Cao Cao Mausoleum

Cao Cao Mausoleum
Cao Cao Mausoleum
Traditional Chinese	曹操高陵
Simplified Chinese	曹操高陵
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Cáo Cāo Gāolíng
Wei Mausoleum
Traditional Chinese	魏高陵
Simplified Chinese	魏高陵
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wèi Gāolíng
Xigaoxue Tomb No. 2
Traditional Chinese	西高穴2號墓
Simplified Chinese	西高穴2号墓
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīgāoxuè Èrhào Mù

36°14′27″N 114°15′35″E / 36.24083°N 114.25972°E / 36.24083; 114.25972

The Cao Cao Mausoleum, also known as the Gaoling Mausoleum of Wei and the Xigaoxue Tomb No. 2, is a tomb in Xigaoxue Village, Anfeng Township, Anyang County, Anyang City, Henan Province, China. It is purported to be the burial site of Cao Cao (155–220 CE), a prominent warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. The discovery of the tomb was reported on 27 December 2009 by the Henan Provincial Cultural Heritage Bureau.^[1] In 2013, the tomb became part of the seventh batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level in China.^[2]

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^ Yang, Yuguo (3 May 2013). "河南曹操高陵少林寺入选全国重点文物保护单位 [Henan's Cao Cao Mausoleum and Shaolin Monastery are selected to be Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level]" (in Chinese). CRI online. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

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[Major_Historical_and_Cultural_Site_Protected_at_the_National_Level-2] Yang, Yuguo (3 May 2013). "河南曹操高陵少林寺入选全国重点文物保护单位 [Henan's Cao Cao Mausoleum and Shaolin Monastery are selected to be Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level]" (in Chinese). CRI online. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

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