Tangshan travel guide

eastern royal tombs of the qing dynasty

Located in zunhua city, the Qing Mausoleum is one of the largest existing royal tombs in China, with the most complete system and reasonable layout. It is a world cultural heritage and a national AAAA tourist attraction.

The Qing Dongling Mausoleum is huge and magnificent. In the north, Changrui Mountain is like a golden screen and a green tent, and in the south, Jinxing Mountain is like a bow in front of the courtyard. Yingbi Mountain in the middle is a case that can be emulated. In the east, an eagle hangs upside down like a dragon, while in the west, Huangshan Mountain is like a white tiger. The east and west rivers are like two jade belts. Surrounded by mountains, the pattern is vast and graceful, which can be described as a natural scenery. The emperor shunzhi went hunting in this area.

Covering an area of 78 square kilometers, there are 15 mausoleums, including 5 emperors, 15 empresses, 136 concubines, 3 brothers and 2 princesses. Among them, Emperor Kangxi, the first emperor to enter the customs, Kang Gan, an old man with both civil and military skills who started the prosperous times, Gan Long, the Xiaozhuang queen who assisted the ancestors and sages, Ci 'an and Cixi who listened to politics twice, Xiang Fei who gave people a confusing feeling, and Xianfeng and Tongzhi.

The architecture of the Qing Dongling Mausoleum is magnificent and exquisite. Among the huge buildings composed of more than 580 single buildings, there is the widest stone archway in China, and five anti-wood structures with six columns and eleven floors are unique; The best preserved 6,000m-long Xiaoling Road in China is full of artistic appeal. Known as the "treasure house of stone carving art" and "underground Buddhist temple", the exquisite Buddhist stone carvings are breathtaking; The "gold, wood and stone" of Cixi Mausoleum are rare in the world, and the three luxurious gilded halls and the stone carvings on the dragon and phoenix are unique.