General Survey概述 1
Sacred Way十三陵总神道 14
Stone Archway 石牌坊 15
Great Red Gate 大红门 16
Sacred Way 神道 18
Stele Pavilion of Divine Merit and Sacred Virtue 神功圣德碑亭 19
Cloud Pillar Wangtianhou 华表与望天犼 21
Stone Sculptures Beasts 石像生 22
Lingxing Gate 棂星门 25
Museum of the Sacred Way 神道博物馆的陈列 26
Changling Tomb 长陵 28
From the Entrance to Ling en Gate 第一进院落：从陵门至祾恩门 29
From the Ling en Gate to the Ling en Hall 第二进院落：从祾恩门至祾恩殿 31
From the Inner Red Gate to the Memorial Tower and Baocheng 第三进院落：从“内红门”至明楼、宝城 35
Changling Museum 长陵博物馆的陈列 38
Zhaoling Tomh 昭陵 47
Architectural Characteristics 昭陵的建制特点 47
Zhaoling Tomb after Renovation 重修后的昭陵风貌 48
Zhaoling Museum 昭陵博物馆的陈列 50
Dingling Tomb 定陵 53
Above-Ground Architectures 定陵地面建筑 53
Underground Palace 地下玄宫 57
Dingling Museum 定陵博物馆的陈列 62
Why were the only 13 imperial mausoleums for the 16 Ming emperors? 明朝共十六位皇帝，为什么昌平只有十三座陵？ 67
Mysteries of Ming Tomhs十三陵之谜 67
Why was only the stele of Changling inscribed with epitaph? 为什么十三陵中除了长陵的陵碑外，其他各陵碑都是无字碑呢？ 68
Why did all the steles stand on a tortoise pedestal? 为什么十三陵的许多石碑均以龟为底座？ 69
How was the huge stele installed on the tortoise pedestal? 这么巨大的石碑在当时的条件下是如何将它立到龟背上去的呢？ 70
Why did the Emperor Wanli choose Dayu Hill,rather than Tanyuling,as the site for his father s mausoleum? 为什么神宗选择大峪山而不选潭峪岭作为其父亲(穆宗)的陵址？ 71
Do you know how the underground palace of Dingling was found? 你想知道定陵玄宫是如何被发现的吗？ 74
Why were there five halls in the underground palace of Dingling? 定陵玄宫为什么要设计成前、中、后、左、右五殿？ 75
Why were the two side halls of the underground palace empty? 为什么定陵玄宫的左右配室是空的？ 76
How can the stone gate of the underground palace the opened? 如何开关定陵玄宫的石门呢？ 77
Are there any alarm system guarding against theft? 明陵玄宫设有防范盗陵机关吗？ 79
Do you know how were the maids and concubines buried alive with the emperor? 你想知道明前期残酷的宫人殉葬情况吗？ 79
Where did the materials come from? 营建十三陵的各种物料都来自何处？ 81
How were the maids chosen to be buried alive with the emperor? Should the empress also be buried? 明朝的殉葬人是怎么决定的？皇后是否也要陪葬？ 81
Were all the workers killed after completing the construction of the imperial mausoleum? 修陵的工匠在陵墓修完以后都得被处死吗？ 82
Do you know the meaning of the ornaments on the Emperor Wanli s imperial robe? 你知道万历帝衮服上十二章纹饰是什么含义吗？ 83
Why were there only ruins of the above-ground architectures of Dingling Tomb? 为什么定陵的地面建筑现仅存遗址？ 84
How did Emperor Yongle choose the site for the imperial mausoleum? 你想知道明成祖朱棣是如何选陵址的吗？ 85
Do you know about Emperor Wanli? 你了解明神宗朱翊钧吗？ 87
How did Emperor Wanli choose the site for the imperial mausoleum? 你想知道明神宗朱翊钧是如何选陵址的吗？ 90
Do you know about the favorite concubine of Emperor Wanli? 你了解万历帝最宠爱的郑贵妃吗？ 91
Tour Instrnctions 游览须知 96
Annals of Ming Emperors Genealogy Tombs 明代帝王系世、陵墓一览表 101
中文 106