East Cemetery
1 min readEast Cemetery situated at the foot of Mt Changrui，west of Malanyu，Zunhua City，Hebei Province，125km from Beijing in the west，and 150km from Tianin in the south.It is the largest of the three，surrounded by scenery hills around，125km long from south to north，and 20km wide from west to east，occupying totally 2500km square.
The construction started in 1661 and ended 247 years later in 1908.Al-together 15 mausoleums were built here，5 of emperors，4 of empresses，5 of concubines，and the one for a princess east of-Malanyu.Their ploacement observed the principles:the emperor’s as the center，the empresses’and the concubines’at the side in order of their ranks，161 tombs in total.
East.Cemetery is the largest of the existing imperial graveyards in Chi-na，harmonious and integrated with the natural environment to provide a beautiful scene for the world.But.the most grandiose two，Yu Mausoleum and East Ding Mausoleum，were blasted open and seriously damaged by troops of warlord Sun Dian-ying in 1928.
