Honghui

Honghui, a member of the Aisin Gioro clan, was the first son of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty. His mother was Empress Xiaojingxian. He was born on March 26, 1697 (the 36th year of Kangxi) and died at the age of only 8, on June 6, 1704 (the 43rd year of Kangxi). There are no publicly available records regarding his education or official titles.

After his death, Honghui was buried at Huanghuashan, following the cremation practices adopted after Qing soldiers entered the customs. In terms of funeral rites, early Qing imperial princes were mostly buried at Huanghuashan in the Eastern Qing Tombs; later, they were reburied southwest of Chongling in the Western Qing Tombs in Yizhou. Honghui's tomb site is currently located southwest of Chongling in the Western Qing Tombs in Yizhou. Subsequently, during the Qianlong Emperor's reign, Honghui's tomb and related royal tombs were rebuilt, merging the tomb of his biological mother, Consort Dun Su, and her son, Prince Huai Qin Fuhui, with the tomb of his legitimate mother, Empress Xiaojingxian, and her son, Prince Duan.

In the eleventh month of the 13th year of the Yongzheng Emperor’s reign (1725), records indicate that the Qianlong Emperor posthumously awarded Honghui the title of Prince of the First Rank and bestowed the posthumous name "Duan." The existing earthen tumulus of Honghui’s tomb was initially constructed at the end of the 13th year of Yongzheng’s reign and completed by the end of the 2nd year of Qianlong’s reign. During the Qianlong period, imperial edicts ordered the relocation of Honghui’s golden coffin from Huanghuashan to the southwest of Chongling in the Western Qing Tombs in Yizhou. Simultaneously, the coffins of his third elder brother, Hongshi, and his maternal uncle, Prince Fu Hui of Huaiqing outside Dungman, were also moved, accompanied by imperial escort guards, and green huts were erected along the route to cover the coffins.

For further reading, see "Draft History of Qing" (Qing Shi Gao) Volume 220, authored by Zhao Erxun, which includes content related to these events.