Tomb of Zuo Zongtang

Tomb of Zuo Zongtang
左宗棠墓
Tomb of Zuo Zongtang.
Location within Hunan
General information
Location	Tiaoma Town, Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan, China
Coordinates	28°05′53″N113°05′56″E / 28.098161°N 113.099021°E / 28.098161; 113.099021
Completed	1886
Technical details
Material	Granite

The Tomb of Zuo Zongtang (Chinese :左宗棠墓; pinyin :Zuǒ Zōngtáng Mù) is the tomb of Zuo Zongtang, a Chinese statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911). ^[1] The tomb dates from 1886, and is located in Tiaoma Town of Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan, China. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It has been categorized as a provincial level key cultural heritage in 1996 by the Hunan Provincial Government.

History

The tomb was built for Zuo Zongtang, who was a statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911). ^[1] The tomb is located in Tiaoma Town of Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan. ^[1] When Zuo Zongtang died in 1885 in Fuzhou, Fujian, he was buried in here in the following year. ^[1]

During the Cultural Revolution, the Red Guards blasted open an entrance way and entered the tomb, Zuo Zongtang's body was dumped in the wild. ^[4]

In 1986, during the 100th anniversary of Zuo Zongtang's death, Hunan Provincial Government rebuilt the tomb. ^[1]

Gallery

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  Entrance of the Tomb of Zuo Zongtang.
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  Stele
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  Tomb
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  Pillar (left) in front of the Tomb of Zuo Zongtang.
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  Pillar (right) in front of the Tomb of Zuo Zongtang.

References

1. Liu Xixian (刘希贤); Xie Peng (谢鹏) (2017). 跳马史迹寻踪[Searching for Historical Sites in Tiaoma] (in Chinese). Changsha, Hunan: Hunan People's Publishing House. p. 118. ISBN   978-7-5561-1609-6.
2. Zhou You (2014-04-01). 一代名臣左宗棠：69岁抬棺出征，身后长眠跳马白竹村. rednet (in Chinese).
3. 这些名人墓地您未必知晓. sina (in Chinese). 2014-04-03.
4. 湖南省娄底市志编纂委员会 (1997). 娄底市志 (in Chinese). 中国社会出版社. p. 645. ISBN   978-7-80088-937-0 . Retrieved 2024-04-30.