Ming Tombs - Dingling

Dingling is the only mausoleum in the Ming Dynasty that has an open underground palace. Dingling is the joint burial site of the famous Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun and his two queens. The outer perimeter of the mausoleum was basically rebuilt after the destruction, and the layout of the mausoleum is basically arranged according to the appearance when it was opened, with only slight adjustments made for the convenience of visiting.

There are more than 3,000 cultural relics unearthed from Dingling Mausoleum, some of which are collected in the exhibition hall next to Dingling Mausoleum, and most of them are collected in the Treasure House of the Forbidden City.

The scale does not seem to be as large as Changling. There are some unearthed cultural relics worth seeing, as well as the only excavated underground palace in the Ming Tombs. You can go down to see the internal regulations of the Ming Dynasty royal tombs.

One of the Huangling Mausoleums of the Ming Dynasty, with a tomb chamber and underground palace, very nice

(Visited in 1997) Dingling is the mausoleum of Zhu Yijun (reigned Wanli), the 13th emperor of the Ming Dynasty. His two queens (Xiaoduan and Xiaojing) are also buried here. Dingling is located at the foot of Dayu Mountain, southwest of Changling, and was built between 1584 and 1590 (the 12th to 18th year of the Wanli reign). The main buildings of Dingling include the Zun'en Gate, Zun'en Hall, Baocheng, Minglou and the underground palace, etc. It covers an area of ​​182,000 square meters and is the only mausoleum that has been excavated among the Ming Tombs.

The tour time is 1 hour. There are 2 exhibition halls, but when I went there today, Hall 2 was closed for maintenance. There are clothes, cloth and so on, which are similar to those in the Changling exhibition hall (there is a piece of clothing in Changling and Dingling that is exactly the same). However, there are not as many things on display as in the Changling exhibition hall. When looking for the entrance to the Dingling underground palace, there was no guide for a section of the road, and I went the wrong way. It is recommended to add more guide signs. When I went down, I walked about five floors of stairs. It was empty, as other reviews said, and there were many replicas. If you go there, you basically just look at the internal structure. There were quite a lot of people when I went there, and I didn’t feel gloomy. After exiting, there is a mailbox in the tourist center. Friends who like to send postcards can write them in advance and send them there. The parking lot is not big. There were quite a lot of cars parked today (so many cars in the off-season? It should be internal employees?). I don’t know if it is timed. The parking fee is 5 yuan, which is a good price.

The most impressive thing about Dingling is of course its underground palace. It is the only mausoleum among the Thirteen Tombs that has been excavated, and the underground palace is open to tourists.

We walked down the broad steps gently. The underground palace was deep, damp, eerie and scary. Fortunately, there were many tourists visiting, all of whom came on their way from the Great Wall, so the yang energy was still sufficient. However, I will never go to the underground palace next time I visit Beijing.

The only underground mausoleum of the Ming Tombs that has been excavated. The fate of Emperor Wanli.

The imperial mausoleum is very magnificent, especially the Ming Tower, which is exquisitely crafted.

There was a lot of traffic near the Ming Tombs on Changchi Road, so I decided to go to Dingling for a walk. I usually don't like taking pictures of tombs, so I only took a picture of the persimmon forest at the entrance. The persimmon trees all over the mountain add some playful colors to the surroundings. The Ming Tombs are very historical, and it is worth a visit for students who are interested in Ming Dynasty history (see my travel notes for details)

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It is said that Dingling is the only developed mausoleum, so I came here!

There are mostly replicas under the mausoleum, and there are no rotten corpses, so there is no need to be afraid.

Compared with Changling and Shendao, there are more people here, and many domestic tour groups. The Zun'en Gate and Zun'en Hall in Dingling were burned down by Li Zicheng, which is a pity. I forgot whether the Lingxing Gate was also restored later. The highlight of Dingling is that it is the only tomb that has been dug up, the tomb of Emperor Shenzong, but the so-called unearthed cultural relics are all imitations. In general, it is enough to go once. The ticket is not cheap. If you drive yourself, you have to pay another 5 yuan parking fee, but if you have never been there, you should still go and have a look.

