Eastern Qing Tombs

The correct way to visit the Eastern Qing Tombs is to either drive there yourself or go there in the afternoon and wait until after get off work.

The Ming and Qing imperial tombs, as the last climax of the ancient imperial tombs, formed the most complete system above and below the ground. In simple terms, they can be divided into three major sections: the sacred road, the above-ground palace, and the underground palace. The above-ground palace is actually similar to the Forbidden City in Beijing, the main difference is that it is backed by mountains and shaded by green trees. So the most special places are the underground palace and the sacred road.

Currently, only three underground palaces are open: Qianlong Yuling, Cixi Dingdong Mausoleum, and Yufei Mausoleum. The last one can be skipped. Although Cixi was glorious during her lifetime, after her death, I don’t know whether it was due to the etiquette system or the lack of surplus food in the late Qing Dynasty emperor’s family, the underground palace was also quite simple. The significance of the display seemed to be more to accuse the warlord Sun Dianying of tomb robbery. But the underground palace of Qianlong Yuling is really great. Not only is the space larger, but the white marble stone doors and walls are engraved with various Sanskrit and Manchu Buddhist scriptures, and reliefs of heavenly kings and bodhisattvas, so this place is a must-see.

As mentioned above, the special feature of the above-ground buildings is that they echo the surrounding mountains and forests. From this point of view, Shunzhi Xiaoling Mausoleum is worth a special visit, even though there are only above-ground buildings and the underground palace is not open. Because Xiaoling Mausoleum is the first mausoleum of the Eastern Qing Tombs, the overall design from the sacred road to the mausoleum, and then to the mountain on the north, is based on it as the central axis. Therefore, outside Xiaoling Mausoleum, you can more deeply feel why the mausoleum was chosen to be built under such a mountain shape.

The regular route includes the Qianlong Yuling Mausoleum, Yufei Mausoleum, and Cixi Dingdong Mausoleum to the west of Xiaoling Mausoleum, which are very close to each other and can be walked all the way. Each mausoleum has its own theme exhibition in the hall of worship, and Yufei Mausoleum mainly has exhibitions related to Xiangfei.

Of course, the above should be visited during the business hours of the scenic area. But the remaining place that should not be missed, and it is best to wait until after get off work to visit, is the Shinto. The complete system of the Ming and Qing mausoleums is not enough to look at a single mausoleum, but to put all the mausoleums together to see the layout, which is inseparable from the Shinto shared by all the mausoleums.

Starting from the southernmost Zhaoshan Jinxing Mountain, the Shinto Road passes through the stone archway, the big red gate, the Shengong Shengde Monument Building, the stone statues, the Dragon and Phoenix Gate, the Seven-Arch Bridge and other standard buildings in the north. At each building, you can look north and south to see the perspective landscape formed by the buildings in front and behind. For example, looking south, you can see Jinxing Mountain in different positions, sometimes large and sometimes small, blending with different buildings. There is a similar perspective effect in the doorway of each archway and gatehouse. In addition, there are stone statues of various appearances.

However, this Shinto Road is closed during normal business hours, and only sightseeing buses are allowed to pass through. However, the sightseeing buses can only take a quick tour along the way, and will not stop in the middle to let people get off and play. So if you want to experience the essence of this road, you must wait until after get off work, when the Shinto Road is unblocked, and then drive in and walk slowly.

Therefore, if you come here by car and have time to stay until after get off work, there is no need to take the scenic area's sightseeing bus, nor is there any need to park your car at the tourist reception center in the south of the scenic area. Instead, you can drive directly to the parking lot in front of Yuling in the center of the scenic area.

The area is very large and is the best-preserved imperial mausoleum of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Shunzhi mausoleum is the main axis, and other mausoleums are spread out on both sides. Several of the mausoleums are open to tourists, and you can visit the underground palaces of Qianlong and Cixi, which are all extravagant works with complex carvings and machines.

The Eastern Qing Tombs is the largest ancient imperial mausoleum. It is worth a visit for those who like history. I signed up for a one-day tour at the Beijing Qianmen Tourism Distribution Center, but I was a bit pressed for time. If you want to see it in detail, it is best to drive there. When I got there, I found out that during holidays, Tangshan has minibuses that go directly to the Eastern Qing Tombs, so there is much more time for the tour. The tour route is shown below for reference.

