Tomb of Khải Định (Vietnamese: Lăng Khải Định), officially Ứng Mausoleum (Ứng lăng), is located in Chau Chu mountain near Huế in Vietnam. It was built for Khải Định, the twelfth Emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty. Choumeizai will talk about the exterior of the tomb here.
The Tomb was built from 1920 to 1931 taking 11 years to complete. The tomb is a blend of Western and Eastern architecture.
Yingling was built with cement, but because of its age, it is gray and black everywhere, and it looks a bit lifeless.
Emperor Khải Định (chữ Hán: 啓定) was the 12th Emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty in Vietnam, reigning from 1916 to 1925.
Emperor Khải Định worked closely with the government of France, and by the end of his reign he was considered to be nothing more than ‘a salaried employee of the French government.’
Emperor Khải Định's unpopularity reached its peak in 1923 when he authorized the French to raise taxes on the Vietnamese peasants, part of which was to pay for the building of his palatial tomb.
The construction of the tomb began in 1920 and concluded in 1931, with the Emperor increasing tax by 30 percent to fund the lavish mausoleum.
Like a number of Vietnamese emperors, Khải Định desired the preparation of a tomb in anticipation of his death, but he was the last member of the Nguyễn Dynasty to make this decision.
