The Tomb of Princess Yongtai in Qian County, Shaanxi

The Tomb of Princess Yongtai is the joint burial tomb of Li Xianhui, the seventh daughter of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, and her husband, the prince consort Wu Yanji. It is also one of the seventeen accompanying tombs of the Qianling Mausoleum of Emperor Gaozong of Tang. The Tomb of Princess Yongtai was built by Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Dan, according to the burial system of 'numbering tombs as mausoleums'. The tomb site has one mound of sealed soil, a pair of ornamental columns, a pair of stone lions, two pairs of male and female stone figures, and a pair of que towers. The tomb consists of a tomb passage, five tunnels, six skylights, eight side rooms, front and back corridors, and front and back tomb chambers. It is the largest and best-preserved female tomb of the Tang Dynasty excavated since the founding of New China. On March 4, 1961, the Qianling Mausoleum, including the Tomb of Princess Yongtai, was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.