Both Yuling and Dingdongling were destroyed by the Dongling robber Sun Dian, so you can go down to the underground cave to visit them, so they are naturally the first choice for visiting.

There are two tomb owners in the Eastern Tombs that I am particularly interested in, one is Emperor Qianlong and the other is Empress Dowager Cixi. After seeing Qianlong's Yuling, I was really amazed. It is a treasure house of sculpture art with various patterns, clear and smooth lines, and lifelike images.

The tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi is famous for the carvings on the stone railings around it. The stone dragon below and phoenix above in front of the hall is also a masterpiece. It is really worth appreciating slowly for those who are interested.

The Forbidden City is crowded every day, but the Eastern Qing Tombs can be visited almost any time and it is refreshing. In fact, the prosperity of the emperor's life and the mourning of his death are equally worth savoring. In other words, the destination of the dead is actually more worth seeing. The Eastern Qing Tombs almost brings together the rulers of the Qing Dynasty and their relatives. Compared with the Eastern and Northern Tombs in Shenyang, the regulations are very complete, especially the Qianlong Mausoleum, which was built as a gorgeous Don Juan because of the abundant treasury, the prosperous times and the self-proclaimed Ten Perfect Old Man. And the tombs of the concubines, who were not favored during their lifetime, were also desolate and desolate after their death. In fact, they are not as good as the tombs of women from wealthy families, with only a steamed bun. In short, tourists who have a sense of history should like the Eastern Qing Tombs very much. As a person who likes to do everything by themselves, it is strongly recommended to find an interpreter here, and the quality of this trip will be doubled.



The transportation is in front of you. If you can't drive yourself, it will be very inconvenient. China-TravelNote's local one-day tour is good enough. The experience of traveling with children is flawless.

Just came back from the Eastern Qing Tombs and it was OK. I wanted to go down to see it but the kids didn't want to go down, so I didn't go down! I just took a quick look around, and the food there was not good, not very good!

It's a priceless treasure. But don't go to the tomb keeper's place. It's not worth it.

I watched Eastern Qing Tombs for the second time. My husband is a history enthusiast, but I am not even a history novice, so it was not easy for me to watch it for the second time!

This time, I drove to the Eastern Qing Tombs, just like the first time. The difference is that the first time, you can drive into each mausoleum and take what you need. The second time, you are forced to park in the parking lot, charge 10 yuan per time, and then buy a bus ticket for 35 yuan per person. No matter adults, children, or 70+ seniors, only children under 1.2 meters tall are exempted.

Normally, you should enjoy the stop-and-go service after paying for the ride, but who would have thought that people would always wait for the bus. It doesn't take long to visit a scenic spot, 20 minutes or half an hour is enough, but it takes up to an hour and a half to wait for the bus. You can only visit two or three of the scenic spots included in the ticket, and the rest will be wasted because you don't have time to visit them. What's even more infuriating is that some private cars can drive in directly. When I asked the staff on the scene, they replied: That's because they know the way. Those who know the way can only buy tickets for the scenic spots, not the bus tickets, and they don't have to worry about queuing for the bus. The time cost is greatly reduced, which is reasonable. Why is it not encouraged? The staff replied: This is decided by the leadership!

If you want to get rich, spend money first! How long can you last with this method? Never again!

The Eastern Qing Tombs are not too close to Zunhua City, about 30 kilometers away, so it is not far to drive.

Ticket price: 152 yuan (Eastern Qing Tombs pass, including scenic area battery car, excluding sacrificial ceremony)

The main entrance parking lot, you need to walk to the "visitor center" to take the bus, and then get off wherever you want to go. I also came to the "Eastern Qing Tombs" once 6 years ago. At that time, you could drive in by yourself, because the tombs were far apart, and the Eastern Qing Tombs was just a general term for a large area. At that time, you hired a tour guide, drove the tour guide back and forth between the tombs, and the tour guide told you all kinds of official and unofficial history along the way.

