Tombs of Prince Jingjiang
January 8th, 2010
Convenient in an eastern suburb, seven kilometers of the city Guilin, is this a place, at which imperial mausoleum eleven princes of the Jingjiang family are buried during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Jingjiang the family is the departures of king Jingjiang, the nephew Ming emperors together. Into the first Ming time too received to strengthen the centralization of national power Ming Taizu (the first Ming emperor) called its 24 sons kings, in order to administer different ranges in China. King Jingjiang has his title and built his palace at the foot of the Solitary Beauty peak. The descendants of kings selected this place as mausoleum of its burial place. The web page is surrounded by a rectangular red wall. More than 300 graves are more than 100 square kilometers. Like most Chinese mausoleums, large holy way leads, around the internal palace with different Tier-und official stone statues on each side. There are three distances on the holy way. The center is for the emperor, while the other two on each side are exclusive for the officials. At the end the holy way into the internal palace are Xian Dian (to Prayer resound) and Bao Cheng (Treasure town center). Religious ones and ancestors of prayers are in Xian Dian and Bao Cheng are kept the last Ruhestätte of the kings. The one grave for the public is accessible that the third king and its wife. Excavated to products belong gold, silver, Jade, ceramic(s), porcelain and other antiques. Among them are a precious, elegant vase from porcelain.