Sun Dianying dispatched his men led by Tan Wenjing to garrison the Eastern Qing Tombs in the name of wiping out bandits, and claimed they would have a maneuver here. However he secretly ordered the bat talion of sappers led by Zhuan- sun Ziyu to loot the tombs in the night.

The geomancers believed that the geomantic omen follows the moral system in the similar way as the human society. And the location of the tombs was determined by Shunzhi Emperor himself. The first mausoleum built at Eastern Qing Tombs was the Xiaoling Mausoleum for Shunzhi Emperor.

February 1995: The vice Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Eastern Qing Tombs. Sep.8th of 1996: Wu Bangguo, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau, visited the tombs.Nov. 2nd of 1999: Ismail Amat visited the Tombs.Aug.7th of 2002: Qiao Shi, NPC chair man visited Eastern Qing Tombs