The Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum was the tomb of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma. The emperor was named Xiao Xiao, hence the name Xiaoling. As the head of the Ming Dynasty in China, the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum is magnificent and represents the highest achievement of architecture and stone carving art in the early Ming Dynasty. It directly influenced the shape of the emperor's mausoleum of the Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 500 years. It was distributed in Beijing, Hubei, Liaoning according to historical process. The emperors' tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Hebei and other places were built according to the regulations and patterns of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing. They have a special status in the history of the development of the Chinese Mausoleum. Therefore, they have the reputation of the first mausoleum of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The 27th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in 2003 decided on July 3, 2003, and was selected as a World Cultural Heritage. The cemetery is particularly large. It must be played all day. It can be transferred together with Sun Yat-sen's Yinyintai Meiling Palace.