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The Sacred Way
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Type: Historical Interest
Addmission Fee: ¥30
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Beijing
Beijing
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Type: Historical Interest
Addmission Fee: ¥30
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Once actually at the site, the Sacred Way (¥30) is usually the first stopping-off point. This 4½-mile avenue was the route taken by imperial coffins and begins with a Grand paifang (memorial arch), although the entrance brings you into its second Significant gate, the triplearched Dahongmen.
Beyond here you’ll find the Shengde Stele Pavilion, which houses a grand stone tablet borne by Bixi, the hardy tortoise. From the pavilion the way is lined by symbolic statues of humans and animals.
Of the real and mythical beasts to be seen (lions, elephants, camels, horses, unicorns and qilin), there are four of each, two standing and two resting, while the humans represent servants, officials and generals.
The SacredWay continues most of the distance to the tombs, but to confound evil spirits (who, it was believed, could only travel in straight lines), the mausoleums are placed at oblique angles to the avenue.
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