YONGLING MAUSOLEUM MUSEUM (TOMB OF WANG JIAN) · YONGLING
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Du Fu Cottage, Huanhuaxi and Jinsha · 30.678°N 104.044°E
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The one above-ground imperial tomb in China you can walk into: Wang Jian, a soldier who made himself emperor of Former Shu, died in 918 and was buried in a brick-vaulted chamber built above ground under a mound, excavated in 1942-43 and open since. You stand inside the vault, in front of the stone coffin platform whose sides carry the 24 musicians (the only complete carved orchestra of the Tang court, every instrument identifiable), and the seated statue of Wang Jian himself, the only surviving portrait sculpture of a Chinese emperor. ¥20 for the tomb, the garden around it free and open early to late.
IDReal-name entry; passport holders use the staffed window.Not independently verified — check official channels before you goDetails ↓
Address10 Yongling Road, Jinniu District — the mound on the north side of the Yongling roundaboutSecondhand sourceNavigate ↗
EntranceMetro Line 2 Tonghuimen station, about 10 minutes north-west on foot; Line 4 Kuanzhai Xiangzi station 15 minutes; buses 42, 48, 341 to Yongling stop (local listing, 2026); Line 5 Fuqin station also walkable
Last verified 2026-09-11Source: platforms and press
How to book
Ticket window at the tomb gate (platform listing); museum phone 028-87789003Secondhand source
ID details
Real-name entry; passport holders use the staffed window. Exhibition hall: collect a free ticket against 'valid ID' — whether a passport counts is not written (unknown); tomb zone: a window ticket
Beat the crowds
Never busy — a school group at most. The vault is small: if a group is inside, sit in the garden for ten minutes and go in after them.
Language
Bilingual labels in the exhibition hall; the vault itself is signed in Chinese; no English audio guide published.