Because I went to the ancient tomb museum in Luoyang before, I suddenly became very interested in mausoleums. I wanted to go there during the May Day holiday. It was actually more than 100 miles to drive. It took about an hour and a half to go there, but it was hard to come back. It took four hours. I stayed in Zunhua for one night. I went there early in the morning and said that it was about 10:30 to enter the scenic area early in the morning. It is important to remind you that you can drive to various scenic spots by yourself, but don’t drive directly to the parking lot at the gate. He will definitely tell you that you can’t drive in. Just navigate to Dingdong Mausoleum, and then walk back to visit Dingdong Mausoleum, Xiangfei Tomb, and Yuling. It is recommended to buy tickets at the tourist center and then drive to other attractions. Group purchases can only be exchanged at the tourist center. The scenic bus we took took the regular route. We first went to Emperor Qianlong’s Yuling. The stone carvings in the underground palace are really great, but the underground palace has a big problem of water seepage and is very humid. Then there is the Xiangfei Curtain. Only Xiangfei has an underground palace, and the other concubines are just tombs. It feels very miserable. By the way, Xiang Fei didn't have any burial objects, the best was the cat's eye stone 😓. The rest were all based on the road signs to the Dingdong Mausoleum of Empress Dowager Cixi. The only feeling is that the old Buddha is versatile, and the level of the calligraphy and painting works on display is really extraordinary. At Dingdong Mausoleum, you can transfer to the tourist center and the Xiaoling Mausoleum of Emperor Shunzhi. Xiaoling Mausoleum now has a blessing ceremony performance at 11 a.m. and 1, 2, and 3 p.m., which is okay to watch. I listened to a tour guide and it seems that the underground palace has been robbed a long time ago. The reason why it is not open is because of serious water seepage. What a pity. At Xiaoling Mausoleum, I changed buses to Jingling Mausoleum, the last stop of this trip. A reminder, there is no direct bus to Jingling Mausoleum for tourists, and you can only go to Dingdong Mausoleum to transfer to the tourist center. Jingling Mausoleum can go to Erlang Shen Temple. Overall, the management of the scenic area is not bad, the transfer bus arrangement is very reasonable, and there is no long queue. The scenic area was left at around 4 p.m.

We rushed to the Eastern Qing Tombs in Zunhua County, Tangshan City, and revisited the magnificent palaces and mausoleums that recorded the military achievements of Emperor Kangxi, the prosperous reign of Emperor Qianlong, and the luxurious life of Empress Dowager Cixi. We were once again amazed by the crystal clear and ingenious white marble reliefs in the underground palace of Emperor Qianlong's Yuling Mausoleum!

The Tomb of Cixi was badly damaged by Sun Dianying. What we see now is no longer the original luxurious underground palace of the Tomb of Cixi, but rather simple. However, the Hall of Worship in the Tomb of Cixi is still quite distinctive.

Putuoyu Dingdong Mausoleum (Cixi Mausoleum) From Yufei Mausoleum to the west is Dingdong Mausoleum where the Eastern and Western Empress Dowagers are buried. The Western Empress Dowager Cixi's Mausoleum is in Putuoyu, and the Eastern Empress Dowager Ci'an's Mausoleum is in Puxiangyu. Both mausoleums were originally built in the 12th year of Tongzhi (1873), with similar shapes and scales, but Cixi's Mausoleum was fully rebuilt during the Guangxu period, so its architecture is more gorgeous and exquisite than that of the Eastern Mausoleum. Cixi's Mausoleum also has the only underground palace among the mausoleums of the empresses in the Qing Dynasty. According to records, a large number of gold, jade and jewelry were buried in the underground palace. Among them, a pair of longevity pots were inlaid with 1,288 pearls, 56 rubies and 18 sapphires, which are regarded as rare treasures.

In particular, the Longen Hall is decorated with gold and colorful paintings inside and outside, and there are golden dragons circling the pillars in the hall, which is magnificent and golden. In the center of the white marble base in front of the hall, there is a dragon and phoenix step stone carved through it, and its composition is "phoenix above, dragon below", which fully demonstrates his ambition to monopolize power.

As one of the first batch of key cultural relics protection units at the national level, it is the burial place of five emperors and 15 empresses from the Qing Dynasty.

