Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (明清皇家陵寝) is the designation under which the UNESCO has included several tombs and burial complexes into the list of World Heritage Sites. These tombs date from the Ming and Qing dynasties of China.

Tombs were included in the list in 2000, 2003 and 2004. The property now includes the following tombs or tomb groups:

Serial ID No.	Tomb	Province	Location	Coordinates	Area (m²)	Buffer (m²)	Year
				(dms.s)			inscribed
	Xianling	Hubei	Zhongxiang	N31 01 E112	876	2,264,000	2000
1004-001	Tomb	Province		39
	Eastern	Hebei	Zunhua	N41 11 E117	2,240,000	78,000,000	2000
1004-002	Qing	Province		38
	Tombs
	Western	Hebei	Yixian	N39 20 E115	18,420,000	47,580,000	2000
1004-003	Qing	Province	County	13
	Tombs		Baoding
			City
	Ming	Beijing	Changping	N40 16 10	8,230,000	81,000,000	2003
1004-004	Tombs	Municipality	District	E116 14 40
	Xiaoling	Jiangsu	Nanjing	N32 03 30	1,160,000	1,800,000	2003
1004-005	Tomb	Province	City	E118 51 07
	Tomb of	Jiangsu	Nanjing	N32 03 44	9,800		2003
1004-006	Chang	Province	City	E118 49 54
	Yuchun
	Tomb of	Jiangsu	Nanjing	N32 03 51	5,500		2003
1004-007	Qiu Cheng	Province	City	E118 49 59
	Tomb of	Jiangsu	Nanjing	N32 04 00	4,000.	1,800,000	2003
1004-008	Wu Liang	Province	City	E118 49 51
	Tomb of	Jiangsu	Nanjing	N32 04 05	3,500		2003
1004-009	Wu Zhen	Province	City	E118 49 57
	Tomb of	Jiangsu	Nanjing	N32 04 30	8,500		2003
1004-010	Xu Da	Province	City	E118 50 06
	Tomb of Li	Jiangsu	Nanjing	N32 04 47	8,700		2003
1004-011	Wenzhong	Province	City	E118 50 23
	Yongling	Liaoning	Fushun		2,365,900	13,439,400	2004
1004-013	Tomb of	Province	City
	the Qing
	Dynasty
	Fuling	Liaoning	Shenyang		538,600	7,023,600.	2004
1004-013	Tomb of	Province	City
	the Qing
	Dynasty
	Zhaoling	Liaoning	Shenyang		478,900	3,187,400	2004
1004-014	Tomb of	Province	City
	the Qing
	Dynasty
Total					34,379,400.	234,294,400

2004 additions

The three Imperial Tombs of the Qing Dynasty in Liaoning Province include the Yongling Tomb, the Fuling Tomb, and the Zhaoling Tomb, all built in the 17th century. Constructed for the founding emperors of the Qing Dynasty and their ancestors, the tombs follow the precepts of traditional Chinese geomancy and fengshui theory. They feature rich decoration of stone statues and carvings and tiles with dragon motifs, illustrating the development of the funerary architecture of the Qing Dynasty. The three tomb complexes, and their numerous edifices, combine traditions inherited from previous dynasties and new features of Manchu culture.