Today I would like to tell a few words about Chinese pyramids. This is Qianling 乾陵。There is probably the hugest pyramid in the world. its height is about 300 m. Xianyang / Xi'an surroundings counts more than 200 pyramid-shaped hills where emperors, their wifes, princess, generals and high ranked servants were buried. Most famous mound belongs to the Qing Shi Huang Di. But we will try to understand what does make Qianling special. At first, we have to note, that all mounds were made from pressed soil, and only Qianling demonstrates stone walls. Qianling actually is considered as a mountain, there is accurately avoided fact to name it pyramid. In this location (photo is presented) we can see two other mounds, those belongs to Wuza Tian empresses and her husband. These two really looks like non professional replica compared to tall mountain)))))
Fact number two. All mounds construction / creation process was documented with details by lovely writing ancient Chinese bureaucrats, except... Qianling mountain.
Tourists are not allowed to climb Qianling, but it's easy to do. Just turn right from tourist path, come around and start to climb trough the forest from back side. Well, the no name pyramid welcomes you and gives you understanding of the situation. Ancient people tried to copy, to replicate gorgeous monument, but their effort resulted in simple soil hills construction. My wife and I have visited almost all big mounds in Shaanxi plain area, but only Qianling lonely and forgotten pyramid is made of rock with its big stone steps like a huge stair. It looks so old, ancient, even archaic. You will feel that, the pyramid had stood before Chinese ancient civilization bloom, watched epoch by epoch, and it is still standing now.
How to get there : from Xi'an 城西客运站 just take a intercity bus to 乾县,busses departs every 30-40 minutes. From 乾县站 after arriving take a cabby (10 min) or any public bus (30 min) to the Qianling 乾陵。
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自駕游的朋友如果導航到南門,千萬千萬千萬不要向右拐進停車場,因為從這裏買票,除了爬幾千步樓梯外,沒有什麼景色,等你爬完後到乾陵,要重新進門,雖然不用再買票。到南門后應該向左開車上山,到乾陵門口的停車場,再買票進乾陵。停車費都一樣,少累很多。當然喜歡爬樓梯的任意。2021年1月最新門票價格附后。目前82元是聯票,還有三個墓。乾陵單門票30元。
乾陵位於陝西省咸陽市乾縣,距離西安也就一百多公里路,高速有乾陵出口,挺你方便,門票100元,停車費15元好像,國家4A級,建成於唐光宅元年(684年),神龍二年(706年)加蓋,採用“因山為陵”的建造方式,陵區仿京師長安城建制。除主墓外,乾陵還有十七個小型陪葬墓,葬有其他皇室成員與功臣。乾陵是唐十八陵中主墓保存最完好的一個,也是唐陵中唯一一座沒有被盜的陵墓。1961年03月04日,乾陵被國務院公布為第一批全國重點文物保護單位。相對100元門票,性價比中等,主要相對於懂得唐朝歷史的人,喜歡武則天的人可以去瞻仰瞻仰無字碑,周圍的墓群也比較多,懷章太子等,相對較遠,地宮划不來去!乾陵無字碑和其中的歷史值得去了解!
乾陵位於陝西省咸陽市乾縣縣城北部6公里的梁山上,為唐高宗李治與武則天的合葬墓。 乾陵建成於唐光宅元年(684年),神龍二年(706年)加蓋,採用“因山為陵”的建造方式,陵區仿京師長安城建制。除主墓外,乾陵還有十七個小型陪葬墓,葬有其他皇室成員與功臣。 乾陵是唐十八陵中主墓保存最完好的一個,也是唐陵中唯一一座沒有被盜的陵墓。1961年3月4日,乾陵被國務院公布為第一批全國重點文物保護單位。
!!!【攻略】可以自行前往乾縣,首先西安地鐵到漢城街地鐵站的城西客運站坐25元快速車走福銀高速到乾縣,最快70分鐘可到(如果坐22元的低速車走國道要至少2個小時,且在咸陽長途客運站停留很長時間)。2)到了乾縣后強烈建議打車到乾陵南門取票,那裡有景區觀光車以及乾縣的公交車集中站都在那裡。景區觀光車一人30元,可以看主要的四個地方的五個景點:懿德太子墓、永泰公主墓/乾陵博物館、章懷太子墓以及乾陵主陵(仿唐地宮可以不用去,很垃圾,都是臆想出來的)
絕對值得去,我是乾陵、法門寺同一天去的,兩個地方都超級值得,都喜歡,乾陵的御道隨山勢起伏,兩旁有莊嚴的大臣、馬匹的石像,一直往前就是無字碑、無頭群臣像,可惜我沒有請導遊錯過了永泰公主墓。