperial edict? Do you still want to stay here? This makes me very angry! " With that, he jumped up and hit the minister in the face. Why did you say that Premier Luo wanted to jump off a building? The first is that the stone man is taller than the real person, and the second is that the prime minister bends down. Besides, after listening to the Prime Minister's statement that "you still want to stay here all the way", the minister nodded as if he understood something. When they saw the Prime Minister Luo Guo raise his hand to fight, they all smiled and didn't dodge. When dazzled, some of the four ministers broke their faces and some tore their clothes, but they were still so happy. Four civil servants and four military ministers were happy to see Chen Xun defeated. Knowing that there must be some truth in this, they also got a beating without the strength to fight back. Twelve stone men were beaten and their bodies and faces were broken, but the minister also said, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for disturbing your sleep. Let's go back. " These four ministers, with four civil servants and four military attaché s, left the mansion of Prime Minister Luo, went to the stone beast and shouted, "It's hateful that you twenty-four guys are still free here! Generals, draw your swords, a guy, and cut them! " All four military attaché s agreed: "Obey orders." Chen Wu didn't know why, but he did as Chen Xun ordered. Let's just say that all 24 stone beasts were injured.

At dawn, the prime minister deliberately followed his entourage and said, "There is no one in the Ming Tombs. Why is it so noisy at night that I didn't sleep well? " The waiter said, "We didn't hear anything!" Prime Minister Luo Guo was relieved to know that the people who followed him didn't know this strange play sung at night. He followed his entourage and said, "well, let's go and see the stone man and beast again, so that we can go back to work." When they came to the beast again, Luo pretended to look at them carefully, looked at them again and again, and suddenly shouted, "Look, the beast is broken! How can this be used by our emperor? How can this be used by our emperor? " The followers also saw that the beast was really broken, and they all said, "This can't be used by our emperor." Prime Minister Luo went back to work and told the emperor that the stone man and beast in the Ming Tombs were all broken and could not be used. Because of this, the stone man and beast in the Ming Tombs were preserved. Now, some people go to the stone man and the stone beast and tell this story!