Tomb of the Yellow Emperor
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The Tomb of the Yellow Emperor is located in Qiaoshan Mountain in the north of Huangling County.
The Yellow Emperor, also known as Emperor Xuanyuan, was a famous tribal chief in the area at the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in remote antiquity, and was regarded as the ancestor of the Chinese nation by later generations.
The tomb is 3.6 m high with a circumference of 48 m. In front of the grave stands a stele pavilion, sheltering the Qiaoling Dragon-Carriage Stele and the Qiaoling Stele of Old Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor. There is the Yellow Emperor Temple at the foot of the mountain.
