Convenient in an eastern suburb, seven kilometers of the city Guilin, is this a place, at which imperial mausoleum eleven princes of the Jingjiang family are buried during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Jingjiang the family is the departures of king Jingjiang, the nephew Ming emperors together. Into the first Ming time too received to strengthen the centralization of national power Ming Taizu (the first Ming emperor) called its 24 sons kings, in order to administer different ranges in China. King Jingjiang has his title and built his palace at the foot of the Solitary Beauty peak. The descendants of kings selected this place as mausoleum of its burial place. The web page is surrounded by a rectangular red wall. More than 300 graves are more than 100 square kilometers. Like most Chinese mausoleums, large holy way leads, around the internal palace with different Tier-und official stone statues on each side. There are three distances on the holy way. The center is for the emperor, while the other two on each side are exclusive for the officials. At the end the holy way into the internal palace are Xian Dian (to Prayer resound) and Bao Cheng (Treasure town center). Religious ones and ancestors of prayers are in Xian Dian and Bao Cheng are kept the last Ruhestätte of the kings. The one grave for the public is accessible that the third king and its wife. Excavated to products belong gold, silver, Jade, ceramic(s), porcelain and other antiques. Among them are a precious, elegant vase from porcelain.
Solitary Beauty peak
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Solitary Beauty peak is in the old residence of the prince Jingjiang is in the center of the city Guilin, Guangxi Province, with a surface of 6100 square meters (approx. 1.5 has). Rises up 216 meters (approx. 709 foot) over the sea level and 66 meters (approx. 217 meters) over the ground, this summit has large pictorial place in Guilin since the antiquity and is as “Sky famous carrying column in the south ‘. From limestone from the flat sea sediment biochemistry approximately 0.35 billion years exists, has the summit its name of the famous sentence in south dynasty (420-589) literature, ‘none to exceed can this lonely point in beauty”. If the sun shines bathed in the dawn or afterglow, the point to become, a purple dress carries and a golden belt, those the origin of its other names ‘PUR-polarize golden Hill “. You will lead, are stone stairs of 306 steps to the point the summit, where one the beautiful landscape of Guilin town center. Here you find also the famous Solitary Beauty pavilion, which is high 7 meters (approx. 23 foot), have 2 floors and by several red columns are supported. There are many special caves in this pictorial place. The most well-known is the Dushu (study) skirt at the eastern foot of the mountain, which looks like a stone with natural window and beds inside. It means that Yan Tingzhi, governor von Guilin and also a famous writer studied, here often before approximately 1500 years. Because of the western foot the Taiping (Peace) is to skirt, which covers 2.9 meters (approx. 9.5 meters) high and a surface of 140 square meters (approx. 1507 m ²). This cave looks like a friendly house with very smooth ground and Stalaktiten in different forms to hang of the cover. Flowers are planted in the front part of the cave, and Buddha-Statuen were on the inside established. At the wall of the cave you can read, praise poet “from exquisiten characteristics the cave. The Snow cave on the other side, those at the northwest is to foot, is for its Stalaktiten, which are white like snow famous. The renowned Yueya (Crescent) pond is at the eastern foot of the mountain finds. Its name is due to its pronounced sickle. The Sun Yat sen Memorial Tower stands on the bank of the pond, and in the year 1921 was based, notices you the revolution of its name cousin, Sun Yat sen itself led. Now it was recognized as one the largest protected inheritance of the city Guilin.
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