Beijing Badaling Great Wall + Ming Tombs Dingling Museum Pure Play 1-Day Tour

The overall layout of the ground buildings of Dingling Tomb is square in the front and round in the back, symbolizing the ancient Chinese philosophical concept of "heaven is round and earth is square." Dingling Tomb became one of the three largest mausoleums among the Thirteen Tombs. Its ground buildings cover a total area of 180,000 square meters, with three wide courtyards in the front and a tall treasure city in the back. In front of the main gate of the mausoleum are three white marble bridges. After crossing the bridge is a tall stele pavilion. Around the pavilion are more than 300 buildings, including the Ancestral Temple Office, the Slaughtering Pavilion, and the Dingling Tomb Supervisor. Further back is the outermost wall of the mausoleum, the outer Luo City (the wall outside the wall). The discovery of Dingling Tomb provided important physical materials for the study of Ming history, and its underground palace structure can be regarded as a representative of the regulations of Ming imperial tombs, providing valuable materials and references for the study of Ming dynasty tomb systems.

In October 2021, Dingling Tomb was selected as one of the "Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries of the Century." The Ming Tombs, including Dingling Tomb, have successively been announced as the first batch of key ancient building cultural relics protection units in Beijing, the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, national key scenic spots and protected areas, and world cultural heritage sites.