First Imperial Tomb of the Market Age: Tailing Tomb of Emperor Yongzhen-Chinatravel скачать в хорошем качестве

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Welcome to the Western Qing Tombs — a place where ancient imperial ritual met a brand-new idea: market contracting. In this video, we’ll see how Emperor Yongzheng’s mausoleum broke with tradition and marked the start of something modern in 18th-century China. 00:00 Introduction 00:34 Why Emperor Yongzheng chosed Yi County 01:41 Yongzheng’s reforms & legacy 02:28 Tailing: the name and meaning 02:40 Three stone Paifang 03:52 Guardian beasts: Xiezhi – Symbols of justice and integrity 05:19 Grand Stele Pavilion 06:08 Twin steles 06:40 Huabiao & Wangtianhou 07:55 Seven-arch stone bridge & ice roads 09:08 Market-based contracting system 10:22 The Winding Spirit Way 11:32 Dragon-and-Phoenix Gate 11:50 Next episode teaser From the pyramids of Egypt to the Ming Tombs of China, history’s greatest imperial mausoleums were almost always built on the backs of corvée labor and compulsory service. But in the mid-18th century, something remarkable happened in China: a new imperial tomb was constructed not through mass conscription, but under a system of market-based contracting — the Western Qing Tombs. This video takes you to Yi County, Hebei Province, where Emperor Yongzheng established his final resting place. Unlike earlier Qing emperors who chose the Eastern Qing Tombs, Yongzheng rejected that site’s feng shui and ordered officials to survey more than thirty locations. Eventually, he selected what he called the “eternal auspicious land,” southwest of Beijing. The Western Qing Tombs reflect a turning point in both architecture and governance. Emperor Yongzheng, remembered as a reformer, introduced fiscal changes, abolished the poll tax, freed millions from hereditary servitude, and fought corruption relentlessly. His mausoleum, named Tailing by his son Emperor Qianlong, became not only a symbol of filial piety but also an experiment in new construction methods. Instead of relying solely on forced service, the Qing court divided the work into specialized trades — stonework, carpentry, painting, tiling, and more — and contracted them out to guilds and merchant firms. Every structure, from the monumental paifang and Great Red Gate to the seven-arch stone bridge, was built through this system. In many ways, the Western Qing Tombs represent the earliest intersection of traditional imperial ritual and modern project management in China. Join me on this journey along the Spirit Way, past guardian beasts and ceremonial gates, to explore how a single mausoleum reveals both the grandeur of the Qing dynasty and the surprising beginnings of market practice in imperial construction. #WesternQingTombs #EmperorYongzheng #QingDynasty #ChineseHistory #ImperialTombs #CorveeLabor #MarketContracting #HebeiChina #SpiritWay #AncientArchitecture #chinatravel