Eastern Qing tombs
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The Eastern Qing tombs are an imperial mausoleum complex of the Qing dynasty located in Zunhua county of Tangshan in Hebei province, 125 kilometres northeast of Beijing. They are the largest, most com
Yu Mausoleum, of the Qianlong Emperor.
Eastern Qing tombs in 1900.
Empress Dowager Cixi
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Empress Dowager Cixi was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who periodically controlled the government of the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent from 1861 until her death in 1908.
Eastern Qing tombs
…mausoleum are Jingling (Kangxi Emperor) and Huiling (Tongzhi Emperor). To the west lie Yuling (Qianlong Emperor), Ding Dongling (Dowager Empresses Cixi and Ci'an), and Dingling (Xianfeng Emperor). All imperial mausolea at the Eastern Qing tombs follow a pattern established by the Xiaoling mausoleum of…
Consort Dowager Kangci, foster mother of the Xianfeng Emperor. She hosted the selection of Xianfeng's consorts in 1851, in which Lady Yehe Nara participated as a potential candidate.
The Pavilion of Beautiful Scenery, where Consort Yi gave birth to the Tongzhi Emperor
Portrait of a young Empress Dowager Cixi
Empress Dowager Ci'an, with whom Cixi staged the Xinyou Coup. They were co-regents until Ci'an's death in 1881.