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now we are on the way to the linggu temple park. on our right there is a fishing terrace with
beige glazed tiles built in 1937. it was a monument to dr. sun yatsen from the national military
academy, which was founded by dr. sun yatsen in 1924.
linggu temple lies about one and a half kilometers to the east of dr. sun yatsen s mausoleum. it
was called jiangshan temple in the ancient times and its original site was in dulongfu at the foot
of the purple mountain. however, in the early days of the ming dynasty (1368-1644), emperor
zhu yuanzhang chose that place to build his tomb, thus the temple had to be moved and rebuilt at
the present site and was renamed as the linggu temple with an inscription "the first buddhist
forest " at the entrance to the mountain. inside the entrance there is a secluded footpath with
thousands of pine trees, verdant and luxuriant, so it is called the "valley of spirit deep in pines".it
is one of the 48 attractions in nanjing.
inside the temple there is the beamless hall built in 1381 in the ming dynasty. the hall,
meters long, meters wide and 22 meters high, was built entirely of bricks and stones from
top to bottom without a piece of wood. there are nine overlapping ridges and three dagobas
decorating the top ridges. in size, the beamless hall stands first and foremost of its kind in china.
it was built more than 200 years earlier than the other five of the same kind in the other areas:
xiangtong temple at wutai mountain; yongzuo temple in taiyuan, shanxi province; wannian
temple on ermei mountain in sichuan; kaiyuan temple in shzhou and longchang temple in jurong
county. it far surpasses them all in solidity and magnificence. no wonder it is considered a
masterpiece of chinese stone-brick buildings. the difficulty involved in its construction and the
complexity of techniques adopted testify the wisdom of the architectural technology of the time
in china.
beyond the beamless hall are the wind-through-pines pavilion and a nine-storeyed, over sixty-
meter-high octagonal pagoda, with a corridor encircled by stone rails on each storey. inside the
pagoda a spiral staircase winds to the top through the nine stories. when one gets to the top story
and gaze into the distance, one can get a view of the entire mausoleum area.
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the 600-year-old ming tomb, lying at the southern foot of the purple mountain, is the tomb for
zhu yuanzhang, the first emperor of the ming dynasty from 1368 to 1398.
born into a poor peasant family in fengyang county, anhui province in 1328, zhu yuanzhang lost
his parents in his childhood and became a monk at huangjue temple. in 1352, he joined the red
turban army led by guo zixin. he married guo zixin’s adopted daughter and became the
commanding general later. zhu yuanzhang took over nanjing in 1356 and made it the capital in
1368 when he conquered the rest parts of china and established the ming dynasty.
zhu yuanzhang began to have his tomb built in 1381 when his wife died. the empress was buried
in the tomb in 1383. but emperor zhu yuanzhang died in 1398 and was buried here in the same
year.
now we are reaching the tomb gate, known as grand golden gate. ming tomb is divided into two
parts. the first part is from horse dismounting arch gate to linxin gate, 1800 meters long, serving
as the tomb avenue. the second part is the tomb itself. there was originally a grand red wall,
kilometers long, enclosing the whole tomb area. the tomb complex was very large with many
splendid buildings. 100000 pines were planted and 1000 deer raised inside. unfortunately, this
large group of buildings was ruined during the wartime, once between the ming and qing
dynasties and the other time when taiping peasant army was suppressed by the qing dynasty
army. all the wooden structures were destroyed. however we can still see the exquisite stone
carvings from the stone bases and imagine how it looked like 600 years ago.
at the horse dismounting arch gate, the inscription can be seen "all the officials must dismount
from their horsebacks here". this shows the absolute dignity of emperor zhu yuanzhang at that
time.
here we are at the square city, also called the stone tablet house. its top is gone but the
surrounding walls and four archways are still remaining, just like a castle. the great ming dynasty
wonderful achievements and merits tablet, meters high, built in 1413 by the third emperor
of the ming dynasty, is the highest ancient tablet in nanjing. there are altogether 2746 chinese
characters on the tablet, which praise emperor zhu yuanzhang for his deeds and merits by his
fourth son who made himself the third emperor of the ming dynasty.
why did zhu di, the third emperor erect this stone tablet? zhu yuanzhang had 26 sons. his first son
died in 1392, so his first grandson, then 16, was nominated to be the successor to emperor zhu
yuanzhang. in 1398, 22-year-old zhu yunwen became the second emperor after his grandfather’s
death. however his uncle zhu di was then in beijing and found some excuse to launch a war
against him. the four-year-long war ended with the uncles victory. zhu di grabbed the power and
became the third emperor. when zhu di praised emperor zhu yuanzhang, he was actually praising
himself. originally, zhu di planned to have a 72-meter-high stone tablet carved out of yangshan
hill in the eastern suburb of nanjing. since it was too heavy to be moved, he gave up his plan and
had this small one made.
the stone animal under the tablet looks like a tortoise. it is actually the first son of the dragon,
well known for its strength. its name is bi xi and he is always put there to carry imperial tablets.
