Brief introduction of the Ming tombs

The Ming Tombs are the tombs of the Ming emperors, located at the foot of Tianshou Mountain in Changping District, Beijing, with a total area of 120 square kilometers, about 50 kilometers away from Tiananmen Square. The Ming Tombs are located in a small basin surrounded by mountains in the east, west and north, surrounded by mountains on all sides, with a plain in the middle and a winding river in front.

From the establishment of Changling Mausoleum in May of the seventh year of Yongle (1409) to the burial of the last emperor Chongzhen in Siling, 13 imperial tombs, 7 tombs of concubines and 1 tomb of eunuchs were built successively, which lasted for more than 230 years. * * * buried thirteen emperors, twenty-three queens, two princes, more than thirty concubines and two eunuchs.

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The origin of the names of the Ming Tombs

Of the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, two were buried elsewhere, one was unaccounted for, and the other thirteen were buried in Tianshou Mountain, so they were called the "Ming Tombs".

Ming Di buried in the Ming Tombs are: Changling (Ming Taizu Chengzu), Xianling (Ming Renzong), Jingling (Ming Xuanzong), Yuling (Ming Yingzong), Maoling (Ming Xiaozong), Tailing (Ming Xiaozong), Kangling (Ming Wuzong), Yongling (Ming Shizong), Zhaoling (Ming Muzong) and Dingling.

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