Malanyu (simplified Chinese: 马兰峪镇; traditional Chinese: 馬蘭峪鎮; pinyin: Mǎlányù Zhèn) is a town approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the city of Zunhua, Hebei, which administrates the town, and about 120 kilometres (75 mi) from the Forbidden City in Beijing.

The town spans an area of 52.05 square kilometres (20.10 sq mi), and has a hukou population of 25,675 as of 2018.

[2] While on a hunting trip, the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing dynasty, allegedly awestruck by the area's beauty, declared that he wished to be buried there.

Kangxi, along with a team of both Manchu and Han planners, planned out the site, which includes a number of pathways, towers, temples, pavilions, arches, and sculptures.

[3] In 1928, the Eastern Qing Tombs were robbed in a large-scale looting orchestrated by local warlord Sun Dianying, and his subordinate, Tan Wenjiang.