page_title: Dingling (Ming)
section_title: Architectural Structure
hierarchical_section_title: Dingling (Ming) / Architectural Structure
caption_attribution_description: English: Ming Dingling mausoleum, where the Wanli emperor, together with his two empresses Wang Xijie and Dowager Xiaojing was buried. 中文（中国大陆）‎: 明定陵，万历皇帝陵墓，中轴线顶部鸟瞰全景图
context_page_description: The Dingling is a mausoleum in China where the Wanli emperor, together with his two empresses Wang Xijie and Dowager Xiaojing, was buried. Dingling is one of the thirteen imperial tombs at Ming tombs in Changping district 45 km north of central Beijing. The Dingling is the only tomb of a Ming dynasty emperor that has been opened.
  The Wanli emperor was the thirteenth emperor of the Ming dynasty and ruled from 1572 to 1620. His mausoleum, the Dingling, was built between 1584 and 1590 and occupies a surface area of 180,000 square metres. The first to suggest that the grave should be excavated was the historian and Beijing deputy mayor Wu Han. Excavation began in May 1959 and was completed within a year. More than 3,000 artefacts were found in the 1,195 square metres underground palace. The palace consists of five halls with some walls, and is located 27 metres below ground. In 1959 the Dingling museum was opened to the public.
  The excavation of Dingling has been questioned because it was never formally approved and because the excavation report is held to be inadequate.
caption: The central axis of Dingling, left is east, right is west.
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