The Eastern Qing Tombs are in Zunhua. The ticket is 120 yuan. There are 5 emperors, 15 empresses, 136 concubines, 3 princes, 2 princesses, and 161 people buried here, including Shunzhi, Kangxi, Qianlong, Cixi, and Xiaozhuang. Qianlong's Yuling was looted by Sun Dianying, so the underground palace is now open. The entire Eastern Qing Tombs is very large, so it is better to drive. There are electric swing cars in the mausoleum area.

In fact, if you have time after visiting Beijing, you can really come to the Eastern Qing Tombs to feel the awesomeness of the Qing Empire and the wisdom of the ancients. Although the tickets are a bit expensive, it is still a good choice if you like historical culture and the stunning tomb architecture.

The Eastern Qing Tombs are located in Zunhua City, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. The scenic area is very large. It is the largest, most complete and most well-planned imperial mausoleum complex in China. The Eastern Qing Tombs are where five emperors of the Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi, Kangxi, Qianlong, Xianfeng and Tongzhi, are buried. The tickets booked online are very cost-effective. The battery cars in the scenic area are convenient for traveling between the mausoleums.

A very good tourist attraction with deep culture, few people and good service. It is worth a visit.

The tour guide said: The Eastern Qing Tombs are the largest, most complete and best-planned imperial mausoleum complex in my country. In the 15 mausoleums covering an area of 80 square kilometers, there are 161 people, including 5 emperors, Shunzhi, Kangxi, Qianlong, Xianfeng and Tongzhi, 15 empresses, 136 concubines, 3 princes and 2 princesses.

It is said that it was chosen by Emperor Shunzhi when he went hunting here, and construction began in the second year of Emperor Kangxi's reign (1663). The mausoleum area is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with Yandun and Tiantai Mountains facing each other in the south, forming a valley mouth with a width of only 50 meters, commonly known as Longmenkou. In the Qing Dynasty, 217 palaces and archways were built here one after another, forming 15 mausoleums of different sizes. The mausoleums are arranged at the southern foot of Changrui Mountain with Shunzhi's Xiaoling Mausoleum as the center, and are composed of palace walls, Longen Hall, side halls, square city Minglou and treasure tops. Among them, the square city Minglou is the tallest building in each mausoleum, with a stone tablet inside, on which the tomb owner's posthumous name is engraved in three languages: Chinese, Manchu and Mongolian; behind the Minglou is the "top" (big tomb), and below it is the "underground palace" where the coffin is placed. From the stone archway at the southernmost end of the mausoleum area to the top of the Xiaoling Mausoleum in the north, there is a sacred road about 12 meters wide and 6 kilometers long. Along the way, the big red gate, the big stele building (the Shengde Shengong stele building), the stone statues, the dragon and phoenix gate, the seven-arch bridge, the small stele building (the sacred road stele building), the Longen gate, the Longen hall, the Fangcheng Minglou and other buildings are arranged in an orderly manner with a clear priority.

The Eastern Qing Tombs is a rare Feng Shui treasure land. In the north, there is Changrui Mountain as a backrest like a brocade screen and green tent, in the south, there is Jinxing Mountain as a front, like holding a cymbal to greet, in the middle, there is Yingbi Mountain as a desk to lean on, in the east, there is Yingfeidaoyang Mountain like a green dragon lying, in the west, there is Huanghua Mountain like a white tiger sitting majestically, and two large rivers in the east and west surround and flow like two jade belts. The hall surrounded by mountains is vast and open, graceful and unhurried, it can be said that the land is perfect and the scenery is natural. When Shunzhi went hunting in this area, he was shocked by the beautiful mountains and rivers, and immediately issued an order that "this mountain is lush and green, it can be used as my longevity palace". From then on, Changrui Mountain had the large-scale and magnificent Eastern Qing Tombs.

I have long admired it and came here because of its reputation. I came to Tangshan just for the Eastern Qing Tombs. It can be said that the service facilities in the mausoleum area are very good. The ticket includes the bus between the mausoleum areas, which is very convenient and not tiring. Some mausoleums are well maintained and feel like places where living people live, while some mausoleums are very desolate, which makes people sigh at the power of time. If you are interested in mausoleum culture, you really have to come and take a look.

