Zhaoling Mausoleum
昭陵（昭陵博物馆）
The tomb of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, built against Jiuzong Mountain. The Zhaoling Museum holds many Tang tomb murals, tri-color glazed pottery and stele inscriptions by renowned calligraphers.
Zhaoling is on Jiuzong Mountain in Liquan County, Xianyang. It is the joint tomb of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, and Empress Wende, and it set the precedent for Tang imperial tombs built into mountains. It has more than 180 subsidiary tombs. The Zhaoling Museum, located beside the tomb of Li Ji, displays Tang tri-color glazed pottery, murals and calligraphy steles excavated from the subsidiary tombs, including steles inscribed by Ouyang Xun and Chu Suiliang. The original reliefs of the Six Steeds of Zhaoling are held in the Xi'an Forest of Stone Steles and in the University of Pennsylvania Museum in the United States, and replicas are displayed at the summit of the mausoleum. Admission is about 30–60 yuan. It is about 70 km from Xi'an and can be visited on the same day as Yuanjia Village.
Opening hours
About 08:00–17:30
Nearby sights
- Yuanjia Village
- Maoling Mausoleum
- Mawei Post Village
- Xianyang Museum
- Qianling Mausoleum
- Shaanxi History Museum Qin-Han Branch
- Sanyuan City God Temple
- Weiyang Palace Site (Han Chang'an City)