Exit Changling and take bus No. 879 to Dingling Scenic Area. Ming Dingling is the tomb of the 13th Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun (reigned Wanli) and his two queens (Xiaoduan and Xiaojing) of the Ming Dynasty. It is also the only one of the Thirteen Tombs whose underground palace has been excavated. Wanli is also a person who has been mentioned a lot in the history of the Ming Dynasty, praised and criticized a lot, and has many merits and demerits. He reigned for 48 years, the longest reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty; he did not attend court for 28 years, which is also a model of passive slacking of monarchs in all dynasties. He had the beginning of the Wanli Restoration and the glory of the three major expeditions of the Wanli Dynasty; he also had the criticism of the Donglin Party Dispute and the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Sarhu. Even the "Ming History: The Chronicle of Emperor Shenzong" commented that "therefore, the theory says that the Ming Dynasty actually fell because of Emperor Shenzong." Zhao Yi's "Twenty-two Historical Notes: The Harm of Mining Taxes in the Wanli Period" believes that "the theory says that the Ming Dynasty fell, not because of Chongzhen but because of Emperor Wanli." Of course, these Qing people's comments on the Ming Emperor can only be used as a reference and cannot be concluded. After all, not attending court and not governing are two completely different concepts. At least the victories of the three major expeditions of Emperor Wanli were achieved during his absence from court. Moreover, after not attending court, there were no eunuchs or relatives interfering in politics, and there was no powerful minister like Yan Song. The most important point is that during his reign, the Japanese were beaten most thoroughly, which directly announced the defeat of the Toyotomi family. Of course, it also greatly depleted its own national strength. In the late Ming Dynasty, it was unable to cope with the uprisings of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and was eventually exploited by the Qing people. In general, Wanli was still a manly man, whether to the harem or to the Japanese slaves.

Not bad, the environment is good! The ticket price is 45 yuan, and children under 1.2 meters are half price.

Compared with the Qing Dynasty Mausoleum, although a large number of ground buildings were destroyed, the underground palace was much larger and the stone statues were more delicately carved.

It seems to be the only emperor's tomb that has been excavated.

Dingling is the only imperial tomb that has been excavated among the Thirteen Tombs. The underground palace is very large and is worth a visit.

After being destroyed twice, the original buildings on the ground are almost gone, but the underground palace is well preserved.

It turns out that the Ming Tombs are so far away. The Shinto is the closest attraction. After getting off the subway, there are many black cars. You must ask clearly where you are going, whether you want to go only to the Shinto, or to visit Dingling, Changling, etc. I walked for 20 minutes after getting off the subway and followed the navigation to get to the Shinto. After exiting from the other end of the Shinto, you can take the bus directly to Dingling and Changling.

The Ming Tombs is the collective name for the tombs of 13 emperors after the Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing. Today, only four scenic spots are open: Changling, Zhaoling, Dingling, and Shendao (Zhaoling was not open for some reason on the day we visited). Tickets can be purchased for each scenic spot separately, or a combined ticket can be purchased.

Although it is a mausoleum, only Dingling has been excavated underground. Dingling is backed by green mountains and looks very beautiful from a distance. The courtyard is not as big as Changling, but the underground palace is open. The underground palace is about seven or eight floors underground. The elderly who were traveling with me had a little effort to climb up. It was super cold inside and it was not interesting in my opinion.

One of the ten largest mausoleums in China, the underground cemetery is the largest.

