As the last dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing Dynasty with the abdication of Puyi, but also ended its century-old course, which is an epoch-making thing for China, since then the feudal autocracy withdrew from China, the country ushered in a new era, but for the people who have been under feudal rule for a long time, even if the Qing Dynasty collapsed, the idea of feudal imperialism has not been eliminated, and even until today's society, there are still many people who retain the idea of feudal backwardness. However, these historical dynasties, they have become history, and they have no remains except for the palaces and mausoleums left.
Nowadays, the tombs of these emperors have also been protected by the state, after all, these are the products of civilization, they have a very important role in the study of ancient Chinese culture, but when the Qing Dynasty just fell, the whole country was in turmoil, and no one would think of protecting cultural relics. But the imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty were still guarded, which was also a bit strange, the Qing government was too busy to take care of itself, where was the energy to defend the imperial tombs? The number of emperors in the Qing Dynasty is also quite large, and there are imperial tombs outside the Guannei Pass, and these tombs were guarded by special tomb guards during the reign of the Qing Dynasty.
Ancient mausoleums are quite valued, the imperial tomb is regarded by the regime as the foundation of the country, in the work of guarding the imperial tomb, although the guard can not leave at will, but their treatment is quite good, the Qing Dynasty is from the eight flags inside the selection of a special guard, once someone can enter the imperial tomb, then the guard will bear the relevant responsibilities.
With the demise of the Qing Dynasty, many related things should also be explained clearly, when Puyi abdicated, Yuan Shikai and others said that the escort work of the imperial tomb will still continue, after all, they planned to use the monarchy to establish a constitutional monarchy, it is unlikely to completely eliminate the Qing Dynasty, but Yuan Shikai himself did not have time to manage so many things, he and his new government are in turmoil, there have been a lot of chaos.
Therefore, the protection work of the imperial tomb has not been able to be implemented, and these old and young people in the Qing Dynasty naturally will not look at the ancestral tomb and no one to take care of it, they will pay for themselves to hire soldiers to protect the tomb, which is also a little embarrassing. Of course, these soldiers they paid to hire are certainly not as effective as the outside army, and even the local warlords are stronger than them, and these soldiers are only taking money to do things, anyway, the Qing Dynasty has already perished, naturally no one can take care of them.
Therefore, in the process of protecting the tombs, they did not fulfill their duties, because there were too many imperial tombs in the Qing Dynasty, it was really difficult to protect them, and the continuous rise of warlords everywhere made it more difficult for these people in the Qing Dynasty to deal with, and these soldiers they hired would even have a situation of desertion.
Without the support of the state, relying solely on them to protect the imperial tomb, this is not a very realistic thing, the Qing Dynasty has a lot of remnants, or want to revive the country, but their ideas are too unrealistic, the Qing Dynasty is impossible to revive again, so these imperial tombs, will also suffer a looting, the most famous of course is Sun Dianying, he led the troops to loot the imperial tomb, when he sent troops, there was no resistance in the imperial tomb, and even did not encounter soldiers, the imperial tomb was empty. In fact, the ancient imperial tomb is not just a mausoleum, it has a lot of supporting facilities around it, like the Han Dynasty imperial tombs also have mausoleums, which can provide many people to live and live, today's imperial tombs are uninhabited, everyone fled in order to avoid the war.
Therefore, Sun Dianying they can succeed, due to the factors of war, a large number of imperial tombs have been looted, in fact, compared with the imperial tombs of the dynasties, the Qing Dynasty is already good, so they can still be properly placed when they perish, and there are special people who can symbolically guard it, like the Han and Tang Tombs, when the country is destroyed, let others destroy, so few of the previous imperial tombs can be completely preserved, which is a pity for us to study ancient history, fortunately, the palaces and imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty Basically, they can be preserved to the present, which also allows people to have a deeper understanding of the history and culture of that era, and now these imperial tombs are also specially protected by the relevant departments and will not be threatened.
Reference"Qing History"