What cemeteries are there in the Ming Tombs?

The Thirteen Tombs include Changling, Xianling, Jingling, Yuling, Maoling, Tailing, Kangling, Yongling, Zhaoling, Dingling, Qingling, Deling, and Siling. It is the general name for the royal mausoleums of the thirteen emperors after the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing. Currently, only Changling, Dingling and Zhaoling are open to the public.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing. After his death, he was buried in Zhongshan Mountain in Nanjing, known as the "Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum". The second emperor Zhu Yunwen (Emperor Jianwen) sent troops to Nanjing because of his uncle Zhu Di in the name of "Jingnan" (relieving the emperor from danger), but Emperor Jianwen disappeared. Some people say that he became a monk, but his whereabouts are unknown (this is an unsolved case in the history of the Ming Dynasty), so there is no mausoleum. The seventh emperor, Zhu Qiyu, ascended the throne at the behest of the Queen Mother and ministers because his brother Yingzong Emperor Zhu Qizhen was captured by Wala, leaving him without an owner in the palace. After Yingzong was released, under the planning of his close associates, he carried out a "rebellion to seize the door", and Yingzong was restored and became emperor again. Zhu Qiyu was killed. Yingzong did not recognize him as the emperor and destroyed the mausoleum he built in the Tianshou Mountain area. As a "king", he was buried in Yuquan Mountain in the western suburbs of Beijing. In this way, two of the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty were buried elsewhere, one was missing, and the remaining thirteen were buried in Tianshou Mountain, so they were called the "Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty."

The Ming Tombs are a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relics protection unit, a national key scenic spot, and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. The Ming Tombs are located at the foot of Tianshou Mountain in Changping District, Beijing, with a total area of ??more than 120 square kilometers and about 50 kilometers away from Tiananmen Square. The Ming Tombs are located in a small basin surrounded by mountains on three sides in the east, west and north. The tomb area is surrounded by mountains, and the central part is a plain. There is a winding river in front of the tomb. From the construction of Changling in May of the seventh year of Yongle (1409) until the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen, was buried in Siling, during more than 230 years, thirteen emperors' tombs, seven concubines' tombs, and one eunuch's tomb were built. *** buried thirteen emperors, twenty-three queens, two princes, more than thirty concubines, and one eunuch. As of 2021, the scenic spots that have been opened include Changling, Dingling, Zhaoling, Shenlu, and Kangling. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in order to protect this cultural relic, the government began repairs from the early days of liberation and protected the Ming Tombs as a national key cultural relic.

The garden tombs currently open to the public include Changling, Dingling, and Zhaoling. Changling is the ancestral tomb among the Thirteen Tombs. It is the joint tomb of Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and the Queen Xu. We also As I said, the Ming Tombs were built after the Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing, so Zhu Di was the first Ming Dynasty emperor to be buried here. As for Zhu Yuanzhang, he was buried in the Purple Mountain of Nanjing. Don’t get me wrong, the same goes for Changling. Among the Ming Tombs, it is the largest cemetery with the earliest construction time and the best preserved ground buildings. It is also one of the most important tourist attractions in the mausoleum area. Dingling is the only excavated mausoleum among the Ming Tombs. The underground palace can be For tourists to visit, Zhaoling Tomb is the first cemetery among the Thirteen Tombs to be restored and repaired on a large scale, and it is also one of the officially opened tourist attractions in the mausoleum area. Other cemeteries have suffered more or less the ravages of time and are still under repair. Due to the protection of historical relics, they are not open to the public.