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Ladiesandgentlemen:helloandwelcometoQingxiling.I'myourguide.LocatedatthefootofYongningmountain,YixianCounty,HebeiProvince,125kilometersawayfromBeijing.Itisthemausoleumgroupoffouremperors'mausoleums,threequeens'mausoleumsandsomeprincesses,princessesandconcubines'gardensintheQingDynasty.Withmorethan50000squaremetersofmausoleumbuildings,morethan1000templesandmorethan100stonebuildingsandcarvings,theXilingmausoleumisoneofthelargest,bestpreservedandmostcompleteImperialMausoleumsoftheQingDynastyinChina.ItisthemostoutstandingrepresentativeofmausoleumarchitectureinChinafor20xxyears.Inthe8300hectareprotectionareaoftheWesternQingmausoleum,therearefouremperormausoleums,threeempressmausoleums,fourRoyal,Princessandelderbrother'sdormitories,atotalof14mausoleumsandtwoancillarybuildings(yongsifuandXinggong).Thereare78peopleburied,includingfouremperorsYongzheng,Jiaqing,DaoguangandGuangxu,ninequeens,57concubines,twoprincesandsixelderbrothers.Therearemorethanonethousandpalacebuildingsandmorethanonehundredstonebuildingsinthemausoleumarea,whosearchitecturalformandregulationsclearlyreflectthefeudalsocialrulesandregulations.FourImperialMausoleumsandthreerearmausoleumsarecoveredwithyellowglazedtiles,whileconcubines,princessesandprinces'dormitoriesarecoveredwithgreenglazedtilesorgreyclothtiles.Theseancientbuildingsaresurroundedbygreenpinesandcypresses,competingforgloryinthevastforest.ThereisalsoYongningmountainwithfivecolorsofauspiciousclouds,standingbehindthemausoleum.TheYishuiRiver,whichtracesbacktothespiritualsourceofBagong,flowsslowlyinfrontofthedahongmen,whichmakestheQingDynasty'swesternmausoleummorebeautifulandgrand.Amongthem,thelargestYongzhengmausoleum,locatedinthecenterofthemausoleumarea,istheearliestandlargestbuildingintheWesternmausoleum.TherestofthemausoleumsaredistributedintheEastandWest.TheShintoofthetailingmausoleumismadeofthreelayersofhugebricks.OnbothsidesoftheShintoaregreenpinesandcypresses.Fromsouthtonorth,therearemorethan40largeandsmallbuildings.Thefirstbuildingisafivearchbridgeenteringthemausoleumarea.Therearethreetallstonearchwaysinthenorthofthebridge.Thearchitectureofthememorialarchwayissolemnandbeautifulwithharmoniouscolors.Thethreestonesquares,allintheformoffiverooms,sixcolumnsandelevenfloors,arebuiltwithblueandwhitestones,andengravedwithmountains,water,flowers,grass,animalsandothergraphics.TheirvividformsareregardedasrepresentativeworksofXilingarchitecturalart.ThetombofJiaqingiscalledChangling.Changlingandtailingarejuxtaposed,withthesamescaleastailing.Jiaqingwasthe15thsonofEmperorQianlong.WhenEmperorQianlongpassedonthethronetohim,heselectedthesiteofhismausoleumonekilometersouthofthetailingmausoleum.Thelong'enHallofChanglingisverydistinctive.Thegroundispavedwithpreciousyellowmottledstones.Thestoneslabsarealsodecoratedwithpurplepatterns.Theyaresmoothanddazzling,andseemtobefullofgems.Thepillariscoveredwithgoldanddecoratedwithcloudsanddragons.DaoguangmausoleumwithexquisitecraftsmanshipiscalledMulingmausoleum.Themausoleumischaracterizedbyitssmallscale,withoutFangcheng,minglou,dabeiting,shixiangshengandotherbuildings,butitsengineeringweightisstrongerthanthatofthetwomausoleumsofTaiandChang.Thewholewall,bricktobrickjoints,drygrouting,wallflushsolid.Thebuildingtechnologyoflongenhallisexquisite.ThemainhallismadeofPhoebeandisnotdecoratedwithoilpaint.Theoriginalcoloroflogsismaintained.Whenthedoorisopened,thearomaofPhoebecomes.Therearedragonsineachsmallsquareontheceiling,andpurlinFang,queti,alsocarvedwithupstreamdragonsandflatdragons.Thesedragonsopentheirmouthsandpufftheirclouds.ChonglingisthemausoleumofGuangxu,5kilometerseastofthetailingmausoleum.ItisthelastexistingmausoleuminChina.Thewholemausoleumareahasluxurianttreesandpleasantscenery.Theancientbuildingsintheimperialpalacewheretheemperorlivedcanaccommodatetourists.AttheendoftheQingDynasty,ChenZengrong,commander-in-chiefofTainingTown,lovedthebeautifulmountainsandriversinhissparetime,anddeterminedeightsceneriesoftheWesternmausoleum,whichwere"JingguanZiqi","resistinghorsesandrushingwaves","cloudsandemeralds","Qifengsunset","Emeieveningbell","Fushanholdingthesun","HuagaiYanlan"and"Yishuicoldcurrent".Itisbecauseofthesepleasantnaturalscenery,whichsetofftheauspiciouslandof"tenthousandyearsofdragonandtiger,everynightofghostsandgods",thatYongzheng,thethirdgenerationemperoroftheQingDynasty,lefthisfatherandancestorsandopenedthefirstXilinginYizhou,inordertomaketheQingDynastymoreprosperous.OnMarch2,1737,EmperorQianlongFenganhisfatherintheundergroundpalaceoftailing.Later,EmperorQianlongcameupwithawaytomakethebestofbothsidesinordertomaketheeasternandWesternmausoleumslastforever.LateremperorswereburiedintheeasternandWesternmausoleumsoftheQingDynastyinthewayof"Zhaomuorderandalternategenerations".Therefore,hefirstbuilthisownYumausoleuminshengshuiyu,whichiswithintheboundaryoftheeasternMausoleumoftheQingDynasty.HewasaccompaniedbyhisgrandfatherKangxi,andhissonJiaqingbuiltaChangmausoleumbesidetheTaimausoleumtoaccompanyhisgrandfatherYongzheng.AccordingtothesystemofZhaomu,Daoguang'smausole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