according to the legend, when the stone tablet was carved, the chief mason could hardly have it
mount on the back of bi xi because it was too heavy. he was very worried and did not know what
to do. one day he had a dream, in which he was told that only when the tablet and bi xi did not
see each other, he would make the mounting possible. clever as he was, he covered bi xi with
mud and pushed the tablet onto the back of bi xi as you can see now.
when we pass the imperial bridge, we can see the sacred path lined with 24 animals. there are six
kinds of animals, one pair standing and the other kneeling. the standing pair is working and the
kneeling resting. they work on two shifts. the significance of these animals is to show the
countrys power and emperors influence, to drive away the evil spirits and guard the tomb. the
first 2 pairs of animals are lions, king of the beats. the second 2 pairs of animals are called bi xie,
a mythical animal, suggesting justice. the following pairs of animals include camels, elephants,
unicorns and horses. the camel is known as boat in the desert and symbol of prosperity. each
elephant weighs 80 tons and symbolizes peace. the unicorn represents good luck while horse
loyalty.
you may wonder how these heavy stone animals were moved to this place. the fact is in the cold
winter, workers splashed water on the ground and pushed the stone animals to the present
locations on the freezing ice.
two meter-high stone pillars serve as altars for the sacrificial offerings. the sacred avenue
makes a right turn here just because the plum blossom hill stands in the way. the hill is the tomb
for sun quan, the first emperor of eastern wu kingdom. when ming tomb was constructed, some
people suggested that sun quans tomb should be moved away. but emperor zhu yuanzhang
commented that sun quan was a good fellow and should stay. this showed the emperor’s
modesty. among the 8 stone figures, four are ministers and the other are warriors.
when we cross the imperial bridge and walk a short distance, we reach the tomb itself. the arch
gate, imperial stone tablet pavilion, the grand hall, square city, grand terrace, treasure city,
treasure top are all on the north-south axis, a typical layout of the ancient chinese architecture.
the arch gate has 5 doorways, with yellow glazed tiles, red walls and doors. but this gate was
rebuilt in 1999.
in the stone tablet pavilion built in early qing dynasty, we can see an inscription by emperor kang
xi, the second emperor of qing dynasty, "running the state as prosperously as tang and song
dynasties". since qing rulers were manchurians, emperor kangxi was worried that the han people
wouldnt follow him. this stone tablet indicated emperor kang xis desire to be peaceful with the
hans. he made 6 trips down to southern china from beijing and visited ming tomb for 5 times.
this tablet was erected here in 1699 during his third visit. we can tell from this tablet that
emperor kang xi was no wonder a great emperor.
the tomb is at the foot of purple mountain. it has not been excavated because of the technical
reasons of preservation.
the tomb site was selected by zhu yuanzhang himself. however there had been a buddhist temple
here. zhu yuangzhang paced up and down and looked upset each time when he was here. the
wise abbot in the temple felt it and suggested to the emperor that the temple should be moved
because his teacher told him so in his dream. the emperor was happy when he heard this and had
the temple rebuilt to the east of his tomb.
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the imposing city wall, as high as a five-story building, is the good impression of the visitors to
nanjing.
the building of the wall began in 1366, ordered by zhu yuanzhang who, two years later, founded
the ming dynasty (1368-1644). more than 200,000 people worked on the project and many of
them died before the wall was completed in 1368.
the wall was kilometers in circumference and meters high on average. it was the
longest city wall in the world and the city enclosed by it remained the worlds largest until the
17thcentury.
in order to guarantee the quality of the wall, zhu yuanzhang had tight control over the making of
all bricks. the brick makers and the officials were responsible for overseeing the quality. in case a
brick was found not up to the standard, all of them were supposed to be punished.
different from the square-shaped city walls of most ancient chinese cities, nanjings wall followed
the natural terrain and was built on a foundation of huge rocks. the bricks were cemented in with
a mortar of lime mixed with tung oil and glutinous rice gruel. many parts of the wall are still in
good condition.
the city wall has 24 gates, among which the zhonghua (china) gate, formerly called the treasure
pot gate, is the largest. covering an area of 15,168 square meters, 20 meters high, the gate has 4
entrances with 4 doors. behind the first conventional double panel wooden door, there are 3 other
23-centimeter-thick vertically sliding stone doors. the heavy stone doors are lifted and dropped
with the help of a mechanical winch. if enemy troops broke through the first wooden door, they
could be separated and trapped inside by the dropping of the other 3 stone doors. this strategy is
known in china as "beating dogs behind a bolted door."
the first entrance is in a three-tier building in which 27 tunnels are built. these tunnels are big
enough to accommodate more than 3,000 soldiers and store large quantity of food and
ammunitions. on its both sides there are wide horse ramps. at the top, a rostrum allows a
commanding view. unfortunately, this rostrum and parts of the wall were destroyed by the
japanese during the second world war.
now the nanjing municipal government plans to have part of the city wall repaired and some of
the city gates renovated.
