Mauzolej Qianling
34°34′23.37″N 108°13′6.94″E / 34.5731583°N 108.2185944°E
Mauzolej Qianling (pojednostavljeni kineski: 乾陵; tradicionalni kineski: 乾陵; pinyin: Qiánlíng) je kompleksa grobnica kineske dinastije Tang smješten u okrugu Qian u provinciji Shaanxi, oko 85 km sjeverozapadno od grada Xi'an,[1] odnosno nekadašnje carske prijestolnice. Sagrađen je godine 684. te dograđen 706. Grobnice mauzoleja sadrže posmrtne ostatke nekoliko članova vladajuće porodice Li. Među njima su Car Gaozong od Tanga (vl. 649–83), kao i njegova supruga carica Wu Zetian (vl. 690–705). Mauzolej je poznat zbog niza kamenih statua koje se nalaze iznad zemlje kao i brojnih fresaka koje krase podzemne zidove. Osim dviju glavnih carskih grobnica, ukupno ima 17 manjih grobnica poznatih kao peizang mu.[2] Trenutno su samo njih pet otkopali i istražili arheolozi; od toga tri pripadaju članovima carske porodice, jedan carskom kancelaru te jedna gardijskom generalu.[3]
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