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Being one of the two major royal tomb groups of Qing Dynasty, the western tombs of Qing Dynasty was also enrolled in the list of World Heritage in 2000. The world heritage commission appraise: Eastern and Western Tombs of Qing Dynasty were carefully sited according to the Chinese fengshui, and skillfully arranged large number of buildings under the ground; they are the product of people changing the world, which not only magnifies the concept of Chinese traditional architecture and decoration, but also explained the perspective of the world and power in China that had lasted for more than 500 years.
Situated in Yi County, Hebei Province, the Western Tombs of Qing Dynasty was first built in 1730, and continuously added and expanded to the 20th century. The tombs were situated in hilly land, surrounded by mountains and lush trees. Covering a large area of more than 800 square kilometers, the area buried many important emperors including Yongzheng Emperor, Jiangqing Emperor, Daoguang Emperor and Guangxu Emperor, as well as 9 empresses, 56 concubines. The building area occupies as large as 50 thousand square meters, with more than 1,000 palaces and halls, over 100 stone carvings. The numerous buildings and large area form the massive and magnificent buildings. The delicate and exquisite architecture and decorations, the strict classes of the tombs is absolutely a museum of Chinese royal mausoleum.
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of Yongzheng Emperor
The Tailing tomb embodies the Emperor Yongzheng and his two empresses. The Tailing tomb of Yongzheng emperor lies in the center of the whole tombs area, and is the earliest and largest tomb of Western Tombs of Qing Dynasty, surrounded by other tombs in the east and west. The sacred road of Tailing was paved in three layers of huge rocks, with lush cypresses on both sides of the road. Walking through from south to north, there distributed some 40 buildings.
Muling Tomb of Daoguang Emperor
The tomb of Daoguang emperor is not famous for large scale or complex buildings like numerous palaces and stone carvings, but famous for its solidness. The wall was building by bricks, with every gap perfectly joins with another, and the body of the wall tidy and stable. The Muling Tomb is quite different with other luxury and magnificent tombs, and maintains the small but delicate, simple and elegant architecture style. The dragon carved from Nanmu wood is the most special one. Despite the small scale, but the exquisiteness of Muling Tomb still made it the most costly tomb of all tombs in Western Tombs of Qing Dynasty.
Chongling Tomb of Guangxu Emperor
Guangxu Emperor was the last emperor of ancient China, and his tomb---Chongling Tomb naturally became the last tomb of emperor in China. After the death of Tongzhi Emperor, the Cixi Empress appointed the Guangxu Emperor. When Guangxu Emperor took the throne, the Qing government was facing difficulties, which directly lead to the delay of the construction of Guangxu Emperor’s tomb. When Guangxu Emperor died, the tomb hadn’t been built. Until 1909, one year after Guangxu Emperor’s death, the Chongling Tomb was completed.
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