How can you miss a world cultural heritage? Here is a very convenient way to visit the Eastern Qing Tombs. Call the Eastern Qing Tombs Beijing Office the day before, 01082001862. They will send a text message to your mobile phone, which will say something like, "Tomorrow please go to Exit A of Sihui Station, do not take the automatic elevator, exit the station from the left stairs, please look for pillar 33, the Jinjiamei bus to Zunhua is in the parking lot, it will leave at 9:00, please arrive at 8:40." You don't need to pay when you get on the bus, just say you are going to the Eastern Qing Tombs. When you arrive at the Eastern Qing Tombs, please go to the visitor center to pay 198 yuan. (Prices in 2015)

Visit the Eastern Qing Tombs, with the transfer station in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi's Mausoleum as the center, first visit the Empress Dowager Cixi's Mausoleum, the Empress Dowager's Mausoleum, and the Yuling Mausoleum; then have your own lunch at the transfer station, and then take a bus to visit the Jingling Mausoleum and other places. Remember to return to the tourist center at 3:30, because the bus back to Beijing has to leave at 4:00!

The Eastern Qing Tombs are visited by many tourists, and many people know a little about it, whether through photos or written introductions.

I have been there twice and took some photos. The one worth sharing is the "Eastern Qing Tombs in the Snow"

The first time I went there, I asked my friends to drive on the Beijing-Shenyang Expressway because I had seen a signpost for the "Eastern Qing Tombs" on the Beijing-Shenyang Expressway. Later, after getting off the expressway, we had to take a long detour on the national highway, and the road conditions were not very good, so when we went there again, we chose the Beijing-Tong Expressway.

There were almost no tourists when we arrived, but tickets were still charged. We drove the car through the Shinto Road and into the front of the white marble arch bridge in the scenic area (I guess it’s not allowed now).

Before officially entering the scenic area, the three of us became excited when we saw the ground covered with white snow, and now we were taking pictures and playing on the snow.

I have said before that I like to take photos when I travel. As for the Eastern Qing Tombs, I only know that several great men and women from the Qing Dynasty were buried here, but I don’t know much about the others. I finally caught up with a snowy day and came to the "Eastern Qing Tombs" where few people go. I must indulge in my urge to take photos.

Imagine if this snow fell in the Palace Museum in Beijing? Then you can only take pictures of people, but no scenery!

We went into Emperor Qianlong’s tomb to take a look. It was eerie and the photos we took were all glowing green.

If I came here alone at night, wouldn't I be scared to death?

It is said that there are a lot of gold, silver and jewelry in the tomb, and tomb robbers come one after another. The dead can't rest in peace, so why not just not be buried with the dead? Who would rob a tomb without money? !

The Eastern Qing Tombs are located in Malanyu, Zunhua, Tangshan. In the Qing Dynasty, except for the ancestor Nurhaci, the emperor Huang Taiji and the four ancestors who were buried in the three mausoleums outside the Great Wall, and the Yongzheng, Jiaqing, Daoguang and Guangxu who were buried in the Western Qing Mausoleum, the rest of Shunzhi, Kangxi, Qianlong, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, as well as the well-known Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Cixi, Ci'an, the legendary Xiangfei (Rongfei and Zhuo), the abandoned Empress Ulanara and other concubines are all buried here. The mausoleum area is very large, and there are scenic buses in the scenic area to connect the various mausoleum sites. Currently open are the Zhaoxi Mausoleum of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, the Xiaoling Mausoleum of Shunzhi (there are scheduled sacrificial ceremonies every day, and you need to buy a package ticket to watch), the Yuling Mausoleum of Qianlong (and the underground palace is open), the Yufei Mausoleum, the Cixi Mausoleum (and the underground palace is open), the Jingling Mausoleum of Kangxi, and the Erlang Temple.

The place is huge, the management is poor, and there are many areas that need repair!

This event is really great, I will participate next time

The Eastern Qing Tombs are located 30 kilometers northwest of Zunhua City, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, 125 kilometers west of downtown Beijing, and cover an area of 80 square kilometers.



