乾陵

Traditional form:

乾陵

Pinyin (reading):

Qiánlíng

Definitions:

• Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市／咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天／武则天

Characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 陵 - hill, mound; mausoleum

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 陵 - hill, mound; mausoleum