--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service
China Calendar


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies
Info
FedEx
China Post
China Air Express
Hospitals in China
Chinese Embassies
Foreign Embassies
Golfing China
China
Construction Bank
People's
Bank of China
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Travel Agencies
China Travel Service
China International Travel Service
Beijing Youth Travel Service
Links
China Tours
China National Tourism Administration

Ceremony Held to Mark Ming Tombs Listed in World Heritage

A grand ceremony was held at the Grand Red Gate leading to emperors' tombs of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) on Thursday to mark their listings as a world heritage site on July 3.

A 2.4-meter-tall statue, commemorating the listing and made of a whole huge piece of boulder, was erected at the gate, with six Chinese characters on its front, reading World Heritage Site, and the introduction of the Ming tombs on the back.

The Ming tombs compound has 13 mausoleums for emperors of the imperial Ming Dynasty. The first tomb was built in 1409 and the last one was built 200 years later in the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

The tombs are renowned as a unique, excellent symbol of the architectural arts of emperors' mausoleums in China's long-standing history.

(People's Daily August 29, 2003)

Preserving Past Glory
Ming Tombs on World Heritage List
Price Rise for Ming Tombs
Group Formed to Protect Ancient Tombs
Beijing Intends to Restore Ming-Dynasty Imperial Tomb
Travel in Beijing
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688