

This mausoleum lies on Yanglu Mountain 3.5 kilometers east of the Taizi River, Liaoyang . It is only one kilometer southwest of Xincheng (originally named Dongjing) built during the Qing Dynasty. After Nurhachi, the Qing Emperor, moved his capital to Liaoyang, he moved the tombs of Jing Zu, and others of his relatives to Dongjing in the 9th year of Tian Ming (Later Kin) (1624) hence the name Dongjingling (Dongjing tomb) Mausoleum. In the 11th year of the Shun Zhi reign (1654) in the Qing Dynasty, the tombs of his grandfather Juechangan and his father Takeshi were moved back to Hetuala, only those tombs of Shuerhachi, Muerhachi, Hurehachi and some others remained. All these people, once led by Nurhachi, fought in the wars, contributing to the setting up of the Qing Court. After they routed over a hundred thousand fighters of the Ming Dynasty in Saerhu, the east mountain area of Fushun, Nurhachi turned south to capture Liaoyang in 1621 and set up his capital at Dongjing Town. After that, warring stopped for awhile and he started construction of the Dongjing Mausoleum.
The Dongjing Mausoleum occupies the whole Yanglu Mountain but is the smallest among the early four imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty in northeast China. It has high walls, a gate and tablet pavilions. There are four tomb yards with Prince Shuerhach's Tomb as the dominant element. Shuerhachi died in battle in 1611. He proclaimed a Late Kin Dynasty and his reign title was Daerhanbatulu. His tablet pavilion is well preserved under a four-roof pavilion with a single eave. Inside the pavilion are colored paintings and sunken panels. On the marble tablet are engraved Manchurian and Chinese words: "The Tablet of Prince Zhuang Daerhanbatult."
The other tombs also have their own tablets, except for Zhuying, the eldest son of Nurhachi. It was said that Zhuying, following his father, fought valiantly and rendered many meritorious services. However, during the battle for Liaoyang some military action was delayed and the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty suffered because Zhuying was drunk. As a result, no tablet was erected for him. |