Which is more worth visiting, Ming Mausoleum or Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum?
The Ming Tombs are located at the foot of Mount Qomolangma in Dulong Mansion, south foot of Zijinshan Mountain, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in the east and Meihua Mountain in the south. Located in Zhongshan Scenic Area, it is the burial tomb of Zhu Yuanzhang and his empress.
It was named "Xiaoling Mausoleum", because posthumous title of Ma Shi was the "Empress of Filial Piety" and pursued filial piety to govern the world. Covering an area of 6,543,800 square meters, it is one of the largest imperial tombs in China.
The Ming Mausoleum was founded in the 14th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (138 1 year) and completed in the 3rd year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1405), and mobilized 100000 military workers successively for 25 years. Inherit the old system of "depending on the mountain as the mausoleum" in Tang and Song Dynasties, and create a new system of "taking the square grave as the mound". The harmonious unity of humanity and nature has reached the perfect height of harmony between man and nature, which has become an excellent example of the combination of traditional architectural art culture and environmental aesthetics in China.
Architectural value of Ming tombs
Ming Mausoleum is one of the largest existing tombs of ancient emperors. Its mausoleum system not only inherited the system of "depending on mountains as tombs" in the Tang and Song Dynasties and before, but also changed the square grave into a round mound, creating the basic pattern of "the front is round".
The Regulations on the Establishment of Tombs in Ming Tombs has been regulating the architectural pattern of more than 20 tombs in Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 500 years, which has a special position in the history of the development of tombs in China.
Therefore, the Ming Mausoleum can be called the first royal mausoleum in Ming and Qing Dynasties. This 600-year-old imperial tomb of the Ming Dynasty is famous for its prominent owner, large scale, unique shape and beautiful environment backed by Zhongshan. This is one of the largest tombs in China.
Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Ming Tomb