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Maoling 茂陵Mào Líng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Xianyang, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xianyang
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Maoling
Maoling is the tomb of Emperor Wu of Han (157–87 BC), the largest of the Western Han imperial mausoleums, whose great flat-topped mound rises on the loess plateau between Xianyang and Xingping. The Maoling Museum lies about 1 km to its east in the grounds of the tomb of his general Huo Qubing, where galleries hold the Western Han stone sculptures from Huo's tomb, among them the 'Horse Trampling a Xiongnu', together with finds from the tombs around Maoling. A path climbs Huo Qubing's mound to a pavilion on its top.
How to get to Maoling
Near Nanwei town about 12 km west of central Xianyang, roughly an hour by road from Xi'an.
Nearby
- Muslim Quarter 回民街 30 km
Halal street food and a temple-style mosque in the lanes north of the Drum Tower - Bell Tower and Drum Tower 钟楼·鼓楼 30 km
Two Ming towers at the heart of the walled city, where bell and drum once marked the day - Small Wild Goose Pagoda 小雁塔 30 km
A slender Tang brick pagoda, cracked by earthquakes, in the grounds of the Xi'an Museum - Forest of Stone Steles Museum 西安碑林博物馆 30 km
Inscribed stone tablets of classics, calligraphy and Silk Road history by the south wall - Xi'an City Wall 西安城墙 40 km
Cycle all 14 km of a Ming city wall, high above Xi'an's rooftops
Also within 20 km: Qingfan Temple Pagoda 清梵寺塔 (under 10 km), Xianyang Lake 咸阳湖 (10 km), Xianyang Confucian Temple (Xianyang Museum) 咸阳文庙 (10 km), Shahe Ancient Bridge Site 沙河古桥遗址 (10 km), Silk Road Happy World 丝路欢乐世界 (10 km), Gongshu Hall 公输堂 (20 km).
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