Tomb of Li Bai

Tomb of Li Bai

Li Bai's tomb is located next to gujia natural village, Taibai administrative village, Taibai Town, Dangtu County, Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province

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Li Bai's tomb covers an area of 100 mu, which is divided into three parts: front, middle and back. There are memorial archway, Taibai stele forest, tiaoqing Pavilion, Taibai temple, Li Bai's tomb, Shiyong Pavilion, Qinglian academy, bonsai garden and other scenic spots

. Li Bai's tomb completely preserves the shape of Tang Dynasty's celebrity tombs. Taibai temple and Xiangtang show the architectural style of Ming and Qing clan ancestral halls. Song stele records Li Bai's life experience and poetry achievements in detail. Taibai stele forest is inlaid with 106 pieces of Li Bai's classic poems written by famous calligraphers

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In 1956, Li Bai's tomb was rated as a key cultural relic protection unit in Anhui Province

In 2006, it was listed as the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units

In 2007, it was rated as the patriotic education base of Anhui Province

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Historical evolution

In the first year of Tang BAOYING (762), Li Bai died. Li Yangbing, the magistrate of Dangtu County, buried him at the east foot of Longshan mountain in the south of the city.

In 817, Xuanshe, the son of fan Zuo, Li Bai's best friend, observed that fan chuanzheng and Zhuge Zong, the magistrate of Dangtu County, worked together to bury Li Bai in the Castle Peak opposite Longshan.

In 1938, the Taibai temple in Li Bai's tomb was destroyed in the war.

In 1979, the people's Government of Dangtu County rebuilt the Taibai tomb.

In 1982, Li Bai's tomb was expanded and more than 20 mu of good farmland was expropriated from gujia village

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In October 2007, due to the decay of the forest structure of Taibai stele, part of the rafters were broken, the roof sank and the tiles fell off. In order to ensure the safety of tourists, the site of Libai tomb was closed and repaired.

In April 2008, the maintenance project of Taibai stele forest of Libai tomb was completed, and it was reopened before Qingming Festival

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On March 28, 2017, due to the integration of Libai Tomb scenic area (3a level) into Libai cultural tourism area (4A level) in Daqingshan, Maanshan tourism scenic area quality rating committee decided to cancel the national 3A level of Libai Tomb scenic area

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Architectural pattern

overview

Li Bai's tomb faces south, covers an area of 100 mu, and is divided into three scenic spots: front, middle and back. There are memorial archway, Taibai stele forest, tiaoqing Pavilion, Taibai temple, Li Bai tomb, Shiyong Pavilion, Qinglian academy and bonsai garden. Taibai stele forest and Li Bai tomb are the core scenic spots

 

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Tomb of Li Bai

Li Bai's tomb is round and made of square bluestone. In front of the tomb, there is a Qing dynasty pattern stele, on which is engraved "the tomb of Li Taibai, a famous sage of the Tang Dynasty", which is said to be written by Du Fu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. According to textual research, there is a Tang stele carved by fan chuanzheng, a Xuanshe observer of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Bai's immortal bone in the tomb

 

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Ten chanting pavilions

On the left side of the cemetery of Li Bai's tomb is a "Qinglian pool", with an arched "Huahe bridge" across the pool and a "ten chanting Pavilion". In his later years, Li Bai wrote ten poems about mountains and rivers in Dangtu, which is called "ten chants of Gu who". Later generations built pavilions on the banks of Guxi to express their aspirations, and later destroyed them in the "Cultural Revolution". Later, the newly built "ten chanting Pavilion" was engraved with Li Bai's "ten chants of Gu who" on the stone tablet in the center of the pavilion

 

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Taibai Temple

On the left side of the ten chanting Pavilion is Taibai temple. Before and after two into, plain white wall, gray black tile top. The temple is paved with green bricks, and the eaves are towering. On the lintel of the main court Hung Lin Sanzhi's handwritten plaque of "Taibai Temple". A white marble statue of Li Bai, 2.47 meters high and weighing about 3 tons, stands face to face in the hall. The statue stands on its side, pressing the sword with its left hand, eyes with wisdom behind its right hand, and whiskers fluttering

