Qing Yuling Qianlong Emperor Underground Palace
Known as a treasure house of stone carving, Qianlong's underground palace has four stone doors covered with Sanskrit and Tibetan sutras and eight great bodhisattvas in high relief.
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Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · County-level
Zun Hua City
The grand imperial mausoleums of Emperors Shunzhi, Kangxi, and Qianlong at Eastern Qing Tombs 5A UNESCO World Heritage stand in Zunhua.
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A place shaped through time
The grand imperial mausoleums of Emperors Shunzhi, Kangxi, and Qianlong at Eastern Qing Tombs 5A UNESCO World Heritage stand in Zunhua.
Zun Hua City
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Dingdongling Empress Dowager Cixi Gold Hall
All three halls of Cixi's tomb were built of precious huanghuali wood with gilded beams, and a carved stone ramp shows the phoenix above the dragon, a lavish break with convention.
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Qing Xiaoling Sacred Way & Grand Marble Arch
Five kilometres long, the main sacred way of the Qing Eastern Tombs passes a huge white-marble archway of five gates, six pillars and eleven roofs measuring 31.35 metres wide.
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Qing Jingling Kangxi Mausoleum & Stele Pavilion
The Kangxi Emperor rests here with four empresses, and the great stele pavilion with four cloud pillars holds a eulogy of his virtues composed by the Yongzheng Emperor.
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