Fuling Mausoleum #4 The Crescent City and The Underground Palace 月牙城和宝城

In my previous post, I shared with you some pictures of Fuling Tomb. If you miss it , you can click#1 #2#3

The Fuling Tomb of the Qing Dynasty was the mausoleum of Nu'erhachi(Emperor Taizu) and Empress Xiaoci Yehenala. As it is situated in the eastern suburbs of the old city of Shenyang, it is popularly called the East Tomb. It was buit in the 1629 in the reign of Emperor Tiancong of Late Jin Dynasty.

The Lone'en Hall is also one of the main buildings in the Fuling Tomb. There are tablets of occupant of a tomb in it and also is the place for sacrifice.

Two column door：

Five stone offerings.

On the long narrow table were set out an incense burner, candlesticks. It is a symblo of ritual architecture.

The middle path is called the Sacred Way, which leads to the underground palace.

The Crescent City is located ath the northern side of the Square City, which is so named for its crescent shape. It is a unique building in Qing Dynasty, there was no such building before Qing Dynasty. And it is a special space in order to walk up and down the Square City and Treasure City easily.

The City is about 5 meters high and has one glazed screen wall in the middle of its northern wall.
There are many lengends about builting Underground Palace. It is said that those craftsmen were force to eat a kind of medicine and immediately became dumb, so the City was called Mute City. Another legend was that they were sealed in the Underground Palace after they built it.
All in all, these sound bloodcurdling.

It is called "Crescent Screen Wall" ,which was said to be the entrance to the Underground Palace. And there are beautiful peonies on the Wall, symbolize wealth and rank.
地宫之门，阴阳两隔。

The Treasure City is located at the northern side of the Crescent City. It is paved with gray bricks.

The loft round mound in the central of the Treasure City is the Treasure Peak. Under the treasure Peak lies the Underground Palace. Here lie emperor Nuerhachi and his wife.

Because of the rumours, people think that it is very mysterious. Although it is not open, now we can guess what it looks like by some imperial tombs which are exhibited, such as Qing Dongling, where there are some figures of the Buddha on the wall, many stone door,very hard and its space is very big.

This is the Treasure Peak

In short, I always feel that I have learned a lot after every trip. It made me not only know more the history of Qing Dynasty, but also reveal the mysterious fantasy. If you are interested it and have a chance to Shenyang, don't miss the first emperor's Tomb in Qing Dynasty.

今天继续为大家分享福陵最后一部分。
上次我们来到了方城内的隆恩殿。那隆恩殿里面有摆放陵主的牌位，同时这里也是举行祭祀典礼的主要场所。进入里面，房间里只摆列了一些简单旧物。殿前有焚帛楼。转道西侧，有二柱门，石五供。

接下来就是月牙城了。
月牙城在方城的北面，因为形状像弯弯的月亮，故得此名。 它是清代皇陵建筑当中独有的，在明代或者之前的任何一个朝代都是没有的。它在方城和宝城之间出现的一个空间，在此修建楼梯方便上下宝城和方城。

月牙城北面的墙上正中镶嵌着彩色的玻璃照壁，上面有象征着富贵的牡丹花，非常华美。据说这座照壁就是地宫的入口。

而修建地宫也有很多传说。据说当年怕修建地宫的工匠们泄漏地宫的秘密，不是修建完之后直接把工匠们封闭在地宫里边，就是给他们吃一种药变成哑巴，总之这些传说都很恐怖。

宝城在月牙城的北面。围绕在高大的土丘周围，由青砖砌成。
宝城中间的土丘就是宝顶，就是坟。宝顶之下就是福陵的心脏，这也是最重要的部分，地宫。皇帝努尔哈赤和皇后长眠于此。据说还有一个殉葬的妃子。

而这里的地宫都没有对外开放，不过大家如果去过北京郊外的清东陵，那边已经由很多开放地宫的陵墓，也能推测出这里面的大概样子。 清东陵地宫内部有很多佛像，很多层石门，十分坚固。里面空间很大，很高。

总之，参观福陵让我收货很多，不仅对满清的历史文化又有了一些了解，也揭开了之前我对它的神秘幻想。大家有兴趣来沈阳，不要错过这个清代第一个皇家陵墓哦！