The qilins, stone lions, and huabiaos on the left side of the sacred way
Chinese
明祖陵
Literal meaning
Tomb of the Ancestors of the Ming
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Míngzǔlíng Míng Zǔlíng
Wade–Giles
Ming-tzu-ling Ming Tsu-ling
First Tomb of the Ming
Chinese
明代第一陵
Literal meaning
First Burial Mound of the Ming Era
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Míngdài Dìyī Líng
Wade–Giles
Ming-tai Ti-i Ling
The Ming Ancestors Mausoleum, Ming Ancestor Tomb,[3] or Zuling Tomb[4] was the first imperial mausoleum complex of the Ming dynasty, constructed at a geomantically advantageous site near the inlet of the Huai River[5] into the west side of Hongze Lake in present-day Xuyi County, Huai'an Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, China. Built between 1386 and 1413 by Zhu Yuanzhang—the Hongwu Emperor who founded the Ming—and his son Zhu Di the Yongle Emperor to display their filial piety,[6] it was located north of the town of Sizhou, where the ancestors of the dynasty had lived. The remains of the Hongwu Emperor's grandfather Zhu Chuyi are known to have been disintered and moved to the site. He, his father Zhu Sijiu, and his grandfather Zhu Bailiu[2] were posthumously revered at the site as honorary emperors, Zhu Chuyi as the Xi Ancestor of the Ming (Xizu), Zhu Sijiu as the Yi Ancestor of the Ming (Yizu), and Zhu Bailiu as the De Ancestor of the Ming (Dezu).[2]
The site was flooded by the lake in the 1680s, when the Yellow River still flowed into the Huai. It was not uncovered until the 1960s. During the 1970s and 1980s, earthworks were raised to protect the site from further flooding, after which it was restored as a cultural tourism site by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China. Most of the original statues of the sacred way have been recovered and restored, although some of the gates and halls remain as ruins.
^ abYuanlin (2008).
^ abcSACH (2000), p. 173.
^Danielson (2008).
^SACH (2000), p. 171.
^"Huaian". Jiangsu.NET,2006-2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
^SACH (2000), p. 179.
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