Northern Song Imperial Mausoleums.

🐉The Northern Song Dynasty had seven emperors and eight mausoleums. In addition to the two emperors who were captured by the Jin Dynasty, the mausoleums also include the father of Zhao Kuangyin and many other princes and nobles, forming a large area of Northern Song Imperial Mausoleums in Gongyi. The Northern Song Dynasty established its capital in Kaifeng, but the mausoleums were in Gongyi. It is said that Zhao Kuangyin wanted to move the capital to Luoyang but was stopped by Zhao Kuangyi and his ministers. When he passed by Gongyi, he decided to be buried with his father. 🐉The Northern Song Imperial Mausoleums can be described as an open-air museum of stone carvings. The stone statues on both sides of the sacred path are exquisitely carved. There are elephants that are considered to ward off evil spirits, sheep that are considered auspicious, guards with knives, ministers with memorials, and of course, indispensable lions. The entire ground building is very grand, no less than the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing. The stone carvings are also tall and mighty, making them more magnificent than the stone statues of the Qianling Mausoleum where Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Wu Zetian are buried. 🇨🇳Appreciate the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization and inherit the Chinese civilization