We went to Dingling on the way back from Badaling Great Wall. The ticket was 65 yuan. You can take bus 897 from Badaling Great Wall to Dingling directly, and take bus 877 back to Deshengmen from Dingling. Dingling is the only tomb of Ming Dynasty emperors that has been excavated. More than 3,000 rare treasures have been unearthed here. I have only seen the tomb on TV before, so it is still attractive. The underground palace of the mausoleum is connected by five tall and spacious halls in the front, middle, back, left and right, with a total area of ​​about 1,195 square meters, all of which are stone structure arches. The underground palace is tall and magnificent, with a total area of ​​950 square meters for the five halls, and the highest point of the top is 9.5 meters.

Dingling is located at the eastern foot of Dayu Mountain in Changping District, facing the round Mangshan Mountain. It is the mausoleum of Zhu Yijun, the 13th Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty. His two queens Xiaoduan and Xiaojing are also buried here. The overall layout of Dingling is round in front and square in the back, symbolizing "the sky is round and the earth is square". Dingling is the only mausoleum that has been excavated among the Ming Tombs. It is one of the three largest mausoleums among the Ming Tombs. The main buildings of Dingling include the Zun'en Gate, Zun'en Hall, Baocheng, Minglou and underground palace.

It can be said to be magnificent. We got off at the stop before Dingling, but later we felt that we got off at the wrong stop because Changling did not have an underground palace, so we got on the bus again and went to Dingling. It is very large and covers a large area. It is not suitable for walking because it is too scattered. There are very few visitors.

Ming Tombs - Dingling, September 2001, Beijing.

I went there by myself. The sun was about to set and it was still off-season, so I was a little scared.

Friends who are interested in Ming history can go and have a look. Bring extra clothes.

Dingling is the mausoleum of Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun and his two queens. It has the only underground palace excavated in the Ming Tombs and is one of the three largest mausoleums in the Ming Tombs. The ticket price is 45 yuan in the off-season and 65 yuan in the peak season. I personally think it is worth a visit if you have time. The museum of Dingling has a documentary showing the excavation process of Dingling, as well as the cultural relics excavated at that time, which are all worth seeing. We avoided the team time and arranged to arrive at 9 am, so there were very few people, which made Dingling more majestic and solemn!

The main purpose is to see the treasures on the ground. Although they are full of negative energy, they are royal things after all, so they are still worth seeing. Atheists like us, of course, will not believe in anything superstitious.

If you don't know much about history, it's not very interesting to visit the mausoleums. I happen to be one of these people. When I went there, I could get a rough idea based on the history books, TV dramas and related unofficial history novels I had read, but it was not as practical as having a tour guide. There are many rules to follow when visiting the mausoleums, such as which foot to step in first and what to say when leaving. It's better to believe it than not to believe it... The Ming Tombs still give people a very solemn and serious feeling, with a kind of awe-inspiring momentum, but the way there is farmland in the suburbs, all kinds of traffic jams, dust...

Dingling is just an underground palace, so it must be praised! The emperor's mausoleum was previously a restricted area. Why not see it now if you have the chance?

The ticket is 60 yuan. It is the most worthwhile visit among the Ming Tombs open to the public. You can see the tomb of Emperor Wanli and the underground throne.

It was almost closed when I went there. Plus the ticket was not cheap. I didn't take many photos. But it's still worth a visit. The ancients were really amazing. The underground tomb is magnificent. It's the tomb of the 13th emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

When talking about Qingling Mausoleum, we mentioned the Wanli Emperor buried in Dingling Mausoleum. Wanli reigned for 48 years, the longest reigning emperor in the Ming Dynasty. He did not attend court for 28 years because he favored Concubine Zheng and wanted her son to inherit the throne, but he failed to do so.

Dingling is a must-see attraction for tour groups visiting the Ming Tombs.

In the 1950s, the underground palace of Dingling Mausoleum was opened. This is the first and only imperial mausoleum in China approved by the state and opened by archaeologists. The excavation of Dingling Mausoleum began in 1956 and was opened in 1957. Xinhua News Agency officially released the news to the public in 1959, two years after the excavation of Dingling Mausoleum, which shocked the whole world.

