Short trip to Beijing - Part III

Our last stop was at the Ming Tomb - 定陵. It is one of the 13 tombs and is the tomb of the last emperror of Ming Dynasty. It took about 6 years to build the underground tomb. Really impressed with the ancient people, they managed to build such gigantic and impressive architecture without the help of machineries.



This shows the location of the tomb out of the 13 tombs


The gate to the underground tomb, which everyone who comes out from here will shout "I am back", sounds silly but I followed anyway:)


Throne for the deceased emperror. Ruler of underworld?


View from the exit.


The unearthed place of the "Guiding Slab" - which lead to the entrance of the tomb.