The Eastern Qing Tombs began to be built in 1661 (the 18th year of Emperor Shunzhi's reign) and took 247 years to complete. 217 palaces and archways were built one after another, forming 15 mausoleums of different sizes. The mausoleum area is 125 kilometers long from north to south and 20 kilometers wide. It is the burial place of 5 emperors, 15 empresses, 136 concubines, 3 princes, and 2 princesses, a total of 161 people. It is the largest, most complete, and most well-planned imperial mausoleum complex in China.



The Eastern Qing Tombs were listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 1961, listed in the World Heritage List in November 2000, and rated as the first batch of national AAAA-level tourist attractions by the National Tourism Administration in January 2001.

The entire mausoleum area of the Eastern Qing Tombs is very large, and it takes a whole day to walk through it. As soon as you enter the gate of the mausoleum, there are battery cars waiting for ticketed tourists. Due to time constraints, I did not climb the mountain to overlook the majesty of the entire mausoleum. Tips for the Eastern Qing Tombs: 1. There are tourist buses and buses to the Eastern Qing Tombs at the Sihui Bus Station on the East Fourth Ring Road in Beijing. The fare is 50 yuan, and you need to take the bus back to Beijing on time at 16:00. 2. The peak season ticket prices for the Eastern Qing Tombs are RMB 152 and RMB 162: (1) RMB 152 (including RMB 30 sightseeing bus ticket) allows you to visit 8 open scenic spots: Zhaoxi Mausoleum (Empress Xiaozhuangwen), Xiaoling Mausoleum (Fulin), Jingling Mausoleum (Xuanye), Yuling Mausoleum (Hongli), Dingdong Mausoleum (Empress Xiaozhenxian [Ci'an] and Empress Xiaoqinxian [Cixi] Mausoleum), Yufei Mausoleum, Erlang Temple, and Exhibition Hall. In addition, you can watch the sacrificial ceremony performance at the Xiaoling Mausoleum. The performance time is 9:30, 10:30, 14:00, and 15:30, and each performance lasts half an hour. With the ticket, you can take the sightseeing bus to visit the mausoleum, and you can take it repeatedly; (2) RMB 162 (including RMB 30 sightseeing bus ticket) allows you to visit the above open scenic spots. 3. Opening hours: 08:30-17:00. The best travel season is all year round.

The Eastern Qing Tombs are well preserved and the scenic area is well built. The tombs are so large that it takes a whole day to see them all. You can also choose to visit several famous tombs, which have great historical educational significance!

Tickets and opening hours:

1. Regardless of the off-season or peak season, opening hours: 8:00-17:00

2. Ticket price (excluding sacrificial ceremony): 152/person (including scenic shuttle bus)

3. Scope and extent of preferential treatment

(1) Elderly people, disabled people and students (with valid ID): RMB 102 per person, excluding the sacrificial ceremony performance ticket: RMB 92 per person

(2) Children under 1.2 meters are free of charge

4. Open areas: Zhaoxi Mausoleum, Sacrifice Ceremony, Yuling Mausoleum, Yufei Mausoleum, Cixi Mausoleum, Ci'an Mausoleum, Jingling Mausoleum, Erlang Temple

External transportation: There are shuttle buses to the Eastern Qing Tombs in Tangshan, Zunhua, Jixian, Beijing, Qinhuangdao, etc., but it is still recommended that you drive there by yourself. The car can drive into the scenic area, which is much more convenient than the scenic shuttle bus.

Sightseeing bus loop route:

(1) Visitor Reception Center - Big Monument Building - Yuling Parking Lot - Yufei Mausoleum (i.e. Transfer Center)

(2) Yufei's Tomb - Xiaoling Mausoleum (with sacrificial ceremony performance) - Jingling Mausoleum

(3) Yufei Mausoleum - Visitor Service Center. If you are going to Zhaoxi Mausoleum, get off at the Shipaifang and walk for 15 minutes to reach the

The Eastern Qing Tombs are the largest, most complete and best-planned imperial mausoleum complex in existence in China.