In the initial excavation plan, Changling was the first choice. The Changling of Emperor Yongle Zhu Di was the largest and best preserved. Fortunately, due to the constraints of the conditions at the time, no way was found. Therefore, the excavation target turned to Dingling, the tomb of Emperor Wanli, who had the longest reign in the Ming Dynasty.

The city wall on the top of Dingling Tomb, the Ming Tombs, and the overall layout of the ground buildings are circular in front and square in the back, which contains the symbolic meaning of the ancient Chinese philosophical concept of "the sky is round and the earth is square".

There is a two-column archway gate (Lingxing Gate) along the central axis of the courtyard. I still don’t understand why the tour guide said: "Lingxing Gate is the boundary between Yin and Yang!".

As the only emperor's mausoleum excavated in the Ming Dynasty, Dingling was chosen. It is not very large in scale. Many parts of the palace on the ground were destroyed in a special period. Many beautiful ornaments, silk, gold and silver, etc. were excavated from the underground palace, which were all exhibited. My friends who were traveling with me wanted to visit the underground palace, so they chose Dingling. In fact, Changling is more magnificent and majestic. Before, the Ming Xiaoling and the Ming Tombs were well protected and repaired from the Shinto to the mausoleums. The pines and cypresses growing in the cracks of the wall, the small flowers blooming on the eaves, and the mottled pedestal decorations all seem to be telling the long history. It is worth going to Beijing. The transportation is also very convenient. I saw a bus in the parking lot. It should be available from the Deshengmen area!

The Ming Tombs is the general name for the royal mausoleums of the 13 emperors after the Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing. Today, only the Changling, Zhaoling, Dingling and Shendao scenic areas are open. Although it is a mausoleum, only Dingling has been excavated so far. Dingling is the mausoleum of Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun and his two queens. The ticket price is 35 yuan per person. Dingling is mainly for underground palaces and cultural relics exhibitions. The underground palace has at least several floors. The deeper you go, the more gloomy it feels. It is empty inside, and the coffins are placed in it coldly. There are few things to see inside.

Don’t take the wrong road, otherwise it won’t be Dingling.

The environment around Dingling is relatively quiet, and there are professional guides to lead you in; the main buildings of Dingling include the Zun'en Gate, Zun'en Hall, Baocheng, Minglou and Underground Palace. It covers an area of ​​182,000 square meters. It is the only tomb among the Ming Tombs that has been excavated. The objects displayed in the museum are worth seeing and listening to!

We only had a quick look at the Ming Tombs, after all, royal tombs are shrouded in mystery.

The Ming Tombs are a group of tombs of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty in China, located at the foot of Tianshou Mountain in Changping District, northwest of Beijing. The Ming Tombs are a unified whole, and each mausoleum is built independently in front of a mountain and scattered around. The mausoleums are of different sizes. Dingling is the mausoleum of the 13th emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun. The main buildings include the Enmen Gate, Lengen Hall, Baocheng, Minglou and the underground palace. In front of the Dingling Museum, the ground is open, clean and tidy. The outer Luocheng Gate into the mausoleum has three rolling doors, a single-eaved hip roof, and yellow glazed tiles. I entered through the middle rolling door, and a large courtyard appeared in front of me, with ancient trees and pomegranates falling red. The stone tables for tourists to rest in the forest were full of tourists. The underground palace of Dingling is 27 meters underground and is large in scale. Although some of them are replicas, it is still quite shocking.

The Ming Tombs consist of 13 royal buildings located in the basin north of Changping District. They are the burial places of 13 Ming emperors, as well as empresses, concubines and princes.

We visited Dingling, which is the most visited place by tourists. The ticket price is ￥65 yuan in the peak season and ￥45 yuan in the off-season.



We drove there. If you are traveling by yourself, you can take 872 or 877. The journey takes about 1 hour.

