Mausoleums of the Western Xia Kingdom
1 min readYuanhao assumed the imperial title，it was known as the Xia King-dom.In 1227，Western Xia was conquered by Yuan emperor Tai Zu（Genghis Khan）.The Western Xia had ten ruling emperors over a 190 year period.The sites of the imperial mausoleums were chosen nearby at the east foot of the Helan Mountains，25 kilormeters west of Yinchuan City.
On the southeast corner at the foot of the Helan Mountains are two large mau-soleums，probably Jialing and Yuling mausoleums of Li Jiqian and ti De-min，who were posthumously designated Emperor Tai Zu and Emperor Tai Zong.The architectural arrangement of the mausoleum area makes these two mausoleums most prominent，followed by others built later.Like other imperial tombs，Western Xia mausoleums were composed of two architec-tural units，the mausoleum gardens above ground and underground pal-aces.All the mausoleum gardens faced south，and their architectural formsabove ground have some unique characteristics，though they are quite sim-ilar to mausoleums of the Tang and Northern Song dynasties in Gongxian County.
