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Nanjing >> Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum
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Attraction Typ: Historic Site |
| Location: Outskirt |
| Recommend: 5 Star |
Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum
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Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and his wife Empress Ma. |
| Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum(Chinese:明孝陵;pinyin:míngxiàolíng) has a grand scale with stately buildings. Its structure adopted the style of the mausoleums of the Tang and Song dynasties. The mausoleum is 22.5 km in length, inside which there are magnificent palaces and pavilions. Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum has a grand scale with stately buildings. Its structure adopted the style of the mausoleums of the Tang and Song dynasties. The mausoleum is 22.5 km in length, inside which there are magnificent palaces and pavilions. The buildings still extant include the Shenlie Mountain Monument, the Jinyue Monument, the Dismounting Lane, the Big Gold Gate, the Sifang City (Square City), the Supernatural Work and Holy Virtue Monument, the Stone Statue of Weng Zhong, the Yuhe Bridge, the Mausoleum Gate, the Stele Pavilion, the Xiaoling Mausoleum Palace, the Gig Stone Bridge, the Treasure City, and the tombs, as well as stele pavilions and palaces built at the end of the Qing Dynasty. |
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