Shiling Town, referred to as "Shiling", alias "Shiling", is located in the east direction of Chengdu city, which is famous for the ten mausoleums of the kings of Shu of the Ming Dynasty within its jurisdiction. Shiling is the main area of Chengdu's eastward development, belonging to the eastern sub-center of Chengdu, about 10 kilometers away from the center of Chengdu, Tianfu Square.
Shiling Township was originally known as Shiling Township, and then according to two archaeological surveys in 1993 and 1995, found that the territory of a **** distribution of the Ming Dynasty, five Shu King, two county kings and three Wangfei's mausoleums, which is now often referred to as the "Chengdu Ming Ten Tomb", so the burials are concentrated in the original Shiling Township in 1994, when the township was established, the original Shiling Township was established. Therefore, the original Shiling Township, where the burials are concentrated, was officially renamed Shiling Township in 1994, approved by the Provincial People's Government (the township was abolished and set up as a street office in the original administrative area in 2004). Chengdu Ming Shu Wangling is the royal family mausoleum group of Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, located in the eastern part of Chengdu city, before and after the foot of Shiling Zhengjue Mountain. This excavation in 1979, in 1996 was announced by the State Council as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units of the Ming Shu Wang Mausoleum is the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang grandson Shu Xi Wang Zhu Youxun's mausoleum.
Ming ten mausoleums to the third generation of the Ming dynasty, the mausoleum of King Xi of Shu as the center, around its surroundings and adjacent areas have formed the most concentrated Xi-Wang Zhao Fei Tomb, Xi-Wang Jifee Tomb, Qianjiang Mourning Wyoming Tomb, Wyoming Tomb, Hui-Wang Mausoleum, Zhaowang Mausoleum, into the King Mausoleum, into the King of the second consort's tomb, the half of the grave county king's grave and so on the ten mausoleums, ten mausoleums and therefore named.
The ten mausoleums have been excavated in the Xi-wang mausoleum, zhaowang mausoleum two tombs. Xi Wang Mausoleum in 1979 by the archaeological excavation cleaning, unearthed more than 500 pieces of color glaze terracotta warriors and horses, dancing and music figurines and other precious relics. The underground palace is 28 meters long, 8.96 meters wide and 6.59 meters high, and only the restored steps are 44 meters. The center of the back wall of the hall inlaid with round hollowed out gold glaze double dragon plate is known as the Ming Dynasty art treasures, the mausoleum of King Zhaowang a pair of imitation of Zhu Yuanzhang's head of the dragon for the country's best. And the west mausoleum than the king's tomb (Yongling) more majestic, more exquisite than the Beijing mausoleum, the carving of the exquisite, calligraphy of the strong, the palace of the rich, mausoleum of the centralized, known as China's ancient emperors mausoleums of the most exquisite and most centralized underground palaces. in December 1996, the mausoleum of the king of Ming Shu by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection units. At the beginning of reform and opening up, Shiling was a traditional agricultural township, and the dual structure of urban and rural areas was quite obvious. According to the Shiling street old people recall, the former Shiling are basically rural areas, the only street, but also the street (i.e., a section of the old Chengluo Road, today's Shiling old street).
With the accelerated pace of urbanization in Shiling, the agricultural population is now just over 10,000 people. After continuous construction and renovation, rural transportation has been well-connected, and Linglong Road, which connects to the Third Ring Road, and Donghong Road, which connects to Chengluo Avenue, have all been hardened, greened, brightened and beautified.