The last emperor of Feng Shui are very superstitious, that a good cemetery is selected to be sub-Sun Fugui, a flourishing. Yan Wang Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, after the change began to reign as the Yongle Tomb choice to make. Ling made his place in selected urban areas away from the inside Changping County more than 80 Tianshou mountain. Mausoleum of the first play from the last tomb ended, lasted for 200 years to build a Retreat thirteen tomb. Their order is: Zhang Ling, Xian Ling, Jing Ling, Yu Ling, Mao Ling, Tailing, Kang Ling, Yongling, Zhao Ling, Ding Ling, Qing Ling, Germany Ling, Ling thinking. This is the famous Ming Tombs.
The Changling Ming Tombs as the main body, symmetrical arrangement of the northern margin of the basin at the foot of a plateau, covering about forty square kilometers. Positive hill in front of a stone arch, from the six large stone structure, Yunlong relief column angle, the upper lying carved animals, vigorous fine. Cemetery is the stone arch over the door – dahongmen. Dahongmen has three openings, a magnificent sight. There are about 40 kilometers past Yuanqiang, Beiting a palace there. Beiting is a wide turn “Shinto.” Shinto neatly lined on both sides of the twelve and twenty-four Shishou Shiren. This statue group is the first at the Ming Tombs are the main attraction. Xun Chen Shiren in twelve four, four civil officials, military commanders four. Is a four round Shishou lions, four haitai, four camels, four elephants, four unicorns, four horses. Shi Shou are two established two squatting, which are listed on both sides. With a single piece of white marble or stone figures were carved Ai Ye, simple and rich, vivid image. This statue represents Manchao twelve civil and military officials. Especially the four Takeomi, eyes wide open, big mouth slightly open, it seems that the release order, it is extremely powerful, it was ear can hear sound, but really listen, only hear the whirring of the wind. So the locals love to “Shiren big mouth – not words” to describe someone not good at speech, or both parties have no common language such as: we are “the Ming Tombs Shiren big mouth – not words” that have nothing can be said.
Ming Tombs is the main stone building materials, in addition to Shiren, but also have a stone arch to the palace, Shek Mun, the throne and the next floor of the monument. These stones are mainly marble and dolomite (commonly known as white marble.) White marble, the color white, calcite in the sunlight under the Ye Ye flash, and it’s harder than granite, small, easy to mining. Also easy to cut and polish. But the stone was used Yongling is much more rigid than the white marble of aragonite, it is very famous.
Jiajing Yongling Emperor in the Ming Tombs, the tomb of King Sejong Zhu Hou Cong. Jiajing 15-year-old emperor, reigned for 45 years, 30 years old began his choice to repair the tomb, before and after repair for 12 years before they become.
Buried under the feudal system; graves in the middle, then right-left-Zhao Mu down the order. Tomb of children of not more than graves. The shape of the ground construction actually Yongling Yongle Emperor of the Ming Tombs and their ancestors the same, while the next floor, and Noble and more than a Changling. The famous Qing dynasty scholar Wang Yuan, in his forward to the “Home Business Hall Collection, the Ming Tombs in mind” records: the next floor tailor Yongling aragonite brick “Di Di Lin Lin rotten rotten, ice mirror Yingjie , Qian Chen does not leave, Chang Ling Mo arrest also, so Molly was Yongling. “This is called aragonite stone, smooth as butter, hard like steel. Ming House, the stone is used in the middle of this stone, consequent people often “Yongling stone nail nails – head-on” to describe the strong opponents run into strong competitors, evenly matched, the do not give.

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