Ming shi-san-ling (English: Ming shi-san-ling)

Japanese: 明十三陵 - みんじゅうさんりょう（英語表記）Ming shi-san-ling

A group of royal tombs from the Ming dynasty in Changping County, north of Beijing, China. The third emperor, Yongle, moved the capital to Beijing and began construction of Changling at the foot of Mount Tianshou in the 7th year of Yongle (1409). From then until the 17th emperor, Yizong, Chongzhen, the tombs of 13 emperors, excluding the 7th emperor, Daizong, were built here. The tombs are arranged on either side of Changling, forming a mausoleum, with 12 stone figures and 24 stone beasts lined up along the Shinto path leading to Changling. Looking at the mausoleum of the representative Changling, the whole is divided into three gardens, with a huge Ling'en Hall in the center and a Ming Tower behind it, and a huge mound behind the Ming Tower. In the case of Dingling, a burial chamber was located deep underground beneath the mound.

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Japanese:

中国北京市北郊昌平県にある明朝の王陵群。第3代成祖永楽帝は都を北京に移し，永楽7 (1409) 年天寿山麓に長陵の営造を開始した。以降第 17代毅宗崇禎帝まで，第7代代宗を除く 13代の帝王陵がこの地に営造された。諸陵は長陵を中心として左右に配され，それぞれ陵園を形成し，長陵にいたる神道に沿って石人 12体，石獣 24体が列置されている。代表的な長陵で陵園をみると，全体が3園に分れ，中央には巨大な稜恩殿があり，その背後に明楼があり，明楼のうしろに巨大な円丘を築く。定陵の場合はこの円丘の下に地下深く墓室が存在していた。

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