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Are the Dingling Underground Palace all open?

It is open, protective and open, and the culture it shows is a replica.

Dingling underground palace is also the only open underground palace in the Ming Tombs. The Ming Tombs is a famous scenic spot in Beijing, second only to the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. However, it is said to be the Ming Tombs. In fact, Emperor Wanli had only one mausoleum, and other tombs could only look at the ground buildings, while Dingling opened the underground palace.

The main buildings in the mausoleum area are stone bridge, stele pavilion, mausoleum gate, _ en gate, _ en hall, Ming building, Baocheng, underground palace, etc. The main buildings are all located on a central axis. In addition, there are ancillary buildings around the mausoleum, such as the God Chef, the God Library, the Sacrifice Pavilion, the Ancestral Sacrifice Home, and the Jingu Supervisor.

The underground palace, the main part of Dingling, is 27 meters deep and consists of five halls: the front, middle, back, left and right, with a building area of 1 195 square meters. Among them, the left and right annex halls are two symmetrical halls, with a coffin bed made of white marble in the middle, and the two annex halls are connected with the central hall through tunnels. There are three pieces of white marble in the nave, with the five offerings and ever-burning lamps of the emperor and queen.

The back hall is the largest hall in the underground palace, and there are coffins of Emperor Wanli and two empresses in the center of the coffin bed. There are jade materials, plum bottles and red lacquer wooden boxes for martyrs around the coffin. Unearthed funerary objects include empress dowager cixi's costumes, books and treasures, funerary wares, wooden figurines, armor, knives, arrows, gold, silver, jade, porcelain and a lot of silk.