Brief introduction of Qing Xiling mausoleum

1. The Qing Tomb is located in Xiling Town, Yixian County, Baoding City, Hebei Province. It is one of the three royal cemeteries in the Qing Dynasty.

2. The cemetery was built in the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), and the burial of Princess Jin was officially completed in 1924. There are 4 emperors, 9 empresses, and many concubines, princes and princesses buried in the mausoleum area. During the existence of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Western Mausoleum has always had a special organization to preside over sacrifices and daily maintenance, and there are also special troops to guard the mausoleum and its surroundings.

3. After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, the protection institutions of the Qing Xiling Mausoleum were unable to guard the whole cemetery, which led to the repeated excavation of the Qing Xiling Mausoleum before the establishment of the Qing Xiling Cultural Relics Preservation Institute in 1954. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Qing tombs were properly protected.

4. In 198, the chongling Underground Palace was opened to the public after being cleaned up. In 2, Qing Xiling was listed as a World Heritage Site.

5. Qingxi Mausoleum This is a dreamland composed of mountains and rivers, and it has reached the beauty and auspiciousness required by geomantic science, regardless of the mountain landform or the air pulse and cloud potential. The more than 4 mausoleum buildings embedded in it, which have been built for nearly two centuries, have integrated the human spirit to the maximum extent and expressed the lofty, eternal, magnificent and exquisite image of imperial power. This is the Qing Dynasty Royal Mausoleum Group-Qingxi Mausoleum located in Yixian County, Baoding City, Hebei Province.

6. The Qingxi Mausoleum was built in 173 (the eighth year of Yongzheng) and completed in 1915. It lasted for 185 years, covering an area of more than 8 square kilometers. Among the 14 mausoleums, there were 4 emperors, 9 queens, 57 concubines, 2 princes, 2 princesses and 6 elder brothers, and 8 people were buried.

7. It is the most complete, recent and primitive imperial mausoleum group in China, which is a collection of imperial buildings in the Qing Dynasty. There are more than a thousand palace buildings and hundreds of ancient buildings and sculptures in the mausoleum area, which are magnificent. Gu Song in the mausoleum area is towering, with evergreen seasons and flowing waters. Such landscape adds a bit of beauty to the Qing Xiling Mausoleum, and nature endows the mountains and rivers around the mausoleum area with a special aura.