In Zhongxiang City, Hubei, there is a mysterious and distinctive Ming Dynasty imperial mausoleum. It has two tombs connected by a Yao platform. It took forty years to build and cost 2 million taels of silver. , the owner of the tomb was a feudal king, but after his death he used an imperial-level mausoleum. It is the Ming Tomb that was rated as a world cultural heritage. Mingming Mausoleum Mingming Mausoleum, formerly known as "Xianling Mausoleum", is the joint tomb of Zhu Youqi, the biological father of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, and Jiang, the biological mother of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Youqiu's death, he was buried in Xianling Mausoleum according to the vassal etiquette. Later, Wu Zong of the Ming Dynasty passed away. Because Wu Zong had no heirs, Zhu Youcong's son Zhu Houcong was granted the title of successor to the throne, with the reign name Jiajing. After Zhu Houcong ascended the throne, he posthumously recognized his father as Emperor Gongruixian, and regulated his father's mausoleum presentation by The royal mausoleum was changed to an imperial mausoleum and renamed "Xianling Mausoleum". The restructured Mingming Mausoleum is large in scale and covers a vast area. Its shape is not inferior to any of the Ming Tombs in Beijing. It adopts a dumbbell-shaped "" mausoleum. The structure of "double tombs" is connected by a Yaotai in the middle. The structure is unique and very distinctive. It is obvious that the mausoleum has a large-scale building complex, which contrasts with each other. The cemetery has two inner and outer walls, which are intertwined with each other. The red walls and yellow tiles are in harmony with the surroundings. The natural environment is harmonious and unified, and it is an auspicious place with excellent Feng Shui. Visitors to the entrance of Mingminglinghongmen come here to bypass Waimingtang. The first thing they see is the new red gate of Wailuo City. There is a stone tablet in front of the door, which writes "" to the officials. The words "Everyone has been waiting for you to dismount" are said to be the handiwork of the treacherous minister Yan Song. After passing the first red gate, there is a 1,300-meter-long Dragon Walking Shinto. The winding path leads to the secluded place, and you can walk through the Dragon Walking Shinto through the old From Hongmen and Lingxingmen, you can see a wide and straight Shinto. On both sides of the Shinto, there are stone statues of lions, hyenas, camels, lying elephants, unicorns, etc., as well as stone statues of civil servants and generals. The carvings are round and lifelike. In the cemetery, the Jiuqu River meanders and intersects with the Shinto and the Neiming Pond, which looks like "" two dragons playing with a pearl." There are "" eight"-shaped glazed screen walls on the east and west sides of the main gate of the inner city, with Qionghua on the front. On the back are the Double Dragons, and through the Xin'en Gate is the Xin'en Hall. Unfortunately, it was burned down by fire by Li Zicheng in the late Ming Dynasty, and now only the ruins are left. Then to the back is the Ming Tower, with a built-in ""Gong Ruixian's Mausoleum" stone tablet, and finally there is the Ming Tower. The famous "One Tomb and Two Tombs" connected by Yaotai. The world cultural heritage Ming Tomb is a large-scale single imperial mausoleum. The "One Tomb and Two Tombs" form a unique and peculiar landscape. It is a perfect combination of human architecture and natural environment. A perfect and unified classic, it represents the highest level of funeral architecture in the Ming Dynasty. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people in ancient China. Although the Mingming Tomb is not as tall and famous as the Ming Tombs, it preceded the Ming Tombs. Being rated as a world cultural heritage shows how important its cultural relic value and historical status are. Do you think it is worth seeing?