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Mangshan Mausoleum is the largest mausoleum group in China, with hundreds of thousands of ancient tombs.
When it comes to the largest mausoleum in China, many people will think of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan and the Mausoleum of Huangdi. This is the famous royal mausoleum. However, the largest mausoleum group in China is Mangshan Mausoleum Group, which contains hundreds of thousands of mausoleums, as well as many Huangdi Mausoleums and Wang Mausoleums. This makes it the most concentrated area of ancient tombs. However, the excavation is not difficult, and many have been unearthed so far.

The largest mausoleum group in China: Mangshan Mausoleum Group

Mangshan Mausoleum Group, the largest mausoleum group in China, is located on Mangshan Mountain, which is nearly 50 kilometers long from east to west and 20 kilometers wide from north to south in Luoyang City and Mengjin County. Including Jin Meng and Yanshi, Xigong District, Old Town and Luolong District, covering more than 20 towns and villages. The west of the mausoleum reaches Jiuliu 'ao Village, Changdai Township, Mengjin County-Yangzhong Village, Hongshan Township, Luoyang Suburb, and the east reaches Nanyoudian Village, Huashan Township-Zhong Yi Village, Yanshi Township, which is roughly distributed in an east-west belt. Mangshan Mausoleum Group covers an area of 756 square kilometers, with more than 970 large tombs and hundreds of thousands of ancient tombs.

Eight in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, five in the Eastern Han Dynasty, five in the Western Jin Dynasty, four in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and one in the Tang Dynasty after the Five Dynasties. China is the most densely buried place for emperors. Together with the tombs of the royal family and ministers, the total number exceeds 1000. Mangshan Mausoleum Group is one of the areas where ancient tombs are concentrated in the world, and it is known as the "Oriental Pyramid".

According to textual research, more than 6,000 epitaphs have been unearthed in Mangshan * *, and a large number of epitaphs have been unearthed, covering politics, economy, military affairs, culture, Chinese-foreign exchanges, ethnic relations and so on. It provides important information for historical research. Mangshan Mausoleum is located on Mangshan Mountain in Luoyang City, Henan Province and Mengjin County. There are more than a dozen tombs of emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Cao Wei Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, as well as tombs where the royal family and ministers were buried. The total number exceeds 1000, which is an ancient tomb from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period.