Group photos: Ming imperial tomb in
Nanjing
Group photos: Ming imperial tomb's stone inscriptions
PARIS, July 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Two Ming dynasty
imperial tombs were included in the World Heritage List (WHL) on a UNESCO
committee meeting held Thursday.
The group of
mausoleums near Beijing where were buried 13 emperors of the Ming dynasty
(1368-1644) and therefore called "Ming's Thirteen Tombs" in Chinese, were
added to the WHL during the 27th session of the UNESCO's World Heritage
Committee.
The Ming imperial tomb in Nanjing,
China's eastern province of Jiangsu, where was buried Zhu Yuanzhang -- first
emperor of the Ming dynasty, was also put on to the list. Full coverage
Group
photos on Ming's Thirteen Tombs