Jingtai Mausoleum is a national key cultural relic protection unit. The original tomb of King Yin was expanded into an imperial mausoleum at the northern foot of Yuquan Mountain in Haidian District, Beijing. During the Jiajing period (1522-1566), the mausoleum was rebuilt and the green tiles were replaced with yellow tiles to make it comply with the regulations of imperial mausoleums.
Haidian is not only a tourist attraction, but also a geomantic treasure. Since the Ming Dynasty, there has been a legend about "seventy-two tombs in Bianshan Mansion". The tombs of Ming Dynasty concubines at the foot of Dongsi Tomb Mountain and the Sizizi Village next to the Reclining Buddha Temple were all the places where princes and princesses were buried. In the Qing Dynasty, some princes and nobles also came to Haidian in search of a home. Traces of them can be found in the tomb of King Li at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain, the tomb of King Zheng in Baishiqiao, and the tombs of Seven Kings and Nine Kings on Balcony Hill to the west of Bei'an River Village. It is worth mentioning that there is also an emperor's mausoleum in Haidian District. It is the seventh emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qiyu, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
In front of the mausoleum is a stele pavilion with yellow tiles on the top of the mountain. There is a stele inside the pavilion, which was erected in the Jichou Year of Qianlong (34th year, 1769 AD). The south side of the stele is engraved with the inscription of Emperor Qianlong on the Mausoleum of Emperor Ming Jing, while the north side is engraved with the tomb of Emperor Gongjian Kang Dingjing of the Ming Dynasty. Behind the stele pavilion are three mausoleum halls with yellow tiles and a hard mountain top, followed by Baocheng. In the Qing Dynasty, this imperial mausoleum was in dilapidated condition. During the Cultural Revolution, the Academy of Military Sciences renovated Baoding and used it for other purposes. It was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Beijing in 1979 and has been gradually restored.
When the Culture and History Group of the Beijing CPPCC and the Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau inspected the Jingtai Mausoleum, they found that the Jingtai Mausoleum was still in a mess, the three-year-old Xin'en Hall was in dilapidated state, and the entire mausoleum area had been turned into a gateball field. It's really sad. We sincerely hope that the occupying units will focus on historical relics and withdraw from the scenic spot as soon as possible, making it open to the outside world and returning the historical status that Jingtailing Mausoleum deserves.