What is the contact information of Zhongxiang Mingling Mausoleum?
The contact information of Zhongxiang Mingming Mausoleum: 0714-4217387 is located in Songlin Mountain in the eastern suburbs of Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province
Introduction to the attractions of Zhongxiang Mingming Mausoleum:
The Mingming Mausoleum is A national key cultural relic protection unit, located in Songlin Mountain on the eastern outskirts of Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province, it is the joint burial tomb of Emperor Jiajing’s father, Emperor Gonghexian, and his mother, Empress Dowager Zhangsheng. It is the most distinctive tomb in my country’s thousands of years of history. Imperial mausoleum.
The Xianling Mausoleum was first built in the 14th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty (1519) and was completed in the 45th year of Jiajing (1566). The feudal city is more than 3,600 meters long, with a wall height of 6 meters and a wall thickness of 1.8 meters. The red walls, yellow tiles and golden walls are brilliant, winding up and down among the mountains. It is majestic and majestic. It is a relic of the tombs of the emperors of our country. The most complete and unique piece of the city wall, the cemetery consists of inner and outer city walls, front and rear Baocheng, Fangcheng Minglou, Lengsi Hall, Ling'en Gate, Divine Kitchen, Divine Treasury, Tomb House, Military House, Shrine Supervisor, Merit Stele Tower, and Xinhong Palace. It consists of more than 30 large-scale buildings including the gate, the old red gate, the inner and outer bright ponds, the Jiuqu River Royalty, and the dragon-shaped shrine. It is rare and a treasure in ancient Chinese architectural art.
The peculiarity of the Xianling Mausoleum mainly stems from the fact that the royal tomb was converted into an imperial mausoleum, which is a unique and unique example of double tombs in one mausoleum and is extremely precious. The tomb owner of the Xianling Mausoleum, Zhu You_, was King Xingxian during his lifetime and was buried in Songlin Mountain after his death. Emperor Wuzong died in the 16th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty. Because he had no heirs, the Empress Dowager Cishou and Yang Tinghe, a scholar of the First Fu University, were the brothers of Zunfeng and his brother. According to the ancestral teachings, Zhu Hou, the eldest son of the king, was ordered to succeed him to the throne. The reign name was Jiajing, and later Zhu Hou established an independent system. He used force to quell the three-year-long imperial examination dispute. During this period, 17 people were killed by the imperial staff, and officials were imprisoned, deprived of their salaries, exiled, sent to the border, and dismissed from their posts. There were more than 115 people, thus completing their own Zhaomu system. This major event was known as the Great Ritual Controversy in history. After that, Emperor Zhu Hou of Jiajing honored his father as Emperor Gonghexian, changed the royal tomb into an imperial mausoleum, and began a large-scale reconstruction and expansion project. The construction did not stop until Jiajing's death.
The Xianling Mausoleum is the product of major historical events and rituals in the early Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It has unique planning layout and architectural techniques, and plays a connecting role in the regulation of imperial mausoleums in the Ming Dynasty. Among its mausoleum buildings, the golden bottle-shaped Wailuo City, the Yuhe River on the Jiuqu River, the Dragon Scale Shinto, the Qionghua Double Dragon Glazed Screen Wall, and the inner and outer Mingtang are all the only examples seen in Ming Dynasty mausoleums, especially the mausoleum with two tombs. The structure is unique among the imperial mausoleums of the past dynasties. The two secret underground palaces, connected by Yaotai and shaped like dumbbells, are mysterious and mysterious and have always been amazed by the world.
