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北京城外十三陵明朝之皇陵此乃石駱陀 No. 901, THE MING TOMBS.
北京城外十三陵明朝之皇陵此乃石駱陀 No. 901, THE MING TOMBS.

北京城外十三陵明朝之皇陵此乃石駱陀
No. 901, THE MING TOMBS.

The tombs are four good days journey from the metropolis and are similar in every respect to those in the plains near the southern capital of Nankin, where the founder of the Ming dynasty and his son are both buried: those that followed are buried here.

This avenue of stone animals is one of the ancient approaches to the tombs.