The Imperial Maosoleums of Northern Song Dynasty is located at Gongyi, Gongyi is a county which is affiliated with Zhengzhou, it is onto the northwestern part of Zhengzhou Area.

    Northern Song Imperial Maosoleums is actually a tomb group which including 9 kings of northern Song dynasty and some of their queens and some very renowned ministers of that dynasty (including Quozhun, Baozheng and so on).

    This Maosoleums was firstly established from AD 963, and finally formed as a very stately and magnificent tomb group. We can call it as a art museum in the open air with the total area of 25 square meters.

    The stone carving of this place is what we should say especially, we can only see some relics of the stone carving after the disasters of thousand years. Thousands of stone carving spread on the open field and some of them displays in the Gongyi Museum. Almost all of these stone carving stands for the high art level of Northen Song Dynasty and gives us an very important bridge to know something more about that dynasty. WE can also call this place the only existing stone carving group of Song Dynasty.

    Now let me tell you something more about the Maosoleum, every cemetery consists of Shanggong, Xiagong, Digong and Gongcheng, and there are always temples and evergreens surrounding each cemetery. There are four tomb districts in all, including Xicun, Caizhuang, XIancheng and Baling.

    There are also many stories and questions about why the first king of Song Dynasty chose this place (Gongyi) as the imperial maosoleums, this is something that need you to explore. And many questions waiting for the future generation to explore and discover, something about the underground houses, underground cave and so forth.

    Ok, dear friends, there are really many stories and many things worthy to say about this mysterious place, if you do have interest in the ancient tombs and ancient cemetery and the exploration of such place, this place is the one you must not miss.

    Northern Song Imperial Maosoleum is waiting for friends from all over the world.