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Dingling Underground
Palace
The Dingling Underground Palace unveiled
in 1956, was the 1st of the 13 Ming imperial tombs to
be officially opened to the public. The tombs can be
found on the southern slopes of the Tianshou Mountains
48km (30 miles) to the northwest of Beijing.
Emperor Wanli (1563-1620) and his
2 empresses were buried at Dingling at his death. Emperor
Wanli reigned for 48 years, the longest of all the Ming
emperors and his tomb is definitely the most extravagant
- the tomb was built over a period of six years by some
30,000 workers, and the equivalent of 2 years of national
land tax revenues was spent on construction.
The tomb is 27 meters (89ft) below
the ground and covers an area of 1,195 sq meters. It
consists of 5 rooms connected by giant marble archways
and floors paved by a highly polished stone known as
"gold bricks". The central hall has 3 marble
imperial thrones and offerings made of yellow glazed
pottery. The rear hall is the most important and impressive,
it contains 3 platforms used to support the coffins
of the Emperor and his wives and was surrounded by 26
red lacquer chests filled with valuables made from gold,
silver, jade and porcelain. In addition, sacred objects
of jade and porcelain were placed around these chests.
These and some of the other
3,000 objects unearthed from this palace are on display
in the 2 exhibition halls. The objects include the emperor's
crown and robes and the empresses?robes, jewels and
phoenix tiaras.
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