Zhao Mausoleum (昭陵;pinyin: Zhāolíng; "Zhao" means the light rays of the sun) is the largest mausoleum of theTang dynasty and the tomb ofEmperor Taizong of Tang (599–649).

It is located inJiuzong Mountain,Shaanxi,China, it is the biggest mausoleum of theTang dynasty. Besides being the final resting place ofEmperor Taizong of Tang it also has an additional 200 tombs of royals and high ranked officials accompanied around.

The famous stonereliefsSix Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum are exhibited in theStele Forest Museum ofXi'an (4 steeds) and Museum of theUniversity of Pennsylvania, U.S. (2 steeds) separately. They were most likely designed by thecourt painter and administratorYan Liben, who is recorded as making other works for the mausoleum, and may have designed the mausoleum itself.^[1]

Planning and designing began in 636, after the death of theEmpress Zhangsun, who requested a simple burial.^[2]

The Zhao Mausoleum also shows many paintings of theTang Imperial guards and officers, all of which are elite soldiery.

• List of mausoleums
• Qianling Mausoleum

• Loehr, Max,The Great Painters of China, 1980, Phaidon Press,ISBN 0714820083

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• Buildings and structures in Shaanxi
• Burial sites of imperial Chinese families
• Tang dynasty architecture
• Emperor Taizong of Tang
• Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shaanxi

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