Tombs: Beijing, China [026]

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Title Tombs: Beijing, China [026]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 59, Special Lecture China Ming Tombs, 35
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1979
Subject Ming Tombs (China)--Photographs; Sacred space--China--Photographs; Animal sculpture--China--Photographs; Qilin--China--Photographs; Ming Chengzu, Emperor of China,--1360-1424; China
Keywords Shisanling; Míng shísān líng; Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty; Spirit Way
Spatial Coverage Changping Qu (Beijing, China)
Description Photograph of animal sculpture (qilin), Sacred Way, Ming Dynasty Tombs near Beijing, China
Caption on Slide Ming Tombs near Beijing, China.
Additional Information Image scanned from color slide. Note: "The Ming Dynasty Tombs (Míng shísān líng; literally "Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty") are located some 42 kilometers north-northwest of central Beijing. The site, located on the southern slope of Tianshou Mountain, was chosen based on feng shui principles by the third Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle (1402-1424), who moved the capital of China from Nanjing to its the present location in Beijing. From the Yongle Emperor onwards, 13 Ming Dynasty Emperors were buried in this area. The Xiaoling Tomb of the first Ming Emperor, Hongwu, is located near his capital Nanjing...Along with the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum of Nanjing and the Fuling Tomb of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang, the Ming Dynasty Tombs north of Beijing were inscribed by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Sites 'Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.'"--Wikipedia. Note: The Scared Way is lined with stone statues. There are 12 human figures and 24 animals.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6vh65tj
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 340667
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vh65tj