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Ming tombs
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Ming tombs

📷 Jessica Sacco · Pexels

Where in the world

China

The site

The Ming tombs are a collection of imperial mausoleums built for the emperors of China's Ming dynasty. Most cluster near Beijing as the Thirteen Tombs, set on the southern slope of Tianshou Mountain, a site chosen by the Yongle Emperor according to the principles of feng shui. Thirteen Ming emperors were laid to rest in the same valley across more than two centuries.

Field notes

civilizations
Imperial China
types
Necropolis · Mausoleum
occupied
1,409 CE — 1,644 CE
country
China

See it in 3D

3D capture Xiao Ling Courtyard Hall, Eastern Qing Tom CyArk ↗

Figures of this place

Laid to rest, born or died at Ming tombs

Wanli Emperor⚱
Wanli Emperorrests hereemperor of the Ming Dynasty (1563-1620)
Jiajing Emperor of Ming⚱
Jiajing Emperor of Mingrests hereEmperor of the Ming dynasty from 1521 to 1567
Jingtai Emperor⚱
Jingtai Emperorrests hereemperor of the Ming Dynasty
Zhengtong Emperor⚱
Zhengtong Emperorrests hereemperor of the Ming Dynasty
Chenghua Emperor⚱
Chenghua Emperorrests here9th Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1447-1487)
Hongzhi Emperor⚱
Hongzhi Emperorrests here10th emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1470–1505)
Empress Xiaoduanxian⚱
Empress Xiaoduanxianrests hereMing Dynasty empress
Empress Dowager Xiaojing⚱
Empress Dowager Xiaojingrests hereImperial concubine of Ming dynasty (1565-1611)

Monuments & structures

What stands within Ming tombs

Ding Mausoleummausoleum
Ding Mausoleum
Zhaoling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)mausoleum
Zhaoling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)
Yuling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)mausoleum
Yuling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)
Siling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)mausoleum
Siling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)
Changling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)mausoleum
Changling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)
Maoling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)mausoleum
Maoling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)
Qingling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)mausoleum
Qingling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)
Kangling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)mausoleum
Kangling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)
Jingling (Ming dynasty)mausoleum
Jingling (Ming dynasty)
Tailing Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)mausoleum
Tailing Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)
Xianling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty (Beijing)mausoleum
Xianling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty (Beijing)
Yongling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)mausoleum
Yongling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)
Deling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)tomb
Deling Mausoleum (Ming dynasty)

Nearby sites

Great Wall of China ~35 km
Great Wall of China China
Forbidden City ~40 km
Forbidden City China
Zhoukoudian ~68 km
Zhoukoudian China
Yungang Grottoes ~263 km
Yungang Grottoes China