. Peking and the overland route. North Mausoleum, Mukden. Xortli ]\[au8oleiim. Mukrlcu H9 On both sides ol the (l three nuiiu editicesstand many buildings once occupied by princes andjirincesscs and other member^ of the Iinperia! family. To the ^Vest of thi paUiees is Wen-so-ko, with librarieseontainiiii;- altoethei (;. eases of old iuanuseri|)ts. Tung-ling. (East Mausoleum), ruuir-linjf. also knownas Fii-linu. stands on a Iiil! covered with beautiful wildwoods, about ten miles to the \orth-east of the city. Itis the tomb of the Kmi)er()r Ta-tsu. the founder of theManchii Dynas


. Peking and the overland route. North Mausoleum, Mukden. Xortli ]\[au8oleiim. Mukrlcu H9 On both sides ol the (l three nuiiu editicesstand many buildings once occupied by princes andjirincesscs and other member^ of the Iinperia! family. To the ^Vest of thi paUiees is Wen-so-ko, with librarieseontainiiii;- altoethei (;. eases of old iuanuseri|)ts. Tung-ling. (East Mausoleum), ruuir-linjf. also knownas Fii-linu. stands on a Iiil! covered with beautiful wildwoods, about ten miles to the \orth-east of the city. Itis the tomb of the Kmi)er()r Ta-tsu. the founder of theManchii Dynasty, who was buried here in Februarv October, lO^k a mound was raised here, a mortuarychamber built, pine trees planted, and lions, tigers, camelsand horses of granite placed in rows after the style ofmortuary shrines. In the courtyard stands a monumentwith an epitaph written by the Emperor Kang-hsi.


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