自明洪武元年(1368)朱元璋定都应天府到明永乐十九年(1421)明成祖朱棣迁都北京止,南京有五十多年时间作为国都,其间有许多王公贵族埋葬于此。永乐十九年以后,虽然都城北迁,但应天府仍然作为留都被称为“南京”。许多皇亲国戚与开国功臣的后代仍然落叶归根,埋葬南京。所以从五十年代起南京博物院和南京市文物保管委员会(1976年与新成立的南京市博 Since the first year of Hongwu reign (1368), Zhu Yuanzhang should be granted Tianfu to Ming Yongle nineteen years (1421) Ming dynasty Zhu Di relocated to Beijing only, Nanjing has more than 50 years as a capital, during which many kings and noble are buried here. Nineteen years later, although Yongle moved to the north, Yingtian was still called “Nanjing” as its capital. Many descendants of the relatives and founding fathers of the imperial family still dwelling on Nanjing. Therefore, from the fifties Nanjing Museum and the Nanjing Cultural Relics Commission (1976 and the newly established Nanjing Bo