Fuling Mausoleum

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Fuling Tomb

The Fuling or Fu Mausoleum (Chinese: ; pinyin: Fúlíng; lit. 'Mausoleum of Propitiousness'; Manchu: ᡥᡡᡨᡠᡵᡳᠩᡤᠠ
ᠮᡠᠩᡤᠠᠨ
, Möllendorff: hūturingga munggan), also known as the East Mausoleum (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Dōnglíng), is the mausoleum of Nurhaci, the founding monarch of the Later Jin dynasty (subsequently posthumously recognized as an emperor of the Qing dynasty) and his wife, Empress Xiaocigao. It served as the main site for ritual ceremonies conducted by the imperial family during the entire Qing dynasty.[1] Located in the eastern part of Shenyang city, Liaoning Province, northeastern China, Fuling has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004.