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At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was settled in Nanjing and later moved to Beijing. Therefore, the Ming Tombs of the Ming Dynasty were also best known for the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing and the Ming Tombs in Beijing. Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is the tomb of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the most famous tourist attraction in Nanjing. But there is also an imperial mausoleum, not in Nanjing, nor in Beijing, but in Anhui. This Ming Emperor's Mausoleum is located in Fengyang County, Anhui Province, the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang. It is the tomb of Zhu Yuanzhang's parents and the earliest imperial tomb of the Ming Dynasty. It was built in 1366, 15 years earlier than Ming Xiaoling. Ming Huangling Mausoleum is about seven kilometers away from Fengyang County. Although it has been damaged in history, it is still grand, especially the 257-meter-long Shinto. There are 32 pairs of stone statues. The number of stone statues is large and the exquisite workmanship is the emperor. The most mausoleum. The inscription on the emperor's mausoleum was written by Zhu Yuanzhang. After many constructions in the Ming Dynasty, even after Zhu Yuanzhang stopped working in the Fengyangying Jianming Zhongdu project, he built the Ming Emperor Mausoleum with the materials of the Mingzhong Capital. There is a city outside the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum. There are guard houses and ritual facilities. In the front of the mausoleum, there are tall emperor monuments and stone statues in pairs. The Emperor's Mausoleum has a monument to the Emperor's Mausoleum. 6 large characters. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the peasant uprising army Zhang Xianzhong captured Fengyang and burned the buildings of the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum. The imperial tomb also began its fate.
Posted: Dec 20, 2018
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