The planned area of the Xianling Mausoleum is 183 hectares, of which the mausoleum covers an area of 52 hectares. In this vast area, all mountains, water systems, and forest vegetation are uniformly laid out and arranged as components of the mausoleum. The natural hill at the back of the mausoleum is Zushan, which serves as the support for the mausoleum, and the mountains on both sides serve as surroundings. Buildings are arranged on the platform in the middle, with the Jiuqu River meandering in between. The hill in front is Pingshan, which forms the front Zhuque, back Xuanwu, left The Feng Shui pattern of Qinglong and Youbaihu embodies the principle of commensurate mausoleum system and landscape. At the southernmost end of the mausoleum, there is a stele pavilion built to seal Chunde Mountain. It is square in plan. The pavilion has been destroyed. There is a white marble stele inside, with a height of 3.59 meters and a width of 1.15 meters. The three characters "Chunde Mountain" are written on the base of the stele. The body, inscription and forehead of the stele are well preserved. On the east side of Chunde Mountain, there is a dragon-headed turtle stele pavilion built in Tianzigang, commonly known as Shanqu stele pavilion, which records the scope and management of the mausoleum area.
There is a Wailuo City built outside the mausoleum, which is 6 meters high, 1.6 meters thick, 4730 meters long and in the shape of a golden vase. Due to the influence of the pond and the southeast sand mountain at the front end of Wailuo City, a palace gate on the top of the Xieshan Mountain was built next to the mountain and water, named Xinhongmen, with a width of 18.5 meters, a depth of 8 meters, and three holes. There are two dismounting steles in front of the door, writing to officials to wait until they have dismounted. On the right side of the new red gate is the Waiming Pond based on the original natural pond, and behind the Waiming Pond are three imperial bridges. Across the Royal Bridge is the Zhenghong Gate, which has red walls and yellow tiles. It is in the shape of a mountain top, 18 meters wide, 7.8 meters deep, and has three holes. In the middle of the Shinto of the Red Gate stands the tall Ruigong Shengde stele pavilion. The layout is square, with a width of 18.3 meters and a depth of 18.3 meters. It covers an area of 334 square meters. It has a white marble platform, a stone Xumi pedestal below, and a On the top of the mountain with double eaves, there are gates on each side, and in the center stands a monument of dragon head, turtle and turtle, and a stele of great merit and virtue. There are three imperial bridges 63 meters behind the stele pavilion.
Across the bridge is the most important tomb decoration building in the mausoleum area. Facing the front is the white marble pillar, 12 meters high, with a square Xumizuo at the bottom. Look at the capital of the column with a cylindrical relief with clouds and dragon patterns. Behind the pillar are a group of stone statues, including one pair each of a lion, a mink, a reclining camel, a reclining elephant, a unicorn, a standing horse, and a reclining horse; two pairs of generals, and one pair each of civil servants and honorable ministers. They are vivid in shape and arranged in an orderly manner. . Next is the Dragon Feng Gate. As a support for the stone statues, the design of the Dragon Feng Gate is very exquisite. It is a sky-shaped archway with six pillars, three doors and four floors. Cloud plates are hung on the square pillars and covered with rosettes. Each rosette is carved with a statue roaring towards the sky, There are flame orbs and stone piers standing in the main body. The square body is made of imitation wood and is equipped with forehead beams, flower panels and hugging frames. The upper forehead beams are equipped with door hairpins. There are drum-holding stones sandwiched between the front and rear of the square pillars. There is a Xumi pedestal under the screen wall, and it is covered with yellow glazed tiles. , the entire Dragon and Phoenix Gate is not only dazzlingly white but also magnificent.
Going from the Dragon Phoenix Gate and across the Royal Bridge is a 290-meter-long Shinto. This Shinto is contrary to the principles of left-right symmetry and straightness, and is curved in the shape of a dragon. It is a dragon-shaped Shinto. The Solitaire Shinto is the last three imperial bridges. Jiuqu River meanders from northeast to southwest. The river channel is a masonry structure. There are nine dams built in the river according to the height difference. The last imperial bridge across the Jiuqu River is Neimingtang. Neimingtang is circular with a diameter of 33 meters, and is surrounded by bluestone bank protection. There is a stele pavilion on each side of the pond, namely the Chunde Mountain Memorial Stele Pavilion and the Ruiwen Stele Pavilion. Behind the Neiming Pond is the En Gate, which is three rooms wide and two rooms deep. It has a platform and three clouds and dragons at the front and back. There are glazed shadow walls on both sides of the door. The front of the screen wall has a green glazed branch pattern and the back is a double dragon. Leaping up means a hidden dragon protecting life. _On the east side outside Enmen, there are the divine kitchen, divine storehouse, slaughtering pavilion, etc.
