Ming Ancestors Mausoleum

The Ming Ancestors Mausoleum, Ming Ancestor Tomb, or Zuling Tomb was the first imperial mausoleum complex of the Ming dynasty, constructed at a geomantically advantageous site near the inlet of the Huai River into the west side of Hongze Lake in present-day , Huai'an Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, .
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Photo: 梓地, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: 梓地, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Park
  • Description: grave mound and tomb complex for the grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather of the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming in Huai’an Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Also known as: “Ancestral Tomb of the Ming”, “Ming Ancestors Cenotaph”, “Ming Ancestors Tomb”, “Ming Ancestors‘ Cenotaph”, “Ming Ancestors‘ Mausoleum”, “Ming Ancestors‘ Tomb”, “Ming Ancestral Cenotaph”, “Ming Ancestral Mausoleum”, “Ming Ancestral Tomb”, “Ming Tsu Ling”, “Ming Tsu-ling”, “Ming Zu Ling”, “Ming Zuling”, “Ming Zuling Tombs”, “Tomb of the Ancestors of the Ming”, “Tomb of the Ancestors of the Ming dynasty”, “Tomb of the Ming Ancestors”, “Zu Mausoleum of Ming Dynasty”, “Zuling Tomb”, and “祖陵 (明)”

Ming Ancestors Mausoleum

Latitude
33.08644° or 33° 5′ 11″ north
Longitude
118.47189° or 118° 28′ 19″ east
Open location code
8P5W3FPC+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 538469665
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q6864623
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Thai—“Ming Ancestors Mausoleum” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “明祖陵”
  • Spanish: “Mausoleo de los ancestros Ming”
  • Swedish: “Mingzuling”
  • Thai: “สุสานหลวงหมิงจู่”

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