Zhaoling
Zhao Mausoleum may refer to: *Zhao Mausoleum (Tang dynasty), mausoleum of Chinese emperor Taizong of Tang, located at Jiuzong Mountain, Shaanxi, China **Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum *Zhao Mausoleum (Ming dynasty), mausoleum of the Ming emperor Longqing, located in Changping District, Beijing, China *Zhao Mausoleum (Qing dynasty) Zhaoling (; mnc, , v=eldengge munggan), also known as Beiling () is the tomb of the first Qing emperor, Hong Taiji, and his Empress Xiaoduanwen. The tomb is located within Beiling Park, in Huanggu District of the northern urban Shenyang, Li ...

Zhao Mausoleum (Ming Dynasty)
The Zhao Mausoleum () is a mausoleum in China where the Longqing Emperor was buried. The mausoleum is one of the thirteen imperial tombs at Ming tombs in Changping District 45 km north of central Beijing. The Longqing Emperor was the 13th emperor of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), reigning from 1566 until his death in 1572. He was buried in the Zhao Mausoleum, one of the thirteen imperial tombs in the Ming tombs complex. His first wife, Empress Li, who died in 1558, was also interred at the mausoleum. Later, the emperor's two other wives, Empress Xiao'an and Empress Xiaoding, were also laid to rest there. The Zhao Mausoleum is the only tomb in the Ming tombs complex that has undergone a significant renovation, which took place in 1980. It was opened to the public in 1990 and is one of only three tombs in the complex that are accessible to tourists, along with the Chang and Ding Mausoleums. The mausoleum was originally built as a tomb for the Jiajing Emperor's parents, b ...
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Zhao Mausoleum (Tang Dynasty)
Zhao Mausoleum (昭陵; pinyin: Zhāolíng; "Zhao" means the light rays of the sun) is the largest mausoleum of the Tang dynasty and the tomb of Emperor Taizong of Tang (599–649). It is located in Jiuzong Mountain, Shaanxi, China, it is the biggest mausoleum of the Tang dynasty. Besides being the final resting place of Emperor Taizong of Tang it also has an additional 200 tombs of royals and high ranked officials accompanied around. The famous stone reliefs Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum are exhibited in the Stele Forest Museum of Xi'an (4 steeds) and Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, United States, U.S. (2 steeds) separately. They were most likely designed by the court painter and administrator Yan Liben, who is recorded as making other works for the mausoleum, and may have designed the mausoleum itself. Planning and designing began in 636, after the death of the Empress Zhangsun, who requested a simple burial.Loehr, 33 The Zhao Mausoleum also shows many paintings of ...
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Six Steeds Of Zhao Mausoleum
The ''Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum'' () are six Tang dynasty, Tang (618–907) Chinese stone reliefs of horses (1.7m x 2.0m each) which were located in the Zhao Mausoleum (Tang Dynasty), Zhao Mausoleum, Shaanxi, China. Zhao Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong of Tang (r. 626–649). By tradition the reliefs were designed by the court painter, and administrator for public works, Yan Liben, and the relief is so flat and linear that it seems likely they were carved after drawings or paintings.Michael Sullivan (art historian), Sullivan, Michael, ''The Arts of China'', 126, 1973, Sphere Books, (revised edn of ''A Short History of Chinese Art'', 1967) Yan Liben is documented as producing other works for the tomb, a portrait series that is now lost, and perhaps designed the whole structure.Loehr, 33 The steeds were six precious war horses of Taizong, which he rode during the early campaigns to reunify China under the Tang, and all bear names which are not Chinese but rathe ...
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