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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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 Paifang at Tailing, mausoleum of theYongzheng Emperor | |
| Location | Yi County, Hebei, China |
| Part of | Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi) |
| Reference | 1004ter-003 |
| Inscription | 2000 (24thSession) |
| Extensions | 2003, 2004 |
| Area | 1,842 ha (4,550 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 4,758 ha (11,760 acres) |
| Website | http://ly.qingxiling.com/ |
| Coordinates | 39°22′06″N115°20′43″E / 39.368395°N 115.345159°E /39.368395; 115.345159 |
  Western Qing tombs Location of Western Qing tombs in Hebei | |
TheWestern Qing tombs (Chinese:清西陵;pinyin:Qīng Xī líng;Manchu:ᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳ
ᡝᡵᡤᡳ
ᠮᡠᠩᡤᠠᠨ, Möllendorff:wargi ergi munggan) are located some 140 km (87 mi) southwest ofBeijing inYi County, Hebei Province. They constitute anecropolis that incorporates four royal mausoleums where seventy-eight royal members are buried. These include four emperors of theQing dynasty and their empresses, imperial concubines, princes and princesses, as well as other royal servants.
Construction of the Western Qing tombs was initiated by theYongzheng Emperor who broke with tradition and refused to be buried in theEastern 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 theKangxi Emperor.[citation needed] Later on his son, theQianlong 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 Tailing, was completed in 1737, two years after the end of the Yongzheng reign. The last imperial interment was in 1913, when theGuangxu Emperor was entombed in the Chongling (崇陵). Chongling was looted by grave robbers in 1938, and its burial chamber is now open to the public.[1]
The four tombs in Western Qing Tombs are:
TheXuantong Emperor is buried in a commercial cemetery behind the Guangxu Emperor's tomb. While not officially part of the Western Qing Tombs, including Puyi would bring the number of emperors at the Western Tombs to five, the same number as those buried at the Eastern Tombs.
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