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Ep. 34 | The Ming Dynasty (Part 4)

The China History Podcast

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The Dingling Museum

The Wanli emperor took ill after enjoying the fine gift of the Lady Jung, consort to his father. He didn't live long enough to construct his own tomb so they ended up inserting him into a tomb that was originally meant for the Jing Thai emperor. The excavation of Dingling in 1956 was botched so badly that they never attempted to try and open up another one of the Ming tombs.

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