Description:
Nanjing, China. Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum. Square city (Sifangcheng) pavilion just before the building of the roof. "Shengong Shengde" stele on a giant dragon-headed turtle (bixi). This stele, the Stele of Godly Merit and Saintly Virtue, extolls the merits and virtues of the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang by his son the Yongle emperor. It is the largest ancient stele in Nanjing.