Western Qing tombs

The Western Qing tombs (Chinese: 清西陵; pinyin: Qīng Xī líng; Manchu: ᠸᠠᡵᡤᡳ ᡝᡵᡤᡳ ᠮᡠᠩᡤᠠᠨ, Möllendorff: wargi ergi munggan) are located some 140 km (87 mi) southwest of Beijing in Yi County, Hebei Province.

These include four emperors of the Qing dynasty and their empresses, imperial concubines, princes and princesses, as well as other royal servants.

Some have speculated, though not proven, that as Yongzheng had illegally usurped the throne by eliminating his brothers, his motive to relocate his tomb to the Western Qing tombs was that he did not wish to be buried alongside his father the Kangxi Emperor.

The first tomb, the Tailing, was completed in 1737, two years after the end of the Yongzheng reign.

Chongling was looted by grave robbers in 1938, and its burial chamber is now open to the public.

Chongling, mausoleum of the Guangxu Emperor