BLESSING AND GRACE PALACE
Language: English / USA
The magnificent Blessing and Grace Palace is the only surviving burial palace of the Ming dynasty, the only one built in camphor wood, and the finest testament to the wooden architecture of ancient China.
It covers about 2000 square meters, and is built on a three-level white marble base.
It is extremely worth a visit, with an extremely colorful roof supported by 16 camphor wood pillars up to 13 meters high and 1 meter thick. The floor is covered with gilded brick tiles, and the room measures almost 200 square meters. On a throne, decorated with nine dragons, you can see a realistic bronze statue of Emperor Zhu Di.
Inside, you can admire many documents and objects illustrating the endeavors of Emperor Zhu Di, as well as hundreds of archeological finds relating to the Ming Tombs.
