Baoding, Hebei Province 30 Western Qing Dynasty Imperial Tombs These three memorial archways are made of stone, with five, six columns, 11 building forms, built with the blue rocks and flowers, on inscribes graphs and so on mountain, water, flower, grass, animal, the shape is vivid, regards as in the Xiling architectural art has the representative work. The world heritage committee appraises: The Ming and Qing Dynasties imperial family imperial mausoleum according to the geomancy theory, the careful selected location, places ingeniously the quantity numerous buildings in underground. It is the humanity changes the natural product, has manifested the traditional construction and the decoration thought that explained feudal China to continue 500 remaining years of life the world outlooks and the authority view. Hi-Res Pic (122K)⇦ Back to 29 On to 31 ⇨ Return to Baoding City Page 5 |