What are the transportation options to the Ming Tombs (Dingling)?

Transportation Guide to the Ming Tombs (Dingling): Aviation

Beijing Capital International Airport is located in Shunyi District, northeast of the city, about 30 kilometers away from the city. Capital Airport is China's first airport with three terminals, three runways, and twin towers operating simultaneously. Among them, Terminal 3 is currently the largest terminal in the world by single area, and is also the first non-competition Olympic venue to be put into operation.

Taxi: For taxis operating at the Capital Airport, the starting price is 10 yuan/3 kilometers, and then 2 yuan/km. After 15 kilometers, an additional 50% empty fare is charged for each kilometer. Taking a taxi from the city to the airport costs about 80 yuan.

Airport bus: Lines 2, 3, and 4 depart every 15 minutes in both directions. Other lines depart no more than 30 minutes. It leaves at any time when it is full. Tickets are sold at the airport and at various stops in the city. The ticket price is 16 yuan.

Airport Line 1: Capital Airport - Fangzhuang (Guiyou Building), passing Liangmaqiao, Baijiazhuang, Dabeiyao (Guomao), Panjiayuan, Shilihe (Jingrui Building), the first train is 6 :00, the last train is 19:30; Fangzhuang-Capital Airport, via Dabeiyao

(China Southern Hotel), the first train is 7:30, the last train is 22:30.

Airport Line 2: Capital Airport-Xidan (Civil Aviation Business Building), passing through Sanyuan Bridge, Dongzhimen, and Dongsishitiao Bridge, the first bus is at 7:00, and the last bus is until the end of the flight of the day; Xidan-Capital Airport , passing through Dongzhimen (50 meters east of the bridge), the first bus is at 5:30 and the last bus is at 21:00.

Airport Line 3: Capital Airport-Beijing Station, passing Yuyang Hotel, Dongdaqiao (no stops after 22:30), Chaoyangmen, Yabao Road, the first bus is at 7:30, the last bus is until the same day The flight ends; Beijing Railway Station - Capital Airport, passing by the International Hotel (West Gate), Dongzhimen (50 meters east of the bridge), and Jingxin Building (West Gate). The first bus is at 5:30 and the last bus is at 21:00.

Airport Line 4: Capital Airport - Gongzhufen (Xinxing Hotel), passing by the International Exhibition Center, Xiba River, Anzhen Bridge, Madian Bridge, Beitaipingzhuang, Jimen Bridge, Friendship Hotel, Beijing TV Station, Zizhu Bridge , the first train is at 7:00 and the last train is at 23:00; Gongzhufen-Capital Airport, passing by Youyi Hotel (North Gate Aviation Ticket Office), Beitaipingzhuang, Anzhen Building and Hangtian Bridge, the first train is at 5:30 and the last train is at 21:00.

Airport Line 5: Capital Airport - Zhongguancun (No. 4 Bridge), passing Wangjing (Huajiadi), Xiaoying, Asian Games Village (Anhui Bridge), Xueyuan Bridge, the first train is 8:30, the last train is 21: 30; Zhongguancun-Capital Airport, passing through Beihang University (North Gate), Huixin West Street (Anhui Building), Huixin East Street (Sinopec Group), the first bus is 6:00, and the last bus is 19:30.

Airport Line 6: Nanyuan Airport-Xidan, passing through Fuhai Park. The departure time is adjusted according to the flight time.

Wangjing Special Line: Capital Airport-Wangjing (Civil Aviation Cadre Management Institute), passing through Huajiadi Beili, Nanhu Canal, Wangjing Street West Exit, Wangjing Garden West District, the first bus is 7:00, the last bus is 23:00; Wangjing -Capital Airport, passing through Wangjing Garden West District, Wangjing Street West Exit, and Guangshun Street North Exit, the first train is at 5:45 and the last train is at 20:45.

Tianjin direction: Beijing Capital Airport departs from 7:00 to 23:00, with departures every 30 minutes after 7:00, 8:00 and 9:00. The boarding location is opposite departure port No. 15 Departure time from Tianjin is 4:00~18:00, every 30 minutes after 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. The bus location is at the intersection of Nanjing Road and Shanxi Road. Ticket price is 70 yuan.

Nanyuan Airport is located in Fengtai District, the southern suburbs of Beijing, 15 kilometers away from Tiananmen Square. It has a 4C-level runway and is the first large-scale military-civilian dual-use airport in Beijing. At present, the cities with navigation include Wuxi, Jiamusi, Jingdezhen, Dalian, Harbin, Hailar, Chengdu and Hohhot.

Transportation: Take bus No. 13, No. 62, Yuntong No. 115, 610, 369, 353, or 953 and get off at the "Xinhua Road South Exit" stop.

Railway

Beijing is the hub of national railways, with 6 passenger railway stations.

