360 lines, the line out of the yuan, a relatively rare kind of industry, that is, to the royal family to guard the tomb keeper.
The imperial tombs of each dynasty are guarded by special institutions, and the state will set up a special army to guard the tombs, responsible for protecting the imperial tombs from being excavated, after all, in addition to the peace of the ancestors, there is also the feng shui of the dynasty, they must protect well, so their work is still very important, mainly serving the privileged.
But there are a large number of gold and silver treasures, antiques and other valuable things in the imperial tomb, it is too attractive to tomb robbers, when the country is strong, it is good, once the country is weak, these tomb keepers can not guarantee the safety of the imperial tomb, especially in some dynastic changes, the soldiers are in chaos, these tomb keepers have been passed down for several generations, have formed villages, some of them have become ordinary villagers, even if it is not much use for protection, they can protect the imperial tomb from being excavated by tomb robbers, but they cannot prevent the soldiers from public destruction.
They were likely to leave the village to escape the war, or for reasons such as famine, and the task of protecting the imperial tomb was interrupted.
Of course, the tomb keepers of the Qing Dynasty are not everyone can do, they are all Manchurian Eight Flags disciples in the guard, and only the yellow flag, yellow flag and blue flag are qualified, everyone knows that the Manchus have many preferential policies for the eight flags in order to ensure their interests, and these tomb keepers have more special treatment, that is, no taxation, no service, in fact, few people in the heyday of the Qin Dynasty dared to go to the underground palace to dig, their role is not very large, at most is to maintain the integrity of the mausoleum, this profession is still "lineage", That is, the Son can inherit the father's inheritance.
In addition to the special institutions set up by the royal family to protect the imperial tombs, there are also some officials who have made mistakes who have been relegated to the imperial tombs to see the royal tombs.
Of course, no one will take care of these royal tombs in the era of wars and chaos, the tombs of the Qing government have been stolen and excavated, empress dowager Cixi, the Qianlong Emperor and many other gold have been destroyed, Qianlong has not even preserved the bones, the people who protect the imperial tombs are simply powerless to stop, and the Qing government cannot give them a living guarantee.
Many tomb keepers changed their ways in order to make a living, and the Republic of China government arranged some tomb keepers, but a large part of them were guarded and robbed, as mentioned earlier, the tombs of Empress Dowager Cixi and the Qianlong Emperor were stolen and excavated, it was Sun Dianying who did it, he was still the commander of the 12th Army of the Kuomintang Sixth Army, so it was enough to see the chaos at that time.
Now there are no guardians of the spirits, but there are cultural relics workers in the country who are protecting these cultural relics, but the degree of protection is not the same.
This article was originally written by Langya Sword.