Yongle emperor

Statue of the Emperor Yongle in Lingen Hall, part of his tomb complex. His was the most important of the 13 Ming Tombs just outside of Beijing. The paper on the ground is not trash--it's money left as a form of ancestor worship. HDR from 3 exposures tone-mapped in Photomatix and processed in Photoshop.

Yongle Emperor (Old Chinese:永楽帝; or 明成祖;Yǒnglè;Wade-Giles:Yung-lo) (1360-1424) 3rd emperor of the Ming dynasty. Officially known posthumously as Emperor Wēndì (文皇帝).Song dynasty.Ming dynasty. Emperor of China (Ming dynasty,1402-24) prince (1370-1402) House of Zhu Father-Hongwu Emperor.Mother-Empress Ma. Sibling-Princess Huaiqing. Child-Hongxi Emperor.Princess Yong'an. Princess Yongping. Princess Ancheng. Princess Xianning.Princess Changning. Spouse-Empress Xu.National Museum of China.

Zheng He himself traded here and loved it. He made it possible for many products to be traded here!

Yongle Emperor (Old Chinese: 永楽帝; or 明成祖; Yǒnglè; Wade-Giles: Yung-lo) (1360-1424),3rd emperor of the Ming dynasty. Officially known posthumously as Emperor Wēndì (文皇帝).Portrait painting of the Yongle Emperor (r. 1402–1424) of the Chinese Ming Dynasty; ink and color on silk hanging scroll, 22 cm in height, located now at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Early 15th century Scanned from Michael Sullivan's The Arts of China: Fourth Edition (1999)

A behind-the-scene look at the life of Yongle Emperor.

Chinese Zhu Di, Ming dynasty Yongle Emperor ink and colour on silk The Palace Museum, Beijing