There are two imperial tombs in Hunan, one is the "First Mausoleum of China" and the other is the "First Mausoleum of China".
Yan Diling: Located in Luyuanpi, Luyuan Town, Yanling County, Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, it has a history of more than 1,000 years. With the rise and fall of dynasties, Yan Di Temple has experienced many vicissitudes, and it has been destroyed and built repeatedly. The core scenic spot of Yandiling covers an area of 5 square kilometers, with a total planned area of 102.5 square kilometers.
Yandi Mausoleum is the resting place of Yan Di Shennong, the ancestor of the Chinese nation, and enjoys the reputation of "the first mausoleum in China". It is a national key cultural relic protection unit and one of the top ten cultural heritages in Hunan Province, and it has been selected as "China National Natural Heritage, Natural and Cultural Heritage Preparatory List".
"Yan Di Mausoleum Festival" is the first batch of intangible cultural heritage in China, and it has been successfully selected as one of the "Top Ten Most Influential Pro-cultural Activities in the World". Yandi Mausoleum consists of three functional areas: sacrificial area, sacrificial area and memorial area. It is composed of more than 80 natural and cultural landscapes, including Yandiling, Shennong Hall, Shennong Garden, Quemen, Huaxia Square, Fu Lin, Shengdelin, Huangshan Forest of Steles, Yandiling Archway, etc.
Here, surrounded by ancient tombs, mossy water, pious egrets, lifelike imperial monuments and 5,000-year-old cowpea continue to smell fragrant, making it a sacred landmark marking the origin of Chinese civilization. In 20 18, Yandiling received a total of 65,438+239,000 tourists.
Today's imperial tomb has also been restored. After the restoration, the whole building covers an area of 3,836 square meters, with a building area of 903 square meters. The mausoleum hall is divided into five parts: the noon gate, the salute pavilion, the main hall, the tombstone pavilion and the mausoleum. Since then, the scenic facilities have been continuously improved and the scenic spots have been continuously enriched. At present, the scenic area is 3.6 square kilometers.
Shundi Mausoleum: Covering an area of 50,000 square meters, it is divided into two natural courtyards and nine single buildings. From the outside to the inside, there are Jade Belt Bridge, Yimen, Shinto, Shanmen, Ganmen, Worship Hall, Main Hall, Bedroom, Left and Right Wing, Left and Right Monument Rooms and Monument Gallery, surrounded by three palace walls. Magnificent and well-structured, it is the highest and largest tomb among the ancestral tombs in China, and is called the "First Mausoleum of China".
Shundi Mausoleum has been a "holy land" for tourists at home and abroad and Chinese descendants to worship their ancestors since it was rebuilt and opened in 1995, and it has been listed as a provincial patriotic education base.
In the embrace of abrupt peaks and mountains, under the shadow of green hills and cypresses, the magnificent Shundi Mausoleum is located in it. Wide and flat square, surrounded by mountains and rivers, pavilions and pavilions, nine relief columns symbolizing the Ninth Five-Year Plan greet visitors from all directions, and the majestic and sacred palace is magnificent.
Beautiful natural scenery and mysterious and quaint humanistic atmosphere have created extraordinary scenery here. Now it is a famous scenic spot in Hunan Province and a national 4A-level scenic spot, with an area of about 530 square kilometers and as many as 150 scenic spots.