The Eastern Qing Tombs scenic area is very large. After buying a ticket at the ticket office (tourist service center), you can take a scenic tour bus, but it is inconvenient and time-consuming. It is recommended to drive by yourself. The scenic area is closed, but private cars can enter. There is a certain distance between the mausoleums. There are parking lots in front of the mausoleums. Private cars pay a parking fee of 10 yuan at any mausoleum and you will be given an invoice. Keep this invoice, which is equivalent to a parking pass. The Eastern Qing Tombs seem to be opened randomly. When I went there, Shunzhi (Xiaoling) and Kangxi (Jingling) were closed. Shunzhi had regular sacrificial ceremonies.

To be honest, it is the Qianlong Underground Palace and the Cixi Underground Palace that attract the attention of many tourists. Yuling and Cixi Mausoleum are the two major attractions of the Eastern Qing Tombs.

Qianlong's Yuling Mausoleum is the largest and most magnificent of these imperial tombs, but Qianlong's underground palace is the essence of Yuling Mausoleum. The Buddhist stone carvings in the underground palace are exquisite and breathtaking, and it is a rare treasure house of stone carving art.

The mausoleum of Cixi is rare in the world, just like her extravagant life. The three main halls of the mausoleum of Cixi are built with precious yellow rosewood and decorated with gold, which is magnificent and splendid.

The scenic area is quite large and impressive. The bus in the scenic area is very convenient, and it is pretty good overall.

Our time was short, so we didn't see much.

The exterior view of Cixi's Mausoleum. This mausoleum has undergone many renovations and is very impressive.

Ci'an Mausoleum, located to the right of Cixi Mausoleum, is not open to tourists and appears to be old and deserted. The Ci'an Mausoleum and Cixi Mausoleum, built side by side, are collectively called Dingdong Mausoleum.

After leaving Yuling, we thought we had seen all the open attractions in the Eastern Qing Tombs. We asked the parking lot staff and found out that there were other attractions. We drove to the Xiaoling Mausoleum. We saw the sign on the road and arrived in less than ten minutes.

Doesn't the emperor's mausoleum look a bit like the Forbidden City? The preservation here is pretty good. The dragon pattern that has been there for hundreds of years can still be vaguely seen, as if telling the history.

Looking for the lost Qing Empire, here you can feel the marks left by the rings of history. The prosperity and decline of an empire are buried in the long river of history...

The once mighty empire now rests here. Standing on the sacred path of the Eastern Qing Tombs, listen to the voice of an empire whose prosperity and decline are buried in the long river of history...

The Eastern Tombs are the largest and most complete existing ancient imperial mausoleum complex in China. It is indeed a place with beautiful scenery and great feng shui.

The Eastern Qing Tombs is a rare "feng shui" treasure land. The hall surrounded by mountains is vast and open, graceful and unhurried, it can be said that the land is perfect and the scenery is natural. The magnificence and exquisiteness of the buildings in the Eastern Qing Tombs can only be appreciated as a reader!

I really feel that there is no need to visit the Eastern Qing Tombs. First, it is a cemetery. Second, the ticket costs about 150 yuan. Third, you spend 150 yuan to visit other people's cemeteries... What do you think?

Needless to say, the magnificence of the imperial mausoleum is breathtaking, but what is even more astonishing is that almost all of its layouts are symmetrical along the central axis.

The Eastern Qing Tombs is the largest, most numerous and most distinctive of the three major royal mausoleums of the Qing Dynasty.

Emperor Qianlong's Minglou architecture and underground palace carvings are the best in the entire mausoleum! The carvings are exquisite and the craftsmanship is superb.

The Eastern Qing Tombs include Zhaoxi Mausoleum, Xiaoling Mausoleum, Yuling Mausoleum, Concubine Yu's Mausoleum, Cixi Mausoleum, Ci'an Mausoleum, Jingling Mausoleum, Cultural Exhibition Hall, and Erlang Temple. Student tickets are 72 yuan and valid for the day. There are also sightseeing bus tickets for 30 yuan. Since the mausoleum is large, you should leave early.

We went here for a 20-kilometer hike. I only went to Cixi's underground palace, which was so luxurious and built entirely of white marble.

Starting from Beijing, it takes about a day to visit the Eastern Qing Tombs. If you have enough time or can travel by car, you can choose to take a 2-day tour of Panshan in Jixian County and stay in a nearby farmhouse, which is a very good short trip.