Let's explore Baoji this holiday, travel through time, and appreciate the wonders of nature.
The Mausoleum of Yellow Emperor is among the first batch of important heritage sites under state protection, announced by the State Council in 1961. It was assigned No.1 in the “ancient tomb” category and reputed as "The Greatest Mausoleum in China."
The Qiaoshan Cypress Forest covers an area of more than 3,000 mu (about 200 hectares) with more than 86,000 cypresses, 30,000 of which are over a thousand years old. The Qiaoshan Cypress is the world's largest, oldest and best-protected cypress forest.
In the center of the ceiling is a circular skylight with a diameter of 14 meters. This design is based on the ancient philosophy of "round sky and square land."
There are 47 stone steles and one shadow stele in the east. On stone steles, there are mainly inscriptions by previous Chinese leaders, calligraphic works and the merits of groups and individuals who renovated the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor.
A relief sculpture of the Yellow Emperor is worshipped in the middle shrine of the hall, representing the initiator of the Chinese civilization and unification.
This cypress is also called "The General's Tree." According to the Records of the Grand Historian, in the first year of Han Emperor Wudi's reign (110BC), he led an army of 180,000 expediting against the Xiongnu at Shuofang.
Yellow Emperor's Footprint Stone was excavated in 1956 from the Zhoujiawa Village 2 kilometers southeast of the mausoleum, to admire the diligence and merit of the Yellow Emperor.