The massive stone gate markes the beginning of the last stretch to the tombs.

The one entrance through the Stone Portico ahead signals the entrance to the Spirit Way. At this point, everyone part of the funeral procession had to dismount their horses and continue on foot. Only the emperors body was carried.

#83 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Beijing: The Ming Tombs, Part I: The Spirit Way)

September 9th 2007
The "After-Life" of China's Imperial Dynasties was of great concern for the ruling emperors. They too could not escape the icy- and bony-fingers of the "Grim Reaper", and so they prepared for their inevitable demise and death from the moment of their coronation. They did so with profound and focused enthusiasm. Tens of thousands of laborers were conscripted by the emperor and the ruling eli ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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