* 873 (Deshengmen - Changling) passes through Dingling. The first bus is at 07:10 and the last bus is at 18:00. It only costs ￥9

Located in Changping District, it is accessible by bus No. 67 and No. 872, but you still need to walk a short distance. There are plenty of parking spaces if you drive there, and the parking fee is only 5 yuan for small passengers.

You can buy tickets from him on the day of purchase at Public, which is 3 yuan cheaper per ticket. If you have a coupon, it can be even cheaper, which is very cost-effective.

This should be the only underground palace in the Ming Tombs that is open, but the few things on display are all fakes. It took about an hour and a half to play around. There were four floors of stairs to go up and down the underground palace, and everything else was very clean.

We went to Changling first and then Dingling. Because Changling can be visited at will, and Dingling is relatively large, but Dingling has an underground palace, so friends who like tomb robbing can go down and take a look.

In fact, it is not as gloomy as imagined. Personally, I think it is more of a museum.

Dingling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty is the burial place of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, as well as a sad love story.

Emperor Wanli was the longest reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but he was not happy. He had been carrying his mother's hopes since he was 10 years old, leading a boring and hard life of study. He was also constrained by ministers when he was in power. He wanted to make the son of Concubine Zheng, who brought him joy, the crown prince, but failed. He reigned for 48 years, spent 30 years in the harem, and 20 years away from government affairs. After his death, Concubine Zheng was buried in Dingling Mausoleum in her late twenties.

Following the signboards, we not only saw the overall picture of Dingling, but also learned about the process of its excavation.

There are many exhibition rooms displaying treasures excavated from Dingling, which is quite eye-opening.

Dingling, the only underground palace open to the public among the Ming Tombs, is the joint tomb of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun, and Empress Xiaoduan and Empress Xiaojing. You will be amazed by the ingenuity of the craftsmen in the past. You have to go down several flights of stairs to get in. You can also see the golden dragon crown and nine-phoenix crown of the emperor and the empress. It is said that there are 3,000 unearthed cultural relics.

If you haven't been there, you can still go and have a look, but if you are superstitious, you don't have to go.

There are a total of thirteen Ming Tombs, but only four have been excavated and opened. Dingling ranks first in online reviews, and the underground palace is indeed quite shocking.

Dingling is the mausoleum of Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun and his two queens, and has the only underground palace that has been excavated.

I read online that the underground palace of Dingling is worth a visit, but after I got there, I felt that the 65 yuan ticket was not worth it.

Dingling is the tomb of Zhu Yijun, the 13th emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It is the only tomb among the Thirteen Tombs that has been excavated.

Ming Dingling is the mausoleum of Emperor Wanli and the only underground palace open to the public in the Ming Tombs. Also, please note that you should never buy a package ticket for the Ming Tombs, as each mausoleum is very far away from each other.

All the cultural relics inside have been moved away, and what we see now are replicas. Also, I really hate this practice of throwing money everywhere. You should just visit the museum properly, why do such boring things? It's quite immoral.

If you don't have much time, don't even think about going there. It's not that interesting. If you have time, just climb the Great Wall and take the bus there.

The mausoleum of Emperor Shenzong is well built on the ground, and there is nothing much underneath.

Of the two mausoleums, the one that has truly excavated and developed the underground palace is Dingling, while Changling has a magnificent ground building that you can visit. The ground building of Dingling has been burned down because of Li Zicheng, leaving only the thick stone foundation of the main hall still showing the glory of the past. The underground palace of Dingling is very deep. Walking through the long stairs, you can see several wide tombs, in which are placed coffins and funerary items that were copied from the excavation of that year. Maybe it's because of my psychology that I always feel that there is a faintly gloomy and lonely atmosphere in the tomb.

The temperature in the underground palace is extremely low all year round. If you don't go in with a group of tourists, the Yang energy is strong, otherwise it will be a bit gloomy.

There aren't many people there, so it's still worth a visit. To be honest, what's there to see in other people's graves? !

