Xiaoling is the mausoleum of the first Ming Dynasty ... gate in the wall. Inside the gate are two tablets, placed for political reasons, with inscriptions by Emperor Kang Xi and Emperor Qian ...
The three tombs, which served as a family cemetery, were discovered in the city of Changzhi, Shanxi Province, China, and date ...
Say the word Xi'an, and people think of the Chinese city's astounding collection of terracotta warriors, created to guard the Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb in the third century B.C. But on a recent ...
The present city wall, 33.7 kilometers long and 12 meters high, was built between 1368 and 1398 during the reign of the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Now an industrial city, Nanjing has ...