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Liao Dynasty Mausoleums and Fengling County

Liao Dynasty Mausoleums and Fengling County are located in the Balin Left Banner of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region.

Only two mausoleums -- the Zuling Mausoleum and Qingling Mausoleums -- can be identified as the imperial mausoleums of the Liao Dynasty (916-1125). The Zuling Mausoleum for Emperor Taizu of the Liao Dynasty lies in the valley, two kilometers northwest of the Zuzhou City relics in the Balin Left Banner of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region. Qingling is the general name for the mausoleums of the three emperors and their queens, which lie in Wangwen Valley, 10 kilometers north of Jiangqing City relics in the Balin Left Banner of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region.

The Fengling Zuzhou City is divided into the outer city and the inner city, with a perimeter of about 2 kilometers and remaining height of about 6 meters. The relics of the four gates of the outer city still remain there, and from the east gate and the north gate one can see the relics of the Weng City. The inner city has several huge bases of architectural structures, and a stone house stands on the northwest corner. The south gate of the inner city has a street of more than 40 meters wide directly linking the south gate of the outer city. On both sides of the streets still remain relics of some constructions.

The three mausoleums of the Qingling Mausoleums are generally called as the East Mausoleum, the Middle Mausoleum and the West Mausoleum. The three mausoleums are arranged from the east to west with a distance of about 2 kilometers between each two. In the early years of the Republic of China (1912-1949), the mausoleums were once robbed and many of the funeral objects were gone.

Ten kilometers south of the Qingling Mausoleums of the Liao Dynasty are the relics of Jiangqing City, which is 930 meters long from south to north and 1,090 meters wide from east to west; some of the remains are 2.5 meters high. Northwest of the city is the brick tower for the Sarira of Shkyamuni of the Liao Dynasty.

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