On the west side are built the shrine supervisor, the direct room for ritual students and happy households, etc. _Behind the En Gate, there are side halls on the left and right, five rooms wide, two rooms deep, and a corridor in front. Next is the Leng'en Hall, a palace-style building with a building behind the mountain. It is five rooms wide and four rooms deep. Going out to the platform in front, there is a stone-carved Xumizuo platform and a carved railing, dragon and wind pillar. _Behind the En Hall is the mausoleum gate, which is three rooms wide and has a masonry and glazed structure. Behind the mausoleum door is a two-pillar door. Now only the stone pillars, squatting dragons and war drums remain, and no wooden structure remains. Behind the two-pillar gate is the Five Stone Offerings, with existing offerings and some stone carvings. There is a stele pavilion on each side of the confession case, namely the stele pavilion for the imperial sacrifice and the imperial stele pavilion for the posthumous record. Behind the confession is the Fangcheng Minglou. The square city is 22.2 meters wide and 22.2 meters deep. It has a gate and a royal road in front of it. There are imperial steps on the left and right behind the door for going up and down. There is a bright tower built on the square city, which is 17 meters wide and 17 meters deep. It has double eaves on the top of the mountain, a stone Xumizuo foundation, and four gates. Inside, there is a stele dedicated to the tomb of Emperor Ruizong of the Ming Dynasty, with a total height of 4.69 meters.
The left and right sides of the square city are connected to the front and rear treasure cities. The front treasure city is oval in shape, 112 meters wide from east to west and 125 meters long from north to south. Inside the Baocheng is the Baoding, and under the Baoding is the Xuan Palace built in 1519 (the fifteenth year of Zhengde). There is Crescent City built between Baocheng and Fangcheng, with a glazed screen wall inside. The front and rear Baocheng are connected by Yaotai. Yaotai is rectangular, with a width of 11.5 meters and a depth of 40.5 meters. Houbaocheng is circular with a diameter of 110 meters. Inside is a treasured roof, and under the treasured roof is the underground Xuan Palace built in 1539 (the 18th year of Jiajing). Inside the Xuan Palace are the coffins of the emperor and the queen. There is Crescent City built between Houbaocheng and Yaotai, with a glazed screen wall inside. There are a total of 16 cantilevered Sanshuiji heads on the two treasure cities. They are exquisitely designed and serve as a unique drainage system. On the periphery of the mausoleum area, there are Xianlingwei, Dongguoyuan, Xicaiyuan, Gengpu and Xunshanpu along Zushan, Dongxishashan and Anshan.
The original architecture and environmental features of the Mingming Mausoleum are well preserved, the building scale is grand, the mausoleum structure is unique, and the cultural connotation is rich. It can be called the shining pearl of China's imperial mausoleums.
Xianling Mausoleum has been highly valued by national cultural relics experts for its unique environmental features, exquisite layout concept, grand architectural scale, rich underground treasures and precious historical value. The State Council announced in 1988 It is a national key cultural relic protection unit. In March 1999, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage designated it as the only imperial mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty and applied it to the United Nations World Heritage Committee as a world cultural heritage. The UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Committee has voted to include it in my country. The Mingming Mausoleum in Zhongxiang County, Hubei Province is listed as a World Cultural Heritage project.
The United Nations expert Mr. Jean-Louis Roussin was very surprised after inspecting the Xianling Tomb. He called the Xianling Tomb a miraculous Mingming Tomb. He was simply amazed that Wailuo City has remained intact after 115 years. Incredible. At the same time, the protection and maintenance work of Xianling Mausoleum was fully affirmed.