Labels:text | tree | outdoor | sky | plaque OCR: 布图 G TOMBS MING TOMBS THE THIRTEEN MAUSOLEUMS OF THE MING EMPERORS, LOCATED AT THE FOOT OF THE TIAN- SHOUSHAN AT CHANGPING, IN BEIJING, WHICH ARE WELL PRESERVED AND REKNOWN IN THE WORLD, FORM A GROUP OF TOMBS BURYING THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF EMPERORS BUILT IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF YONGLE MING DYNASTY ( 1409), THE CHANGLING OF ZHU DI , EMPEROR CHENGZU, IS THE FIRST STRUCTURE IN TOMB THE MAUSOLEUM AREA . IT IS LOCATED BEFORE AN TOMB I 景陵 JING TOMB THE MAIN PEAK OF THE TIANSHOUSHAN. ELEVEN 陵 CHANG TOMB OTHER MAUSOLEUMS BUILT IN THE MING DYNASTY , 阳翠岭 SUCH AS XIAN, JING, YU, MAO, TAI, KANG, YONG , YANGCUI MOUNTAIN ZHAO, DING, QING AND DE ARE FOUND IN THE MOUNTAIN ON THE TWO SIDES OF THE CHANGLING . In LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF 永陵 德陵 THE MAUSOLEUM AREA, THE SILING OF EMPEROR YONG TOMB DE TOMB CHONGZHEN ( ZHU YOUJIAN ) IS THE LAST OF THE MAUSOLEUMS. THE TOMB OF AN IMPERIAL CON- CUBINE WAS TRANSFORMED AND MADE USE OF FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE NAME OF THE SILING WAS 陵水库 AGREED ON IN THE FIRST YEAR OF EMPEROR SHUN ZHI (1644) OF THE QING DYNASTY AND SURFACE MBS RESERVOIR BUILDINGS WERE ADDED THEN . AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PEOPLE' S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO INTENSIFY THE REPAIR WORK OF ANCIENT BUILD- INGS, THE UNDERGROUND PALACE OF THE DINGLING WAS EXCAVATED IN 1956-1957 SUCCESSFULLY. IN 1961 , THE MING TOMBS WERE PROCLAIMED AS IMPORTANT CULTURAL RELIES UNDER STATE PROTECTION. AT PRESENT, THE CHANGLING, DING- 0 LING AND ZHAOLING MAUSOLEUMS AND THE SACRED WAY ARE SCENIC SPOTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
