Tombs: Beijing, China [102]

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Title Tombs: Beijing, China [102]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 59, Special Lecture China Ming Tombs, 113
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981
Subject Ming Tombs (China)--Photographs; Sacred space--China--Photographs; Palaces--China--Photographs; Thrones--China--Photographs; Phoenix (Mythical bird)--Art--Photographs; Ming Chengzu, Emperor of China,--1360-1424--Photographs; Wanli, Emperor of China, 1563-1620--Photographs; China; Women
Keywords Shisanling; Míng shísān líng; Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty; Zhu Yijun
Spatial Coverage Changping Qu (Beijing, China)
Description Photograph of tomb interior with throne (probably that of one of the empresses as it appears to have phoenix motif), Ding Ling Tomb, Ming Tombs near Beijing, China
Caption on Slide Throne, Wan Li Tomb, Ming Tombs, China. Photo: Pat Crowell
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.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6s760bt
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 340745
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s760bt
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