The Ming Tombs

The Ming Tombs are located at the southern foot of Tianshou Mountain in Beijing’s Changping District，occupying an area of over 40 square kilome-ters.The burial ground is so called because all thirteen ming emperors who ruled China after the Chinese capital was moved to Being were buried there.Construction of the Ming Tombs took over two centuries，starting fromthe building of Changling in the 7th year of the Ming Yong Le reign to the completion of Siling in the early years of the Qing Shun Zhi reign.The maior atractions of the Ming Tombs are Shen Dao（the Sacred Way）and the ground and underground architecture of the bombs.Of the thirteen tombs，three are currently open to the public，namely，Changling，Dingling and Zha-oling.The tombs exhibit an elegant yet dignified architectural style.No other imperial mausoleums in the world are so well preserved and have en-tombed so many imperial bodies as the Ming Tombs.

According to the order of construction time，they ranked as followed：Changling Tomb，Xianling Tomb，Jingling Tomb，Yuling Tomb，Maoling Tomb，Tailing Tomb，Kangling Tomb，Yongling Tomb，Zhaoling Tomb，Ding-ling Tomb，Qingling Tomb，Deling Tomb and Siling Tomb.Only Changling Tomb，Zhaoling Tomb and Dingling Tomb open to tourists now.

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