It is an underground museum that fully and comprehensively presents the life during the reign of Emperor Jing of Han, Liu Qi, to the world through underground burial pits.

The Yangling Mausoleum complex mainly comprises the imperial mausoleum, the empress mausoleum, southern and northern burial pits, ritual buildings, accompanying tombs, convict burial grounds and the Yangling Townsite. Among nearly 200 burial pits and around 10,000 accompanying tombs stand rows of warrior figurines clad in armor and holding weapons, imposing and valiant. Lines of court lady figurines wear loose robes and wide sashes, with vivid and expressive eyes. Pottery sculptures of pigs, horses, cattle, sheep, chickens and dogs are arranged in large groups. These exquisite cultural relics truly reproduce the court culture and social life of the Han Dynasty, and are hailed as one of China's major archaeological discoveries of the 20th century.

An archaeological exhibition hall with unique architectural style and advanced display techniques has been built at Yangling Mausoleum, integrating site restoration and relic protection. In particular, the Exhibition Hall for Outer Burial Pits of the Imperial Mausoleum is the world's first fully underground ruins museum constructed with the most advanced international concepts for cultural relic preservation and exhibition.