What are the layout characteristics of the Ming Tombs in Beijing

The overall layout of the Ming Tombs is like a big tree, each mausoleum is like a branch, and the trunk of the big tree is the sacred road leading to the mausoleum. Shinto is the only way to enter the entire Ming Tombs. Eighteen pairs of huge stone statues are arranged on both sides of Shinto. These statues of civil servants and military officials show that the emperor is still the master of the empire after his death. According to the mausoleum system of the ancient imperial tombs in China, the Yin houses were modeled after the Yang houses, and the ground buildings of the Ming Tombs were all modeled after the imperial palace in the Forbidden City. The periphery is a tall city wall, and the palaces inside the city wall are also strictly distributed according to a longitudinal central axis. At the back of each tomb in the Ming Tombs, there is a Ming building. There is an emperor's tombstone under the building, and behind the building is the emperor's grave.

The geomantic omen of Shinto in the Ming Tombs is also quite good. There are Longshan and Hushan gates on the left and right, and the Shinto between the two mountains is more than 7 kilometers long. From south to north, buildings such as stone archway, Dahongmen, Changling Shengong Shengde Monument Pavilion, Stone Statue Life, Dragon and Phoenix Gate and Seven-hole Bridge are built in turn. We got off in front of Dahongmen, walked past the red wall and yellow tile, which was the main entrance of the Ming Tombs, and officially entered the Ming Tombs Scenic Area. (