Photo by S. S. Howland 

 AN ANCIENT SOLDIIiR : THE: MING TOMBS 



The place has an inspiration to all 

 travelers. In front of the tomb of Yung 

 Lo there is a sacrificial hall that is one 

 of the largest buildings in China, and is 

 perhaps only exceeded in dimensions by 



the T'ai Miao, or ancestral temple of the 

 Manchus, attached to the Forbidden City, 

 Peking. 



The Mings were great tomb-builders. 

 They revised the ancient law fixing the 



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