 

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Taibai temple is located on the central axis of the cemetery. The background of the statue in the hall is a dark green micro print, which takes Li Bai's journey in Dangtu as freehand brushwork. Above the print is a plaque titled "Li Bai's high trace" by Shutong, a calligrapher. Under the hall, in the middle and upper part of the hall, there is a plaque written by situ, a calligrapher. Six stone tablets are inlaid on both sides of the wall: one is engraved with Li Bai's whole body portrait; one is engraved with Li Bai's "linlu song"; the other three are re engraved with the inscriptions written by Li Hua, Liu quanbai and Pei Jing of the Tang Dynasty, and the most precious one is the surviving one of the Song Dynasty

 

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Taibai stele forest

There are 106 pieces of Li Bai's classic poems written by calligraphers in the forest of Taibai steles. The authors are Mao Zedong, Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Yu Youren, Sha Menghai, Lin Sanzhi, Chu Tunan, qigong, Chen Lifu, Shen Peng, etc. the forest of Taibai steles integrates poetry, calligraphy and architectural art, and is a representative work of high-quality culture

 

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Cultural Activity

On October 18, 2018, Li Bai's tomb was held with the activity of "respecting Li Bai with the fragrance of books"

 

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Research value

Li Bai's tomb completely preserves the shape of Tang Dynasty's celebrity tombs. Taibai temple and Xiangtang show the architectural style of Ming and Qing clan ancestral halls. Song stele records Li Bai's life experience and poetry achievements in detail. Taibai stele forest is inlaid with 106 pieces of Li Bai's classic poems written by famous calligraphers

 

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Cultural relics protection

In 1956, Li Bai's tomb was awarded as a key cultural relic protection unit in Anhui Province

 

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On May 25, 2006, Li Bai's tomb was listed as the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council of China

 

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In 2007, Li Bai's tomb was rated as the patriotic education base of Anhui Province

 

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Cultural relics

In the second year of song Chun (1242), Ma Mengdian, who was also in charge of Taiping state affairs, controlled the army. According to the inscriptions written by fan chuanzheng of Tang Dynasty, "the inscriptions are heavy on calligraphy and stone carving, standing on the left side of the tomb.". The stone is five feet seven inches high and two feet nine inches wide, with a total of 30 lines and 63 characters in the first line. It is a regular book with six characters in diameter. It records Li Bai's life experience and poetry achievements in detail, and is inscribed with nine characters "Li Gongxin's tombstone in the Imperial Academy of Tang Dynasty". This monument has a history of more than 740 years and is an earlier historical relic of Libai's tomb

 

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historical figure

Li Bai (701-762), a great romantic poet in Tang Dynasty, was called "poetic immortal" and "Li Du" together with Du Fu. In order to distinguish him from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, i.e. "little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai were also called "big Li Du". According to the records of the new Tang Dynasty, Li Bai was the ninth grandson of emperor Xingsheng (Li Li, king of Liangwu Zhao) and lived in the same family as other kings of the Tang Dynasty. He is frank and generous. He likes to drink, write poems and make friends. < I (see entry for details: < / I < I Li Bai < / I < I) < / I

Tourism information

geographical position

Li Bai's tomb is located between Ma'anshan City and Wuhu City, 7 kilometers away from national highway 205, 100 meters away from ma'anshan-wuhu highway, 40 kilometers away from Nanjing City, next to gujia natural village, Taibai administrative village, Taibai Town, Dangtu County, Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province

 

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Opening Hours

8: 00-17:30 (open all year round)

 

Ticket Price

30 yuan / person, tour guide 40 yuan / time

 

Address: West foot of Qingshan mountain, Dangtu County, Anhui Province

Longitude: 118.51895563577

Latitude: 31.490626206562

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