Mingxiao tomb
...anzhang proclaimed himself the emperor, and unified China at last. Mingzu tomb located in border of the county Xuyi which in the east of China. It is close to the east bank of lake Hongze, the fourth largest lake of China. The construction of the tomb in Ming dynasty has last for 28 years from the beginning to the end. According to the records of historical data, the tomb originally had 3 lines of city wall. At present, the Mingzu tomb still keeps a piece of way of 250 meters long. Putting 42 stone images of 21 pairs equidistantly on the way of the spirits, each stone image weighs several tons, tall and big and mighty. The discovery of the Mingzu tomb is quite a legendry. In 1680, the tomb sank into the lake Hongze due to the flood, so it was called " the emperor's tomb under water " from then on. Until 1963, the lake of Hongze was met the aridity, the Mingzu tomb came to light again, a batch of large- scale stone images came to surface, the stone images like Chinese unicorn, lion, the horse and the horse attendant, military officer, etc. These sculptures are about 10 tons in weight and 3 meters in height. The palace of the tomb has already collapsed, but the underground part has been well protected. Some parts of the tomb at present are still under the pond. If people look down to the surface of water, they can see the cross drift of the tomb. But what curious is the water in the pond is not much, but can not be dry up. Relevant experts think that because the tomb is among water and isolate from air for a l...