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Han Yangling Shaanxi
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Han Yangling

The Han Yangling Mausoleum — a vast collection of miniature pottery figurines and granary models entombed, locking state assets into an underground model, the foundational work of the Chinese imperial tomb system.

Prefecture: Xi'an
Province: Shaanxi

Memorial4

  • Emperor Jing of Han Yangling Underground Museum

    Emperor Jing of Han lies here with Empress Wang, and China's first fully underground site museum, with glass walkways, showcases the prosperous Rule of Wen and Jing.

  • Han Yangling Terracotta Figures & Cavalry Pits

    More than eighty burial pits have yielded thousands of lifelike painted figures, once clothed and now unclad, including eunuchs and maids, plus pottery pigs, horses, cattle and sheep.

  • Han Yangling South Que Gate Ruins

    Remains of a triple-tiered que gate of timber, stone and rammed earth, the highest rank reserved for emperors, reveal the strict gate system of Western Han imperial tombs.

  • Han Yangling Lingyi Town & Cemeteries

    To populate the tomb town, the Western Han resettled five thousand powerful and wealthy households, and its orderly noble satellite tombs make it a model of Han mausoleum planning.