{"id":10570,"date":"2022-02-08T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=10570"},"modified":"2022-02-09T10:51:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T02:51:45","slug":"how-to-visit-ming-xiaoling-tomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/jiangsu-travel\/nanjing-travel\/how-to-visit-ming-xiaoling-tomb","title":{"rendered":"How to Visit Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum (Tips, Photos & Map)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your Nanjing tour<\/a>? The Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is the primary attraction and the only world cultural heritage site in Nanjing. Ming Xiaoling Tomb is one of the four major attractions in Zhongshan Mountain National Park. The other two attractions are Dr. Sun Yat-sen\u2019s Mausoleum<\/a>, Dr. Sun Yat-sen\u2019s MausoleumMusic Stag<\/a>e and Linggu Temple<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ming Xiaoling Tomb is the burial site of the Hongwu Emperor (Zhu Yuanzhang), the first emperor and founder of Ming Dyansty (1368-1644) of China. The tomb construction took 24 yeas from 1381 to ended in 1405. The mausoleum is mainly composed of the Sacred Way and the Mausoleum Complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to get to Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Taking the subway line 2 and get off at the station of Ming Xialing Tomb (Muxu) Station \u660e\u5b5d\u9675\uff08\u82dc\u84ff\uff09\u7ad9, then you can walk to the site of Ming Xialing Tomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Visit Ming Xiaoling Tomb <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Take the subway line 2 and get off at the station Ming Xialing Tomb (Muxu) Station \u660e\u5b5d\u9675\uff08\u82dc\u84ff\uff09\u7ad9, the exit at Exit 1. When you exit from the subway station, you will see a huge sign with 7 Chinese characters \u201c\u949f\u5c71\u98ce\u666f\u540d\u80dc\u533a\u201d (Zhongshan Mountain National Park) and under the 7 Chinese characters, you could recognize two subtitles \u201cDr.Sun Yat-sen\u2019 Mausoleum and The Ming Tomb\u201d pointing to the pathway to the two attractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Map of Zhongshan Mountain Scenic Spot (Google)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Zhongshan Maountain National Park mainly comprise the four attractions \u2013 Dr. Sun Yat-sen\u2019s Mausoleum<\/a>, Dr. Sun Yat-sen\u2019s MausoleumMusic Stage<\/a> Linggu Temple<\/a> and Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. All the four attractions are linked by electric carts, a kind of shuttle service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ming Tomb is located in the west of Zhongshan Moutain area, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and the Music Stage in the middle and Linggu Temple in the east. The Ming Tomb is quite close to the subway station. So you can walk from the subway line 2 station to the entrance to the Ming Tomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ming Tomb is located in the west of Zhongshan Moutain area (red in circle)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

After visiting the Ming Tomb, you may have a 30-minute walk and take the park electric cart to the next attraction \u2013 Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. Then again have a half hour walk to Linggu Temple or take a park cart to the temple. Each section for taking an electric cart costs you RMB 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a several minutes, you will come to the entrance to the Ming Tomb. The entrance ticket fee: RMB 70 ( a combined ticket to the Meihua Hill which is the mausoleum of Sun Quan, King of the Kingdom of Wu in the Three Kingdoms period (220-265).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Tour of Ming Xiaoling Tomb <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now follow me to visit Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. The Ming Tomb is quite close to the subway station. A few steps from the subway exit, you will see the signpost pointing to the Ming Tomb ( the mausoleum).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The signpost pointing to the Ming Tomb ( the mausoleum). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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You have the option to take a battery cart visiting all the attractions in the park ( 5 yuan)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The entrance to Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The tablet mounted on a stone tortoise in the middle is engraved with 4 Chinese characters \u201c\u6cbb\u9686\u5510\u5b8b\u201d, which indicates the greatness of the Ming Dynasty founder Zhu Yuanzhang, matching (or outweight ) that of the founders of the Tang and Song Dynasties. The 4 character\u2019s were written by Kangxi Emperor in Qing Dynasty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Civil and Military Gate – the first gate to the graveyard of the Ming Tomb<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Ming Tower is built atop the rectangular citadel, a highest building in the mausoleum compound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ming Tower (\u660e\u697c\uff09<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Treasure Mound behind the Ming Tower is the actual site of the Ming Tomb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The actual site of the Ming Tomb <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Climb up to the top of Ming Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From the top of Ming Tower, have a bird’s-eye view of the mausoleum compound<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There two sections of the Sacred Way \u2013 the Elephant Road and the Wengzhong Road. The Elephant Road is flanked by 12 pairs of animals ( 6 kinds of animals including lions, xiezhi, camels, elephants, qilin, and horses), which guard he tomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Elephant Road is flanked by 12 pairs of animals <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Then you will find two columns called huabiao in Chinese. Starting from the two columns, you wander along the Wengzhong Road lined with four pairs of ministers and generals of stone standing there for centuries to escort the mausoleum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wengzhong Road lined with four pairs of ministers and generals<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tip:  Hassle-free Jiangsu Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to do a self-guided tour and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for organized tours to Jiangsu Province:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nanjing Tour<\/a>
Suzhou Tour<\/a>
Jiangsu Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Attractions in Nanjing<\/a>
How to Visit Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall<\/a>
How to Visit Nanjing Confucius Temple-The Qinhuai River Scenic Area<\/a>
How to Visit Zhonghua Gate Nanjing<\/a>
How to Visit Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge<\/a>
How to Visit Linggu Temple Scenic Area<\/a>
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Music Stage<\/a>
How to Visit Dr. Sun Yat-sen\u2019s Mausoleum<\/a>
How to Visit Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum<\/a>
How to Visit Nanjing Presidential Palace<\/a>

Nanjing South Railway Station<\/a>
Nanjing Taxi: Nanjing Taxi Fares, Tips and Phones<\/a>
Suzhou Railway Station<\/a>
Suzhou Taxi: Suzhou Taxi Fares, Tips and Phones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Attractions in Suzhou<\/a>
Suzhou Railway Station<\/a>
How to Visit Tongli Water Town<\/a>
How to Visit Zhouzhuang Water Town<\/a>
How to Visit Pingjiang Road in Suzhou<\/a>
How to Visit The Garden of the Master of the Nets<\/a>
How to visit Humble Admin<\/a>i<\/a>strator\u2019s Garden<\/a>
How to Visit Lion Grove Garden<\/a>
How to Visit Canglang Pavilion<\/a>
How to Visit Guanqian Street in Suzhou<\/a>
4 Amazing Short Trip Ideas from Shanghai<\/a>
Wuzhen Pictures \u2013 Wuzhen Photo Gallery<\/a>
Zhouzhuang Pictures \u2013 Zhouzhuang Photo Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plan your Nanjing tour? The Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is the primary attraction and the only world cultural heritage site in Nanjing. Ming Xiaoling Tomb is one of the four major attractions in Zhongshan Mountain National Park. The other two attractions are Dr. Sun Yat-sen\u2019s Mausoleum, Dr. Sun Yat-sen\u2019s MausoleumMusic Stage and Linggu Temple. Ming Xiaoling…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[4184,2083,2085,2084],"class_list":["post-10570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nanjing-travel","tag-how-to-get-to-ming-xiaoling-mausoleum","tag-the-ming-tomb-in-najing","tag-the-ming-xiaoling-mausoleum","tag-the-ming-xiaoling-tomb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10570"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30758,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570\/revisions\/30758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}