The Underground Palace of Dingling is an important part of Dingling, one of the Thirteen Ming Tombs, located at Tianshou Mountain in Changping District, Beijing.
The Underground Palace of Dingling is a magnificent underground structure, deep underground and of a grand scale. The entire underground palace consists of five halls - the front, middle, rear, left, and right, with a total area of 1,195 square meters. Stone doors connect these halls. The stone doors are exquisitely made, weighing several tons, and carved with beautiful patterns, reflecting the superb ancient stone - carving art.
The architectural structure of the underground palace is solid, built with huge stone slabs and city bricks. It has remained relatively intact after hundreds of years. The floors and walls inside the palace are very flat and smooth, astonishing people with the excellent craftsmanship of ancient artisans. The coffins of the emperor and empress and numerous burial objects are placed in the underground palace. These burial objects are of a wide variety, including gold and silverware, jade, porcelain, silk fabrics, etc. Each one is exquisitely made and of great historical and artistic value. They vividly display the craftsmanship level of the Ming Dynasty.
The Underground Palace of Dingling is like an underground historical treasure house, providing extremely precious physical materials for people to study the funeral system of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial life, and the craftsmanship and other aspects at that time. Tourists strolling through it can feel the solemnity and mystery of the imperial mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty, as if traveling through time and space and having a dialogue with history. It is an outstanding representative of ancient Chinese mausoleum architecture, attracting countless archaeology enthusiasts and tourists to explore.
