| Title |
Tombs: Beijing, China [069] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 59, Special Lecture China Ming Tombs, 92 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1980 |
| Subject |
Ming Tombs (China)--Photographs; Sacred space--China--Photographs; Altars--China--Photographs; Marble--China--Photographs; Ming Chengzu, Emperor of China,--1360-1424; Wanli, Emperor of China, 1563-1620; China |
| Keywords |
Shisanling; Míng shísān líng; Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty; Dingling; Dǐng; Zhu Yijun |
| Spatial Coverage |
Changping Qu (Beijing, China) |
| Description |
Photograph (detail) of marble offering table with dǐng at tower, Ding Ling Tomb, Ming Dynasty Tombs near Beijing, China |
| Caption on Slide |
Marble ting on offering table, Ding Ling Tomb, Ming Tombs near Beijing, China. |
| Additional Information |
Image scanned from color slide. Note: "The Ming Dynasty Tombs (Míng shísān líng; literally "Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty") are located some 42 kilometers north-northwest of central Beijing. The site, located on the southern slope of Tianshou Mountain, was chosen based on feng shui principles by the third Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle (1402-1424), who moved the capital of China from Nanjing to its the present location in Beijing. From the Yongle Emperor onwards, 13 Ming Dynasty Emperors were buried in this area. The Xiaoling Tomb of the first Ming Emperor, Hongwu, is located near his capital Nanjing...Along with the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum of Nanjing and the Fuling Tomb of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang, the Ming Dynasty Tombs north of Beijing were inscribed by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Sites 'Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.'"--Wikipedia. Note: "Dingling, the third largest of the Ming Tombs...is the only one of the Ming Dynasty Tombs to have been excavated."--Wikipedia. Note: "A ding (or ting) is an ancient Chinese cauldron with legs, a lid and two handles opposite each other. They were made in two shapes with round vessels having three legs and rectangular ones having four."--Wikipedia. |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6377sp0 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
340433 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6377sp0 |
