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Ming Tombs Scenic Area, Beijing, China The Ming Tombs Scenic Area is a national-level scenic spot, a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, a national key cultural relic protection unit, and a world cultural heritage. The Ming Tombs is short for the tombs of the thirteen emperors and empresses of the Ming Dynasty. It is located in a small basin under Tianshou Mountain in Changping County, about 44 kilometers northwest of Beijing, covering an area of about 40 square kilometers. Drive straight down from Deshengmen and pass through Shahe and Changping north to reach the Ming Tombs. The architectural layout and regulations of the thirteen tombs are basically the same, with only slight differences in area, complexity, and simplicity. Among them, the tomb buried by Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, Changling, is the largest among the Ming Tombs. The Changling Mausoleum was built in the eleventh year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1413). The main buildings in...