Baling (Emperor Wen’s mausoleum)

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Baling (Emperor Wen’s mausoleum) is the tomb complex of Emperor Wen of the Western Han dynasty, noted for its relatively modest, earth-mounded design that reflected the emperor’s frugality and influenced later imperial burial practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
imperial mausoleum ⓘ
architecturalStyle Han dynasty funerary architecture ⓘ
earthen mound tomb ⓘ
associatedWith Emperor Wen’s policy of frugality ⓘ
Emperor Wen’s posthumous image as a benevolent ruler ⓘ
burialPlaceOf Emperor Wen of Han ⓘ
Empress Dowager Bo ⓘ
ChineseName 霸陵 ⓘ
completionDate 157 BC ⓘ
constructionEnd 157 BC ⓘ
constructionStart 180 BC ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalPeriod early Western Han ⓘ
dedicatedTo Emperor Wen of Han ⓘ
designCharacteristic absence of large artificial burial pyramid ⓘ
earth-mounded design ⓘ
integration with natural hillside ⓘ
reflects imperial frugality ⓘ
relatively modest scale ⓘ
dynasty Western Han dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Western Han period
era 2nd century BC ⓘ
excavatedBy Chinese archaeologists ⓘ
excavationStatus partially excavated ⓘ
function imperial burial site ⓘ
ritual and ancestral worship site ⓘ
hasPart associated noble tombs ⓘ
main burial mound ⓘ
outer burial pits ⓘ
ritual buildings ⓘ
sacrificial precinct ⓘ
satellite tombs ⓘ
heritageStatus Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ
influenced design of subsequent Han imperial mausoleums ⓘ
later Eastern Han imperial burial practices ⓘ
later Western Han imperial burial practices ⓘ
languageOfName Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn Guanzhong Plain ⓘ
Shaanxi Province ⓘ
Weicheng District ⓘ
Xianyang ⓘ
Xi’an ⓘ
linked to: Xi'an

northwest China ⓘ
linked to: Northwest China
namedAfter Emperor Wen’s posthumous mausoleum name “Ba” ⓘ
near Baqiao area of Xi’an ⓘ
Wei River ⓘ
partOf Han dynasty mausoleum system ⓘ
Western Han imperial mausoleums ⓘ

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Emperor Wen of Han → burialPlace → Baling (Emperor Wen’s mausoleum) ⓘ
Baling (Emperor Wen’s mausoleum) → ChineseName → 霸陵 ⓘ
linked to: Baling (Emperor Wen’s mausoleum)
Baling (Emperor Wen’s mausoleum) → namedAfter → Emperor Wen’s posthumous mausoleum name “Ba” ⓘ
linked to: Baling (Emperor Wen’s mausoleum)
Empress Dou → burialPlace → Baling (Emperor Wen’s mausoleum) ⓘ