Tianshou Mountain

Tianshou Mountain (simplified Chinese: 天寿山; traditional Chinese: 天壽山; pinyin: Tiānshòu Shān) is located in the north of Changping District, Beijing. It was originally named Huangtu Mountain (黃土山), also known as Dongshan (東山), or Dongzhazi Mountain (東榨子山). In 1409 (Yongle 7), the Yongle Emperor ordered the construction of imperial tombs on the mountain, hence the name change to Tianshou Mountain. From the Yongle Emperor onwards, all Ming emperors (except for the Jingtai Emperor, who was buried in Jinshan, now known as Yuquan Mountain) were buried in Tianshou Mountain, making it the location of the Ming tombs.^[1][2]

List of Ming emperors and empresses buried in Tianshou Mountain

Tomb	Emperor	Empress
Changling (長陵) Mausoleum	Yongle Emperor	Empress Renxiaowen
Xianling (獻陵) Mausoleum	Hongxi Emperor	Empress Chengxiaozhao
Jingling (景陵) Mausoleum	Xuande Emperor	Empress Xiaogongzhang
Yuling (裕陵) Mausoleum	Emperor Yingzong of Ming	Empress Xiaozhuangrui, Empress Xiaosu
Maoling (茂陵) Mausoleum	Chenghua Emperor	Empress Xiaozhenchun, Empress Xiaomu, Empress Xiaohui
Tailing (泰陵) Mausoleum	Hongzhi Emperor	Empress Xiaochengjing
Kangling (康陵) Mausoleum	Zhengde Emperor	Empress Xiaojingyi
Yongling (永陵) Mausoleum	Jiajing Emperor	Empress Xiaojiesu, Empress Xiaolie, Empress Xiaoke
Zhaoling Mausoleum	Longqing Emperor	Empress Xiaoyizhuang, Empress Xiao'an, Empress Xiaoding
Dingling Mausoleum	Wanli Emperor	Empress Xiaoduanxian, Empress Xiaojing
Qingling (慶陵) Mausoleum	Taichang Emperor	Empress Xiaoyuanzhen, Empress Xiaohe, Empress Xiaochun
Deling (德陵) Mausoleum	Tianqi Emperor	Empress Xiao'aizhe
Siling (獻陵) Mausoleum	Chongzhen Emperor	Empress Xiaojielie

References

1. Chen, Menglai (1726). Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China. Vol. 11.
2. Zheng, Tianting; Tan, Qixiang (2010). 中國歷史大辭典 [The Great Encyclopaedia of Chinese history] (in Chinese). Shanghai Cishu Publishing House. ISBN 9787532604531.