الأهرامات الصينية

The tumulus mound covering the tomb of Emperor Jing of Han (r. 156-141 BCE), located outside of Xi'an

The term Chinese pyramids refers to pyramidal shaped structures in China, most of which are ancient mausoleums and burial mounds built to house the remains of several early أباطرة الصين and their imperial relatives. About 38 of them are located around 25 kilometres (16 mi) - 35 kilometres (22 mi) north-west of Xi'an, on the Qin Chuan Plains in Shaanxi Province. The most famous is the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, northeast of Xi'an and 1.7 km west of where the Terracotta Warriors were found.

Although known in the West for at least a century, their existence has been made controversial by sensationalist publicity and the problems of Chinese archaeology in early 20th century.

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 أقدم مقابر

The earliest tombs in China are found just north of Beijing in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and in Liaoning. They belong to the Neolithic Hongshan culture (4700 to 2900 BC).

The site of Niuheliang in Liaoning contains a pyramidal structure.

 معلومات متوفرة في الغرب

'مقبرة الجنرال' في Ji'an, Jilin, China. It was built during the Goguryeo Kingdom (37 BC – 668 AD)

Pottery figurines of domesticated animals and female servants dressed in silk robes, excavated from the mausoleum of Emperor Jing of Han (r. 156-141 BCE) near modern Xi'an (ancient Chang'an)

In 1667 the Jesuit Father Athanasius Kircher wrote about Chinese pyramids in his book China monumentis Illustrata.

 قائمة جزئية للأضرحة والمقابر في الصين

Xi'an, area of the majority of pyramids in China.

A modern model portraying how Emperor Jing's tomb complex would have appeared upon completion

مقارنة المعلومات التقريبية لالأهرامات الصينية وبعض الأهرامات المجاورة أو المباني الهرمية المجاورة. الخطوط المنطقة تشير للارتفاعات الأصلية، حيث البيانات متوافرة.

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• العمارة الصينية

 وصلات خارجية

• Niuheliang Archaeological Site
• Center for the Art of East Asia article discussing Western Han pyramidal mounds and Tang Dynasty tombs
• Video of the pyramids seen from space
• People's Daily - Inner Mongolian pyramid
• Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman. 1993. The Tangut Royal Tombs near Yinchuan. In Muqarnas X: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Margaret B. Sevcenko, ed. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
• Google Map - Mount Li Mausoleum (Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum)
• Google Map - Maoling Mausoleum (Great White Pyramid)
• Han Yang Ling Mausoleum at YouTube
• DOCUMENTARY: LOST KNOWLEDGE: STRANGE MYSTERY: SECRET ANCIENT PYRAMID at YouTube