Show WHERE ROYAL DEAD OF CHINA LIE mausoleums of former emperors reared am d pagodas and ture on sol tary pla n ave nue paved w th marble new york the necropolis in which the royal dead of china are burled Is one of the most curious cemeteries in the world it la in the neighborhood of the great wall something over fifty miles from peking and tor the ordinary visitor Is reached by mule litter its present occupants are the spirits and the dust of all except two of the emperors of the ming dynasty which gave way to the present man abu dynasty in 1644 the most curl oua feature of the necropolis Is a mar ble paved avenue bordered with main moth sculptured beasts and human figures they remind one of karnak s avenues of sculptured sphinxes al though the perfection of alignment Is missing and the figures are more wide ly separated all the figures are gray and stained time and weather have performed their work there are standing and kneeling elephants with the ilmond eyes of a chinaman squatting and standing camels with stained hum mocks and the softly undulating necks of geese kneeling horses with the gen tie demeanor of children s hobby horses sheep with the subtle aspect of serpents lions with the horrid rol ling eyes the gathered brows and the mouths of towering all devour V tl one of the chinese tombs ing ogres impossible unicorns achl nese dragons and at the end six effi agles of men three of them austere military figures and three thoughtful counsellors coun of state they stand in the midst of a vast solitude border ing the way to the tombs the site or the 13 mausoleums 0 the Is a solitary plain stretch ing for miles to a line of jagged hills almost lost in the misty distance A grass grown marble highway crosses the green from the square red pagoda with golden yellow roof which marks the entrance to this ancient burial place it winds through a val ley crosses a broad river by marbie bridges and finally branches like the ribs of a fan to the different leams stand ng out in gorgeous colors against the background of the hills the first pagoda is a sort of outer vestibule the vestibule proper s a similar structure some distance fur ther on guarded by four griffins on the tops ot the same number 0 stately columns at marble richly carved and yellow with age flaunting dragons wings and tails on the ridge poles proclaim the nationality of the architects rising into the shadows of the root at the crossing of the 70 interior halls is a great marble monument in the shape of a turtle bearing on its back an obelisk of black marble on this fe engraved a poem by klen lung a wise and energetic emperor 0 the present ruling dynasty who Is said to have been the author of 38 poetical compositions the force of chinese worship of ancestors Is illus grated by klen lung s abdication at the age of 60 because of his unwilling ness to equal or surpass his illustrious grandfather in the length of his reign ahe turtle among the chinese as well as the koreans Is the symbol of longevity and eternity from this pagoda the broad marble avenue bordered with the curious soft geay effigies stretches away toward the hazy horizon the paving stones ire almost hidden by the grass which has grown between them broken pieces of pavement which have been cast up like wreckage on the beach and ruts retard the movement of the vehicles ot the occasional visitors the squatting camels are first passed one on either side facing each other for the figures occur in pairs one 0 each sex then follow in order the stand ing camels the kneeling elephants the stand n elephant the line finally ter mina ting in the far distance in the six human effigies at this end of the causeway is a gateway with red walls and red roof adding another splash of color to the scene be ond it the mar ble way winds for tour or five miles twice dossing the mm aher on solid bridges of marble and mo eting a hill near the river to the tree en bowered bow ered mausoleum mais oleum of ung lo 10 one ot the |