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There is one attraction in particular that draws crowds of eager Chinese tourists: the large, mosaic-bottomed Oval Tub used by Lady Yangguifei, favorite concubine of the Tang Emperor Xuanzong (who reigned a.d. 712–756).
It was commissioned in 936 by Abdel-Rahman III in honor of his favorite concubine Al Zahra (The Flower), and its design was so grand that detailed records indicate that building materials were brought from Constantinople and other North African locations.
The famous set of frescoes in the tomb of Prince Zhanghuai depicts an animated polo match, a hunting expedition, a reception for foreign diplomats, and (most movingly) a scene in a court cloister with a young concubine looking longingly at a bird in flight.
Cixi has been blamed ever since for her profligate and selfish ways, combined with her Machiavellian rise from concubine to Empress, popularly held to be the cause of China’s weakness and the fall of the last dynasty.
His white marble throne, golden crown, and red coffin (along with the coffins of his wife and first concubine) remain in the tomb.