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Western Qing Tombs 清西陵Qīng Xīlíng
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Baoding, Hebei
- Time needed
- Half a day to 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Baoding
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Western Qing Tombs
The Western Qing Tombs are one of the Qing dynasty's imperial burial grounds, set among wooded hills in Yi County, with the tombs of four emperors (Yongzheng, Jiaqing, Daoguang and Guangxu) and of their empresses, concubines and princes. Tailing, the Yongzheng Emperor's tomb, is the earliest and largest, reached along a long stone spirit way with memorial archways, stone bridges and rows of stone statues, while the underground burial chamber of Chongling, the Guangxu Emperor's tomb, was opened to visitors in 1980. The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site 'Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties', inscribed in 2000.
How to get to Western Qing Tombs
In Yi County, about 13 km west of the county town and about 93 km by road from Baoding.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Shuangta'an Twin Pagodas 双塔庵双塔 (under 10 km), Shengtayuan Pagoda 圣塔院塔 (under 10 km), Taihang Water Town 恋乡·太行水镇 (10 km), Daodejing Pillar at Longxing Daoist Temple 龙兴观道德经幢 (10 km), Yishui Lake 易水湖 (10 km), Zijingguan Pass 紫荆关 (20 km).
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