Dingling is the joint tomb of the 13th Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Xujun, and his two empresses. The Dingling Underground Palace is the only underground palace that has been developed among the Ming Tombs. It is also the first imperial tomb to be excavated in a planned manner after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The Ming Tombs are the tombs of 13 emperors after the Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing. I went to the Dingling Tomb, which has the best reputation. At that time, I listened to the tour guide telling some bizarre stories, which made me shudder.

The Ming Tombs are very large. I chose Dingling, which has been excavated and can be visited in the underground palace. Dingling is the joint burial tomb of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun, and his wives and concubines, Empress Xiaoduanxian and Empress Dowager Xiaojing. From 1956 to 1957, archaeologists excavated the underground palace, which caused great damage and destroyed many precious cultural relics. In 1959, the original site was built as the Dingling Museum.

Wanli can be said to be the instigator of the demise of the Ming Dynasty, and now his grave has been dug up.

There is an underground palace in Dingling. After reading Grave Robbers' Chronicles, I have always wanted to find an underground palace to take a look. However, the underground palace is different from what I imagined, hahahaha

Dingling is the only underground mausoleum that has been excavated among the Thirteen Tombs. However, due to lack of experience, after the diamond gate of the underground palace was hastily opened, countless exquisite and precious paintings, calligraphy, silk and other cultural relics in the tomb that had been stored for hundreds of years in low-oxygen conditions were rapidly carbonized when they suddenly encountered oxygen molecules, causing heavy losses. Since then, it has become a central government policy not to actively excavate the emperor's tombs, which continues to this day.

It was not in my plan, but I came here to have a look after having dinner near Dingling. I think the underground palace is worth studying, especially the architectural layout, which is very interesting. But there are not many things, and the ticket price is a bit expensive.

I went to Dingling, one of the Ming Tombs, and found that the imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty were still full of traps, which showed how difficult it was to conduct archaeological research. The treasures in the tombs had been moved to the exhibition hall for display, and the tombs seemed empty. There is a door outside the tomb, which is said to separate the Yin and Yang worlds.

Among the Ming Dynasty's Thirteen Tombs, only Dingling has been developed. The underground palaces of the other tombs cannot be accessed; so I only went to Dingling.

There is a door inside Dingling Mausoleum. It is said that when coming out, one has to go through this door as well, stomp one's feet three times and shout, "I'm back."

When you pass this exit, men go left and women go right. Men step through with their left foot first, while women step through with their right foot first. You should also say loudly, "I'm back!", which means you are returning to the world of the living. Remember not to look back, because you may be afraid that a ghost will fall in love with you and you won't be able to return to the world of the living. Dizzy!!!

The huge underground palace inevitably reveals its gloom. Although there are large ventilation equipment, it is underground after all, and the air is indeed not very good.

The ticket price is 65 yuan per ticket. I think it is not very cost-effective in Beijing. Dingling is the mausoleum of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty and his two queens. Huang Renyu's "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" tells about him and his era.

Most of the things in the underground palace are destroyed, and there are not many intact ones (some have been put on display in the Forbidden City). Most of them are imitations. The whole underground palace gives me a feeling of emptiness.

The Ming Tombs Dingling is located at the southern foot of Tianshou Mountain in Changping District, Beijing. The Ming Tombs are the burial place of the thirteen deceased emperors of the Ming Dynasty after the capital was moved to Beijing. The imperial mausoleum complex consisting of thirteen mausoleums is built on the mountain, with a grand scale and magnificent momentum. The Ming Tombs began to build the Changling in the seventh year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1409) and ended with the construction of the Siling in the early years of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty. The construction of the mausoleum lasted for more than 200 years. The names of each mausoleum are Changling, Xianling, Jingling, Yuling, Maoling, Tailing, Kangling, Yongling, Zhaoling, Dingling, Qingling, Deling, and Siling in the order of construction. Some of them are now damaged and cannot be repaired. Dingling is one of the well-preserved ones and is still open to the public.