Liaoqing Mausoleum

The mountain where the mausoleum is located was called Qingyun Mountain in the Liao Dynasty. At the foot of the mountain are the tombs of Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu, Xingzong Yelu Zongzhen, Daozong Yelu Hongji and their concubines. Shengzong's Mausoleum is called Yongqing Mausoleum, Xingzong Mausoleum is called Yongxing Mausoleum, Daozong Mausoleum is called Yongfu Mausoleum, and the three tombs are commonly called Qingling Mausoleum. The three tombs are arranged from east to west, so they are commonly called Dongling, Zhongling and Xiling. This mausoleum has been stolen and excavated, and most of the burial cultural relics have been lost. The mourning book unearthed in the mausoleum was confirmed to be written in the long-lost Khitan language. The murals in the mausoleum are very rich in content, and the image of Khitan national costumes was discovered for the first time.

 

Dongling is located in the mountainside of the valley three and a half kilometers away. The gate of the mausoleum still exists. There is a Shinto road leading to the cemetery at the foot of Qingyun Mountain, and a mausoleum gate at the foot of the mountain. From the mausoleum gate to the Shinto side of the mausoleum, there are architectural sites such as Wangxian Temple and Yurong Hall, and there are relatively well-preserved murals in the mausoleum. The four huge landscape paintings in the middle room are fresh and elegant, with superb painting skills, depicting the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter in the hinterland of the Liao Dynasty. The composition is rigorous, and the images of birds and animals are vivid. Customs, full of ethnic and local characteristics, are extremely rare paintings of the Liao Dynasty. Zhongling is located more than 600 meters west of Yongqing Mausoleum. The terrain and buildings of the cemetery are the same as those of Dongling. The scale of the tomb is larger than that of Dongling, and the lamentations of Xingzong and Empress Ren Yizi have been unearthed. Xiling is located about 1,400 meters west of Yongxing Mausoleum, and the cemetery building is the same as Dongling. The existing Shinto, mausoleum gate and sacrificial hall remains, and there are remnants of murals in the tomb. The lamentations of Daozong, Empress Xuanyi in Khitan and Chinese have been unearthed.