Beijing Station is located at No. 13, Maojiawan Hutong A, Dongcheng District. It can be reached by subway or multiple buses. Beijing Railway Station is a national railway passenger transport special station. It is mainly responsible for the passenger transportation tasks of the Jingshan, Jingqin, Beijing-Shanghai, Jingcheng, Jingyuan, and Jingbao lines, as well as international and international combined passengers bound for Pyongyang, Ulaanbaatar, and Moscow. train.

Beijing West Railway Station is located at No. 19 Guanglian Road, Fengtai District. From the city, you can take Metro Line 1 and get off at Military Museum Station. Beijing West Railway Station is also a special-class station, and trains departing from here cover major cities in South, Southwest, and Northwest China.

Beijing South Railway Station is located at No. 12 Yongwai, Chongwen District. It has been put into operation in August 2008. Xinnan Railway Station has become the most modern railway station in Beijing and the departure station of the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway.

Beijing North Railway Station is Xizhimen Railway Station. Take Metro Line 2 and get off at Xizhimen Station. The train station was designed and built by Zhan Tianyou and has been listed as a first-class cultural relic protection building in Beijing. The station mainly transports tourists to Badaling, Kangxi Grassland and other places on the outskirts of Beijing.

Beijing East Railway Station is located at No. 7 Baiziwan Road, Chaoyang District. It is a passenger and freight station mainly focusing on freight.

Fengtai Railway Station is located at No. 4 Zhengyang Street, Fengtai District. It is a comprehensive special-class station integrating passengers, cargo, transportation and loading.

Highways

There are 12 national highways radiating from Beijing as the center to Shenyang, Tianjin, Harbin, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Nanjing, Fuzhou, Kunming and other places.

Beijing has 9 expressways: Badaling Expressway, Capital Airport Expressway, Beijing-Shenyang Expressway, Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway, Beijing-Shijiazhuang Expressway, Beijing-Zhangjiakou Expressway, Beijing-Chengdu Expressway, Harbin Expressway and Beijing-Kaifeng Expressway.

There are 19 long-distance bus stations in Beijing ***.

Beijing has now opened direct passenger transportation to Benxi and Liaoyang expressways. Both lines run on the Beijing-Shenyang Expressway and provide free meals along the way. The total length of the Benxi route is 820 kilometers. The fare is 195 yuan. There is one train every day. It departs from Bawangfen Long-distance Passenger Terminal at 10:30 am (some departs from Sihui Station) and returns to Benxi Passenger Terminal at 20:00. The Liaoyang line has a total length of 700 kilometers and a fare of 170 yuan. It also runs once a day. It departs from Bawangfen Long-distance Passenger Terminal at 11:00 am and returns to Liaoyang Passenger Terminal at 22:00.

Bus

The unified fare for urban buses is 1 yuan, and the starting fare for suburban buses is 1 yuan. Additional fares are charged in increments of 0.5 yuan or 1 yuan depending on the distance. Air-conditioned buses The fare is more expensive than ordinary vehicles. It is recommended to apply for a bus card, which offers a large discount and is easy to use.

Public transportation card: The Beijing Municipal Government stipulates that anyone who uses a public transportation card to ride a bus will enjoy a 40% discount on bus tickets. Students can apply for a student bus card with a student ID card and receive a 20% discount on fares. It can be applied for at all subway stations, some bus hubs, and shopping malls, with a deposit of 20 yuan. (You can apply at the subway window of Beijing Station and the bus hub of Beijing West Railway Station. The acceptance point closes at 7 p.m.)

Time card: The 3-day card costs 10 yuan and can be used 18 times within 3 days; 7 The daily pass costs 20 yuan and can be used 42 times within 7 days; the 15-day pass costs 40 yuan and can be used 90 times within 15 days. You can take urban bus lines other than those prefixed with "9", excluding subways. The deposit is 20 yuan.

Travel buses

There are many types of tourist buses in Beijing. One is the tourist buses starting with the word "游". The fare varies depending on the length of the journey, luxury cars and air-conditioned buses. There are differences depending on the type, generally between 30 and 70 yuan. Among them, the You 1 to You 5 branches depart every day, and the You 6 to You 18 branches and special buses all depart on Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays; in addition There are also buses prefixed with "9" (20% off with a One-Pass Card) and special buses for day trips.

Passenger tricycles

Passenger tricycles in Beijing are generally gathered in traffic hubs and tourist hot spots in the city center. During holidays, due to serious taxi traffic jams, people choose to take them. A tricycle that can travel through small alleys. In addition, it is very convenient to take a tricycle to see the street scenery, so the cost of a tricycle is slightly higher than that of a taxi.

Bicycles

Many big hotels in Beijing have bicycle rental business, and the daily rent is about 20 to 30 yuan. If you want to have a more thorough understanding of Beijing, you might as well rent a used bicycle, and then you can enjoy walking through the alleys in the city center.

