New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
-oTlL BURI4L GROUND.
-,-ssoleums of Chinese Emperors
n.,rsd Amid Pagodas ard Sculpture.

-,Dolie n which the roval dead OF
Ins :. buried is one Of the most curious
ca"@ IN the world. II is in the neighbor-
~6f me Great Wall. something over fifty
bS a,-, PekIng. and for the ordinary visitor
n''- n.,.s bv mule litter. It's present occupants
=. sni-its and the dust OF all except two Of
81 -,-,,.-ors of the Ming dynasty which gave
H - the present Manchu dynasty in 1914
NN' ,s- curious feature Of the metropolis is 9
: ,aved avenue. bordered with mammoth
'-.-,-sd beasts and human figures They re
mo q Karnak's avenues Of sculptured
- although the perfection Of alignment
s'.seinc and the figures are more widely sep
za:ed-
.he figures are gray and stained Time and
- have performed their work There are
- and kneeling elephants with the al
- ezes II Chinaman: sGUatung and stand
= r,-,eis with stained hunmocks and the
rndulattng aecks of geese; kneeIng
= yri1h the gentle Isuearor Of childrerl's
-. horses sheep with the subtle aspect Of
IS. Hons win the hlrrid. rolling eyes, the
.-es b--7gs and the fanged mouths Of tow
= sU-ievouring ogrcs; impossible uni
- Chinese dragons. and. At the end. six
ss.s of men. three ~ them austere military
- and three thoughtful counseIlors Of state.
= stand .'5- The midst NJ a vast solitude"
.--5s---g -he way o. the t1-uhs-
~ site e- the thirteen mausoIeums OF the
- se q sr-f-a--- PLAIN. stretching for miles
"a, NJ -s-zaE H.-.s almost lost IN the misty
.-ess crown rla-bLa highway
- rho green plain from the square rel
-. r-7rH golden yellow roof. which marks
p. - .---s--e u This ancient burial place 1t
A. -l--7r-r q valley. crosses broad river
.- -rs-4,re r-sss-as and finally branches like the
go "a fa- rs tie different maUsoleUms stand
- mr. IN Gorgeous col0rs against the back
---r-s II the hills
--,, =-s- -a-36a s a sort Of outer vesubule
- ,s-sl7r-rz T-one- s a similar structure. some
-..-e7,a further on. guarded by four gritfins on
- -,-s # -t,e same number Of stately columns
- ,-e,a -5-f,v carved and yellow with age
-----=-r dragons wings and tails on the ridge
--.s ---5clain the nationality Of the architects.
-,s-,- .--7 he shadows OF the roof At the cross
t-- n the Two interior halls IS q great marble
.,--r-enr n The shape Of . turtle bearing OF its
hack II 5belisk OF black marble. on this IS en-
-.-ad Z poem by KEN Lung. wise and en-
z-rprsc Emperor q the present ruling dynasty,
vb0 is said 70 have been the author Of $500
-oetical compositions. The force Of Chinese wor-
.riD Of ancestors IS illustrated by Kien Lungs
Indication az -ae age Of sixty because Of his
-aTlIli-Eness Il equal er su-pass his lLustrious
,-anzfa1he- IL ire length Of his reign The tuc-
b. among the Chinese as vel as the C0rea2s.
5 the symbol Of longevity and eternity.
Prom this 2agoda the broad marble avenue
,5riere6 with the curious scft gray efigies,
--stches away toward the hay horizon The
,srirr stones are almost hidden by the grass
.f.r s,ss r-.v-D m le--rper7 them Broken
7aces q clle pavement which have been cast up
Ike Ereck2ge On the beach and rUts retaTd the
-7ra-7q-- -r -he vehicles of the occasional Wis
t--z TIE sg1ac-cE caue-s are first passed, one
,- a-,e- side facing each other for the figures
,-~--- II ras-s one Of each sex Then follow II
7-ss- the standing cauels- the kneeIing eIs-
-rs--s -aa Standing elephants. the line finally
---.-s-frz u L-e Sa- distance il the six human