The situation in Ming Ling is slightly complicated. Read this article carefully and you will understand.
Compared with the previous dynasties, the imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty are still quite OK.
When most people mention the Ming Dynasty Imperial Tombs, they will only think of the Ming Tombs in Changping, Beijing.
But many people don't know: the Ming Tombs are far from all the ming dynasty imperial tombs! The Ming Dynasty Imperial Tombs are divided into 6 places in total, forming 5 paid scenic spots!
What's going on?
The mausoleum of the Southern Ming Emperor is not discussed in this article. After the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian, was hanged on the coal hill, the Southern Ming regime was formed in the south, but it was short-lived, and most of the emperors were in exile, and there were no decent imperial tombs.
There are three more imperial tombs than the emperor!
The "authentic" Ming Dynasty had a total of 16 emperors before and after.
The number of imperial tombs in the Ming Dynasty is 19, including 14 in Beijing, 3 in Jiangsu, 1 in Hubei and 1 in Anhui.
Obviously, these imperial tombs live one by one, and there are three empty rooms... Oh no, three vacate! What's going on here?
Let's break down the emperors and imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty:
0. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, according to the custom, the ancestors were posthumously sealed, thus forming the Ming Emperor Mausoleum and the Ming Ancestral Mausoleum;
1. Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, buried in Nanjing Xiaoling;
2. Zhu Biao, the crown prince of Zhu Yuanzhang, was later honored as Emperor Xiaokang and buried in the Dongling Tomb in Nanjing;
3. Huizong Zhu Yunjiao, who was seized of the throne by his uncle Zhu Di, his whereabouts are unknown, and naturally there will be no imperial tomb;
4. Yongle the Great was buried in Changling, one of the Thirteen Tombs;
5. Akihito is buried in the Xianling Tomb, one of the Thirteen Tombs;
6. Emperor Xuanzong of Ming was buried in Jingling, one of the Thirteen Tombs;
7. Ming Yingzong was buried in Yuling, one of the Thirteen Tombs;
8. Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty was deposed as the King of Qi after the "Change of The Gate", and the Changping Imperial Mausoleum he built for himself was destroyed by Emperor Yingzong. After his death, ben was buried as a prince in Xishan, Beijing. Later, his nephew Ming Xianzong restored his emperorship and rebuilt his tomb according to the specifications of the imperial tomb. This is the origin of the Xishan Mountain View Tailing.
9. Emperor Mingxianzong was buried in Maoling, one of the Thirteen Tombs;
10. Emperor Xiaozong of Ming was buried in The Tomb of Tai Ling, one of the Thirteen Tombs;
11. Emperor Mingwuzong was buried in Kangling, one of the Thirteen Tombs;
12. Ming Shizong's father, Zhu Youyi, was posthumously crowned emperor and buried in Xianling, Hubei;
13. Emperor Ming shizong was buried in Yongling, one of the thirteen tombs;
14. Ming Muzong was buried in Zhaoling, one of the Thirteen Tombs;
15. The MingShen Sect is buried in Dingling, one of the Thirteen Tombs;
16. Ming Guangzong was buried in Qingling, one of the thirteen tombs;
17. Emperor Mingxi was buried in TheOdes, one of the Thirteen Tombs;
18. Ming Sizong was buried in SiLing. After Zhu Youjian was hanged, he was hastily buried by the peasant army in the tomb of Tian Guifei, called Si Ling. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the Shunzhi Emperor ordered that the Siling be rebuilt according to the imperial mausoleum regulations. Siling thus became the last of the Thirteen Tombs.
Mausoleum of the Ming Emperor
The Mausoleum of the Ming Emperor was built by Zhu Yuanzhang for his parents and brothers-in-law, and is located seven kilometers south of the city of Fengyang County, Anhui Province.
The mausoleum was built from the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the completion of Hongwu in 12 years, and a total of 13 years was built. This imperial tomb was originally called Yingling Tomb, and later renamed Imperial Tomb.
Although the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum was not buried in the True Emperor, its scale is consistent with the Ming Tombs. When it was first built, it covered an area of more than 20,000 acres, mainly consisting of three city walls, imperial city, brick city and earth city, more than a thousand temples and houses, mausoleums and stone carvings.
