Introduction to the Dingling Underground Palace: The Dingling Underground Palace is the only underground palace that has been developed among the Ming Tombs. More than 3,000 cultural relics of various types have been unearthed from the underground palace, including four precious national treasures: the Golden Crown, the Phoenix Crown, the Luminous Pearl and the Three Colored Ming Dynasties.
The Dingling Underground Palace is entirely made of stone, mainly bluestone. The palace area is 1195 square meters. It is supported by stone arches and has a wide space. Among them, there are 7 white marble doors weighing 4 tons. They are ingeniously designed and can be opened and closed flexibly. . The layout of the underground palace is the same as that of the above-ground buildings. It is divided into the main hall, the side hall and the front hall. The sacrificial vessels are displayed in their original state in the middle hall. There are three white marble seats. In front of each seat there is a set of yellow glazed five offerings and a large blue and white porcelain jar. The original Fill the lamp with lamp oil for lighting the lamp. The coffins of Zhu Xujun and the two queens were placed on the coffin bed in the apse. Next to the coffins were 26 red-lacquered wooden boxes filled with funerary objects.

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