Other tourist trains

There are tourist trains from several railway stations in Beijing to various scenic spots in the suburbs of Beijing regularly every day. Holiday outing train tickets can be purchased at Beijing Railway Station, Beijing North Railway Station, Beijing South Railway Station, Beijing Railway International Travel Service, etc. Tourists can buy tickets for tourist attractions at designated railway ticket sales locations, and there is no need to buy any more tickets after arriving at the scenic spot. With your ticket, you can ride suburban trains starting from Beijing Railway Station, Beijing North Railway Station, and Beijing South Railway Station for free.

Subway

Beijing currently has Metro Line 1, Metro Line 2, Metro Line 5, Metro Batong Line, and Metro Line 13 (Light Rail). Line 1 starts from Pingguoyuan in the west and ends at Sihui East Station in the east; Line 2 passes through Xizhimen, Fuxingmen, Hepingmen, Qianmen, Beijing Station and other places; Batong Line runs from Sihui to Tuqiao. The first bus is usually at 5:00 in the morning, and the last bus is around 23:00 in the evening. The ticket price is 739 yuan, and there is no discount for the all-in-one card.

Dingling is the joint tomb of Zhu Yijun, the 13th emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the two empresses Xiaoduan and Xiaojing. It is located at the foot of Dayu Mountain 10 kilometers north of Changping District, Beijing, covering an area of ??180,000 square meters. Mi, it is the first imperial mausoleum to be excavated according to plan after the founding of the Republic of China. The Dingling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty has exquisite and majestic architecture. It is the crown of all imperial mausoleums in China. It is a treasure of the splendid culture of the Chinese nation and a world-famous tourist attraction.

The cemetery was built in the 12th year of Wanli (1584) and completed in the 18th year of Wanli (1590). The scale of the building is large and the materials used are exquisite. The main buildings such as Minglou, Baocheng and Mausoleum Gate have been preserved intact for more than 400 years.

In 1956, with the approval of the State Council, the excavation of Dingling began. In 1957, the official site was opened and nearly 3,000 cultural relics were unearthed. On September 30, 1959, a museum was established at the original site of Dingling. On October 1, 1959 Officially open to the public.

Dingling Underground Xuanguan, the layout of the palaces imitates the layout of the nine-layer royal palace in the imperial palace. It consists of five stone structure palaces in the front, middle, back, left and right, all with stone arches on the top. , the cross-section is in the shape of a pot bottom with a pointed top and two intersecting arcs. The underground Xuan Palace is tall and magnificent, with a total area of ????950 square meters in the five halls, and the highest point is 9.5 meters high.

There are seven stone gates in each of the five stone halls, among which the stone gates in the front, middle and back halls are extremely exquisitely made. There are wall-mounted white stone gate towers in front of the three gates. There are double door leaves inside the ticket, and the door leaves are carved with first title rings and milk-shaped door nails. The doornails are distributed vertically and horizontally to show the supreme status of the feudal emperor. In order to allow the door leaf to open freely, the door leaf is designed to be thicker at one end of the door shaft and thinner at the front end. The lower end of the door shaft also adopts a hemispherical shape. Reasonable conception and design make the door leaf, which weighs about 4 tons, very effortless to open.

The layout of the Dingling Underground Palace basically adopts the system of sleeping in the front and sleeping in the back. The front hall has no furnishings and is equivalent to the square in front of the palace. The middle hall is equivalent to the front dynasty (i.e. the main hall of the palace). There are three thrones carved from white marble, arranged in the shape of a Chinese character. In front of each seat there is a yellow glazed five altar. That is, incense, candles, flowers, and a large porcelain vat with blue and white cloud patterns. The vat is filled with sesame oil and is specially used for the ever-burning lamp. There are no funerary objects in the left and right side halls. The back hall is equivalent to the sleeping hall and is called Xuantang. It is the main part of the underground palace and is the place where the coffin is placed. In the center of the coffin bed are placed the coffins of Emperor Wanli and the two empresses Xiaoduan and Xiaojing. The three coffins are surrounded by plum vases, jade materials and 26 red lacquered wooden boxes filled with gold, silver and jade articles for burial. Each coffin also contains a large number of burial items. . Among the funerary objects unearthed from Dingling, the crown and phoenix crown are the most eye-catching. Emperor Wanli's golden crown was made entirely of fine gold wire and inlaid with two dragons playing with beads. Among the exquisite jewelry, Emperor Wanli's golden hairpin can be described as a rare treasure. The cat's eye stone the size of an index finger is inlaid on the top and shines brightly.

Nearly 3,000 pieces of silk fabrics, imperial robes, jewelry, and precious cultural relics of gold, silver, copper, tin, jade, and colored glaze were unearthed from Dingling, including golden crowns, phoenix crowns, and black gauze wings. Shan Guan, Mian Guan, etc. are all unearthed for the first time. The cultural relics unearthed at Dingling provide rich physical and scientific basis for studying the political, economic, and cultural development of the Ming Dynasty, as well as many issues such as the funeral of emperors and empresses, and the system of crown clothing.