The Site Selection of Zhaoling Mausoleum in Tang Dynasty and Its Reasons

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10.2991/assehr.k.211125.156How to use a DOI?

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Tang Dynasty; Mausoleum; Zhaoling mausoleum

Abstract

Due to the unclear posthumous edict of Li Yuan, the specification of Li Yuan’s mausoleum was controversial during the regime of Li Shimin, prompting Taizong to select Jiuzong Mountain as the mausoleum site during his lifetime. Nominally, the way of using the mountains as mausoleum followed the Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty, but the real reason was to achieve the height and momentum of natural mountains that could not be reached by artificial grave mound, so as to realize the political purpose of “being noble”. Using the mountains as mausoleum makes the term “mountain mausoleum” that used to refer to the mausoleum of the emperor become a mountain mausoleum in the true sense.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bo Qin
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/25
TI  - The Site Selection of Zhaoling Mausoleum in Tang Dynasty and Its Reasons
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Architecture: Heritage, Traditions and Innovations (AHTI 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 94
EP  - 98
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211125.156
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