Tianshou Mountain (simplified Chinese: 天寿山; traditional Chinese: 天壽山; pinyin: Tiānshòu Shān) is located in the north of Changping District, Beijing. It was originally named Huangtu Mountain (黃土山), also known as Dongshan (東山), or Dongzhazi Mountain (東榨子山). In 1409 (Yongle 7), the Yongle Emperor ordered the construction of imperial tombs on the mountain, hence the name change to Tianshou Mountain. From the Yongle Emperor onwards, all Ming emperors (except for the Jingtai Emperor, who was buried in Jinshan, now known as Yuquan Mountain) were buried in Tianshou Mountain, making it the location of the Ming tombs.[1][2]

List of Ming emperors and empresses buried in Tianshou Mountain
TombEmperorEmpress
Changling (長陵) MausoleumYongle EmperorEmpress Renxiaowen
Xianling (獻陵) MausoleumHongxi EmperorEmpress Chengxiaozhao
Jingling (景陵) MausoleumXuande EmperorEmpress Xiaogongzhang
Yuling (裕陵) MausoleumEmperor Yingzong of MingEmpress Xiaozhuangrui, Empress Xiaosu
Maoling (茂陵) MausoleumChenghua EmperorEmpress Xiaozhenchun, Empress Xiaomu, Empress Xiaohui
Tailing (泰陵) MausoleumHongzhi EmperorEmpress Xiaochengjing
Kangling (康陵) MausoleumZhengde EmperorEmpress Xiaojingyi
Yongling (永陵) MausoleumJiajing EmperorEmpress Xiaojiesu, Empress Xiaolie, Empress Xiaoke
Zhaoling MausoleumLongqing EmperorEmpress Xiaoyizhuang, Empress Xiao'an, Empress Xiaoding
Dingling MausoleumWanli EmperorEmpress Xiaoduanxian, Empress Xiaojing
Qingling (慶陵) MausoleumTaichang EmperorEmpress Xiaoyuanzhen, Empress Xiaohe, Empress Xiaochun
Deling (德陵) MausoleumTianqi EmperorEmpress Xiao'aizhe
Siling (獻陵) MausoleumChongzhen EmperorEmpress Xiaojielie

References

  1. ↑ Chen, Menglai (1726). Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China. Vol. 11.
  2. ↑ Zheng, Tianting; Tan, Qixiang (2010). 中國歷史大辭典 [The Great Encyclopaedia of Chinese history] (in Chinese). Shanghai Cishu Publishing House. ISBN 9787532604531.
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