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Western Qing tombs
Western Qing Tombs
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Location China
Coordinates 3922'06?N 11520'43?ECoordinates 3922'06?N 11520'43?E
Criteria Cultural i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi
Reference 1004
Inscription 2000 (24th Session)
Extensions 2003; 2004
Western Qing tombs is located in China Western Qing tombs
Location of Western Qing tombs
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The Western Qing tombs (Chinese ???; pinyin Qing Xi lng) are located some 140 km
(87 mi) southwest of Beijing in Yi County, Hebei Province. They constitute a
necropolis that incorporates four royal mausoleums where seventy-eight royal
members are buried. These include four emperors of the Qing dynasty and their
empresses, imperial concubines, princes and princesses, as well as other royal
servants.

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Main Tombs
3 Tourism
4 See also
History[edit]
Construction of the Western Qing tombs was initiated by the Yongzheng Emperor who
broke with tradition and refused to be buried in the Eastern Qing tombs. Some have
speculated, though not proven, that as Yongzheng had illegally usurped the throne
by eliminating his brothers, his motive to relocate his tomb to the Western Qing
tombs was that he did not wish to be buried alongside his father the Kangxi
Emperor.[citation needed] Later on his son, the Qianlong Emperor, decided that he
should be buried in the Eastern Qing tombs and dictated that thereafter burials
should alternate between the eastern and western sites, although this was not
followed consistently.

The first tomb, the Tai Ling, was completed in 1737, two years after the end of the
Yongzheng reign. The last imperial interment was in 1913, when the Guangxu Emperor
was entombed in the Chong Ling (??).

Main Tombs[edit]

One of the tombs

The four tombs in Western Qing Tombs are

Tailing (??) for the Yongzheng Emperor (16781735, the 3rd emperor)
Changling (??) for the Jiaqing Emperor (17601820, the 5th emperor)
Muling (??) for the Daoguang Emperor (17821850, the 6th emperor)
Chongling (??) for the Guangxu Emperor (18711908, the 9th emperor)
Tourism[edit]
Although the Western Qing tombs are a popular attraction they are not as well known
as the Ming Dynasty Tombs.