Jingjiang King Mausoleum Museum

This guide to the Jingjiang King Mausoleum in Guilin opens with Zhu Shouqian, grandnephew of the Ming dynasty's founder, who was granted the Guilin princedom in 1370 and built a palace modeled on the Forbidden City, only to fall into disgrace. It follows the eleven generations of princes who kept the title after him, the hundreds of tombs scattered across the hillside, and the one opened to visitors today. Listen for how the sacred way still splits along old lines of rank.