After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Emperor's mausoleum was eroded by wind and rain and man-made destruction, and the buildings have become ruins. At present, only the tombs and stone carvings remain.
The Ming Emperor's Mausoleum is now a AAAA-level scenic spot, with an annual ticket price of 50 yuan.
Ming Ancestral Mausoleum
The Ming Ancestral Tomb is the crown tomb that Zhu Yuanzhang built for his ancestors, great-grandfathers and grandfathers, and is also the actual burial place of his grandfather, located on the west bank of Hongze Lake in Xuyi County, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province.
The reason why he did not relocate his grandfather to be buried, but instead repaired another crown tomb, was that he was afraid of breaking the dragon vein and ruining the feng shui.
The construction of the mausoleum began in Hongwu in 1919, and successively built the Hall of Enjoyment, the Star Gate, and the wall. In addition to the building, the mausoleum also has 10,000 cypress trees, stele pavilions, 19 pairs of stone statues, pillars, etc., which can be described as grand in scale.
After the Ming Ancestral Mausoleum was built, it was often hit by floods; during the Kangxi Dynasty, the Ming Ancestral Mausoleum and the city of Sizhou were finally engulfed by floods.
After the reform and opening up, in order to protect the Mingzu Mausoleum, people built a 3-kilometer-long embankment to separate the mausoleum from the lake, so that the Mingzu Mausoleum could be seen again.
At present, the tombs of the Ming Tombs have been leveled, and most of the buildings on the ground have been destroyed, but the stone statues are mostly intact.
MingZu Mausoleum is now a AAAA-level scenic spot, and the ticket price is 50 yuan.
Ming Tombs
Ming Xiaoling Tomb is the mausoleum of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, located under The Everest at the southern foot of the Purple Mountain in Xuanwu District, Nanjing, with the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum to the east and Meihua Mountain to the south.
The Ming Tombs, together with the Ming Ancestral Tombs and the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum, are often referred to as the "Three Tombs of the Early Ming Dynasty".
The Ming Tombs were started in 14 years from Hongwu and built in three years by Ming Yongle, which lasted 25 years. In order to repair the tomb, 100,000 soldiers and civilians were mobilized successively.
Willing to spend money, Ming Xiaoling is naturally very grand. Covering an area of more than 1.7 million square meters, it is one of the largest imperial tombs in China. Its regulations profoundly affected the imperial tombs of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, for the purpose of stabilizing the rule, the Qing court has been maintaining the Ming Tombs. When the Kangxi and Qianlong emperors were in the Gurudwara, they even performed the ritual of three kneeling and nine kowtows.
During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the war burned almost all the ground buildings of Xiaoling, and the Kangxi Imperial Monument was smashed. But the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regime also protected the Ming Tombs. In fact, every regime after the Ming Dynasty was protecting the Ming Tombs, which was an important reason for the preservation of the Ming Tombs.
During the Tongzhi period, Zeng Guofan was ordered to restore the Ming Tombs, but due to the limited budget, he only made some minor repairs.
For various reasons, the Ming Tombs were not too badly damaged during the Republic of China and the Cultural Revolution.
Around the Ming Tomb, there are also changyuchun tombs, Li Wenzhong tombs, Wu Emperor Sun Quan tombs and so on.
Ming Xiaoling is one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, national key scenic spots, world cultural heritage, and national AAAAA-level tourist attractions, with a ticket price of 70 yuan.
Ming Dongling
The Ming Tombs are the mausoleums of Zhu Biao, the eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the layout is similar to that of Xiaoling, but on a smaller scale.
After Zhu Biao's death, he was buried on the east side of the Xiaoling Tomb, which was not an imperial tomb. Emperor Jianwen posthumously crowned him emperor, and his tomb was converted into an imperial mausoleum.
After Zhu Di seized the throne, he stripped Zhu Biao of the title of emperor and restored the Dongling Tomb to the title of "Prince Yiwen Mausoleum", and since then there has been no one to worship and manage, and gradually became desolate. It was not until the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty that the officials restored the historical status of Emperor Jianwen and Zhu Biao.
The Ming Tombs are not in a good state of preservation, and the above-ground parts are almost destroyed, with only some architectural ruins.
