Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Chang Ling
长陵
, cháng líng • Daily 8.30am-5pm •
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At the end of the Spirit Way stands the tomb of Yongle himself:
Chang Ling
, the earliest at
the site. There are plans to excavate the underground chamber - an exciting prospect since
the tomb is contemporary with some of the finest buildings of the Forbidden City in the cap-
ital. At present, the enduring impression above ground is mainly one of scale - vast court-
yards and halls, approached by terraced white marble. Its main feature is the
HallofEminent
Flowers
, supported by huge columns consisting of individual tree trunks which, it is said,
were imported all the way from Yunnan in the south of the country.
