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Ming Tombs (Changling)

Tomb of the Yongle Emperor and Empress Xu, the first and largest of the thirteen Ming imperial tombs in the valley north of Beijing. Its halls are the best preserved of the group, and its underground palace has never been excavated.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1409 CE mainstream
  Yongle Emperor names Tianshou Mountain and begins building his tomb source
• 1413 CE mainstream
  burial chamber completed; Empress Xu reburied there source
• 1416 CE mainstream
  Hall of Eminent Favour completed source
• 1424 CE mainstream
  Yongle Emperor dies on campaign and is buried at Changling source
• 1644 CE mainstream
  Li Zicheng's army ransacks and burns many of the Ming tombs source
• 2003 CE mainstream
  Ming tombs near Beijing added to the UNESCO Imperial Tombs listing source

Where

40.3011° N, 116.2431° E

Sources

• https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%98%8E%E9%95%BF%E9%99%B5
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_tombs
• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1004/

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