Ming Xiaoling
The Ming Xiaoling is the mausoleum of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty. It lies at the southern foot of Purple Mountain, located east of the historical centre of Nanjing.Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tomb
- Description: Mausoleum of the Hongwu Emperor
- Also known as: “Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum”, “Xiao Ling”, “Xiao Mausoleum”, “Xiao Mausoleum of Ming Dynasty”, “Xiaoling”, and “Xiaoling Mausoleum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include NanJing Museum and Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Music Stage.
NanJing Museum
Museum
Photo: Tevatron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nanjing Museum is a provincial public museum in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It is owned by the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government and operated by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism. NanJing Museum is situated 2½ km southwest of Ming Xiaoling.
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Music Stage
Theater building
Photo: Kinden Kuo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Amphitheatre is a building affiliated to the complex of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, located in the southeast of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Square in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Music Stage is situated 1½ km east of Ming Xiaoling.
Pegasus Park
Park
White Horse Park, also known as Baima Park, is situated in Xuanwu District, Nanjing, in Jiangsu province. The park is located between Xuanwu Lake and Purple Mountain. Pegasus Park is situated 2 km west of Ming Xiaoling.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xiaolingwei and Yueyahu.
Xiaolingwei
Suburb
Xiaolingwei is a subdistrict located in Jiangsu, China, near Nanjing. It is at the south of Nanjing's Zhongshan Gate and southeast of the eponymous Ming Dynasty imperial tombs of Nanjing. Xiaolingwei is situated 3½ km southeast of Ming Xiaoling.
Yueyahu
Suburb
Yueyahu Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Qinhuai District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. As of 2018, it has 8 residential communities under its administration. Yueyahu is situated 3½ km south of Ming Xiaoling.
Xinjiekou
Suburb
Photo: Haha169, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xinjiekou is the central business district of Nanjing, People's Republic of China. It gave its name to Xinjiekou subway station. Xinjiekou is situated 5 km west of Ming Xiaoling.
Ming Xiaoling
- Categories: mausoleum, historic site, and burial
- Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.06208° or 32° 3′ 44″ northLongitude
118.83468° or 118° 50′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8P4W3R6M+RVOpenStreetMap ID
way 380923041OpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q28769
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Ming Xiaoling” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Tumba de Ming Xiaoling”
- Azerbaijani: “Syaolin”
- Belarusian: “Сяалін”
- Chinese: “孝陵”
- Chinese: “明孝陵”
- Czech: “Ming Siao-ling”
- Czech: “Ming-siao-ling”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مينج شياو لينج”
- Finnish: “Ming Xiaolingin mausoleumi”
- French: “tombeau Xiaoling”
- French: “Tombeau Xiaoling”
- German: “Ming Xiaoling”
- German: “Ming-Xiaoling-Mausoleum”
- Hebrew: “קבר שיאולינג”
- Italian: “Mausoleo Ming Xiao”
- Japanese: “明孝陵”
- Korean: “명 효릉”
- Korean: “효릉”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ming Xiaoling-mausoleet”
- Norwegian: “Ming Xiaoling-mausoleet”
- Persian: “آرامگاه مینگ شیائو لینگ”
- Persian: “آرامگاهٔ مینگ شیائو لینگ”
- Persian: “آرامگاه مینگ شیائولینگ”
- Persian: “ارامگاه مینگ شیائو لینگ”
- Persian: “ارامگاهٔ مینگ شیائو لینگ”
- Persian: “ارامگاه مینگ شیائولینگ”
- Polish: “Mauzoleum Ming Xiaoling”
- Portuguese: “Mausoléu Xiao”
- Russian: “Сяолин”
- Slovenian: “Mavzolej Ming Šjaoling”
- Slovenian: “Ming Šjaoling mavzolej”
- Spanish: “La Tumba de Ming Xiaoling”
- Spanish: “tumba de Ming Xiaoling”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Ming Xiaoling”
- Swedish: “Ming Xiaoling”
- Thai: “สุสานหลวงหมิงเซี่ยว”
- Turkish: “Ming Xiaoling Mozolesi”
- Ukrainian: “Сяолін”
- Vietnamese: “Minh Hiếu lăng”
- Wu Chinese: “明孝陵”
- Yue Chinese: “明孝陵”
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