Maoling is located in the northeast of Xingping City, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, and there is a "Wuling Plain" stretching for hundreds of miles from east to west. Xingping 12km in the west and Xianyang 15km in the east. It is far from Jiuyi Mountain in the north and Zhong Nanshan in the south. Maoling is the mausoleum of Liu Che, the emperor of Han Dynasty. It is the largest mausoleum in the Han Dynasty, with the longest construction time and the richest funerary objects. It is called the "Pyramid of China".
Maoling was built in the second year of Jianyuan (139 BC) to the second year of Houyuan (087 BC), which lasted for 53 years. Buried graves include Li Furen, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Huo Guang and Jin Ridi.
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According to legend, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, found a unicorn-shaped animal and a long-lived fruit tree near Maoxiang during a hunting. He decided that Maoxiang was a treasure trove of geomantic omen, so he wrote a letter to enclose it and began to build a mausoleum. This place belonged to Maoxiang, Li Huai County in the Han Dynasty, so it was called "Maoling".
The overall geographical feature of Maoling is the loess landform of Weihe Plain on the Loess Plateau, with uneven north and south and patchwork. Good natural vegetation with regional characteristics. This area belongs to the hot water-rich layer.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Maoling