Now, Tanglin has become the "Ming Tomb Ruins Park", located inside the Ming Tombs Scenic Area.
Ming Tombs
The most famous ming dynasty imperial mausoleum is located in the foothills of Tianshou Mountain in Changping District, Beijing. The entire mausoleum covers an area of 40 square kilometers.
In the past 230 years, 13 emperor tombs, 7 concubine tombs, and 1 eunuch tomb have been built here, and a total of 13 emperors, 23 empresses, 2 princes, more than 30 concubines, and 2 eunuchs have been buried here.
Except for Ming Taizu and Ming Emperor, who were buried elsewhere, and Zhu Yunjiao's whereabouts are unknown, the rest of the Ming emperors were buried here.
At present, changling, Dingling, Zhaoling, Kangling and Shenlu are open to tourists.
Some of the more special ones are:
The Ming Tomb is the mausoleum of Zhu Di, and the first of the thirteen tombs;
The Ming Ding Mausoleum is the mausoleum of the Wanli Emperor. The mausoleum is the only imperial tomb in the Ming Tombs that has been excavated by archaeology, and its underground palace can be entered and visited;
Ming Si Ling, originally the tomb of Emperor Ming Sizong's favorite concubine Tian Guifei. After Ming's death, Li Zicheng ordered sizong and the empress to be buried here. Later, the Qing government expanded and added to it. The mausoleum was twice stolen by bandits.
At present, the Ming Tombs are national key cultural relics protection units, national key scenic spots, world heritage sites, 5A level tourist attractions, tickets of 135 yuan.
Obvious mausoleum
Mingling is the mausoleum of the parents of the Jiajing Emperor, located in Chunde Mountain, Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province.
Although there is no true emperor in the Xianling Tomb, Zhu Youzhu's son of the true emperor is true filial piety! It was built from the time Jiajing took the throne and was built until the forty-fifth year of Jiajing, and it was not completed until 47 years.
Covering an area of 183 hectares, this mausoleum is the largest of the Ming Dynasty imperial tombs.
Zhu Yubu died before his son became emperor and was buried with the etiquette of a prince. He was given the title of King of Xing, and his fief was Anlu Prefecture, which is today's Zhongxiang City. He was buried here as a matter of course.
After Jiajing ascended the throne, he posthumously honored his father as emperor, and then began to rebuild his father's tomb according to the regulations of the imperial tomb.
After the death of Jiajing's biological mother, he also wanted to move his father's Zi Palace to Beijing, but after several considerations, he finally decided to send his mother's coffin back to Xianling for burial.
Later, The Xianling Tomb was destroyed in the late Ming Dynasty, the Republic of China, and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
Nowadays, the obvious mausoleum is a AAAA-level scenic spot, and the ticket is 65 yuan.
Jingtai Mausoleum
Emperor Mingxian restored the Jingtai Emperor and ordered that it be modified according to the specifications of the imperial tomb. However, the content of this addition is very limited, and this mausoleum also has its name, which is actually still a royal tomb.
After visiting the Jingtai Mausoleum, Emperor Ming believed that it did not meet the specifications of the Imperial Tomb, ordered that the green tiles of the building (the specifications of the royal tomb) be changed to yellow tiles (the specifications of the imperial tombs), and added some buildings.
Since then, the Jingtai Tomb has not been rebuilt, so in terms of specifications, it can only be said that it is between the royal tomb and the imperial tomb.
During the Qing Dynasty, this imperial tomb was very broken. During the Qianlong period, a new imperial monument was erected in front of the mausoleum.
During the Cultural Revolution, it was requisitioned by the Academy of Military Sciences.
In recent years, it has begun to be formally protected and restored.
At present, jingtailing is still in the courtyard of the Academy of Military Sciences. There is no charge, but the only thing that can be visited is the Royal Monument Pavilion in Qianlong.
The above is the current situation of the ming dynasty imperial tombs.
On the whole, the protection of the Ming Tombs is still good, especially the Qing Dynasty, which did not destroy the tombs of the previous generations on a large scale as when the dynasties changed in the past, but sent people to repair and guard them.
The fate of the Ming Tombs also reflects the progress of Chinese civilization in the past five hundred years. Even after the Manchu Qing entered the customs, there were no fewer people, but this was already the most civilized foreign invasion!
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