Example sentences for: yongle

How can you use “yongle” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The capital was again razed and rebuilt, and Ming Emperor Yongle gave it a new name that would stick: Beijing (Northern Capital).

  • Nor have the 16 satellite vaults, where Yongle’s concubines are entombed.

  • The largest tomb (Changling) belonged to Yongle himself.

  • The capital’s first Drum Tower, from which the hours of the day were signaled with drums, was built here by Kublai Khan in 1272, rebuilt by Ming Emperor Yongle in 1420, and renovated under the Qing emperors.

  • Completed by the Emperor Yongle in 1420, the Forbidden City (Zijin Cheng) in the center of Beijing was the home to 24 consecutive rulers of China during the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties.


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