Tomb of Cai E

Cai E's tomb is located at the back of Baihe spring on the hillside. It is also a large granite tomb with a wide base. On the round granite tomb stands a rectangular tombstone with a sharp top. A bronze plaque engraved with the character "Tomb of Caigong Songpo" is embedded in the center. The tomb is surrounded by a round stone column with 24 pieces of blue stone, engraved with Elegy Written by Tan Yankai, Tang Jiyao, Liu Xianshi and other governors of the provinces. Since the Republic of China, every Qingming Festival or the death day of the martyrs, Changsha people have come here to sweep tombs and offer flowers to express their high respect and endless sorrow for the martyrs.

Tomb of Cai E

Cai E's tomb is the tomb of Cai E, a leader of the national defense army and a famous general of the Republic of China. Cai E died in Japan on November 8, 1916 and was buried here from Japan on April 12, 1917.

Cai E's tomb, covering an area of 1974.72 square meters, is one of the tombs of celebrities of the Republic of China in Yuelu Mountain. In 1956, it was listed as the key cultural relics protection unit of Hunan Province by Hunan Provincial People's Committee, and on May 25, 2006, it was listed as the national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.

brief introduction

Cai E's tomb is located on the hillside just below the tomb of Huangxing in Yuelu Mountain and above the back of Lushan temple. He was buried here from Japan on April 12, 1917. It covers an area of 1620 square meters. The tomb consists of tombs, steles and stone sacrificial vessels. The cemetery is surrounded by stone steps and widely planted with pines, cypresses and camphors.

The tomb is made of granite, with a granite stele on it. The stele is about 6 meters high, forming a quadrangular shape, with a height of 7 meters. The front of the stele is inlaid with copper plate and engraved with "Tomb of Caigong Songpo". There are 24 pieces of white jade or blue stone embedded in the tomb, on which inscriptions and Elegy Written by the military and political leaders of Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Rehe, Chahar and other provinces at that time are engraved. In front of the tomb are stone sacrificial table, stone incense stove and stone drum. On both sides of the passage on the right side of the tomb, two tall ancient maple trees stand. On one side of Lushan temple, there is Cai E's tomb, with Sun Yat Sen's couplet hanging on the door: "in my life, I will be generous to the class, and I will pass the horse and Fubo among thousands of Li." In the tomb of Cai E at Baihe spring, there are pictures of cultural relics that introduce his life story.

In 1956, Hunan Provincial People's Committee announced that it was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit.

About Cai E

Cai E (1882-1916) was born in Shaoyang, Hunan Province.

He was a scholar under the age of 13. In 1898 (the 24th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu), he entered Changsha current affairs school and studied from Liang Qichao. In 1900, he joined the independent army and went to Japan Sergeant school after failure. He returned to China in 1904 and trained the new army in Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi and Yunnan. In 1911 (the third year of Xuantong), he promoted the thirty seventh union of Yunnan. In response to the outbreak of Wuchang Shouyi, Li Gengen, the general manager of Yunnan jiaowu hall, raised his troops in Kunming to establish a military government and serve as the governor of Yunnan. In 1913, he was transferred to Beijing by Yuan Shikai for surveillance. In November 1915, he sneaked out of Beijing. In December 1915, he organized the national defense army in Yunnan to fight against yuan. He fought with Yuan's army in Huzhou (now Huxian county) and Naxi of Sichuan Province, forcing Yuan Shikai to withdraw from the historical stage in the sound of overthrowing yuan. After Yuan Shikai died, he served as governor and governor of Sichuan Province. He went to Japan for treatment due to laryngeal disease and died on November 8, 1916 at the age of 34. It was buried here in April 1917. Dr. Sun Yat Sen wrote elegiac couplets in his own handwriting to mourn general Cai: "in his life, he was generous to protect the class, and to close Ma Fubo for thousands of miles." Comparing the general to ban Chao, who joined the army with pen, and Ma Yuan, the Fubo general in the Eastern Han Dynasty, shows that the general's achievements can be marked in the history.

Confidant

When you look at general Cai, you have to remember the story of Impatiens. At that time, a movie named "bosom friend" with a theme song of "looking for a bosom friend in high mountains and flowing water" vividly portrayed the love tragedy between general CAI and her bosom friend, little Impatiens, and won the tears of many infatuated men and women. I still remember the tragic scene of Xiao Fengxian destroying Qin Xie Zhiyin when she learned the bad news of the general's death in Japan

"Green mountains, green water It's like crying, it's like crying In this sad song, a small boat carrying the heartbroken little Impatiens to the end of the world, gradually away.

Of course, the story has the element of romance. However, it undoubtedly added a lot of legendary and romantic color to the general's military career, and showed the general's elegant demeanor. "Merciless may not be a real man", the general's children's personal love does not damage the general's image.

A gust of wind blowing, the pines surging, issued bursts of whimpering, like a little Impatiens in the weeping singing: "the general draws the sword from the south, I would like to be a long wind around the flag"

Traffic information

Take bus No. 63, 106, 132, 202, 305, 309, 315, 318, 325, 908, Lishan line and LV 1 to get off at Shisi hospital station and enter from the east gate; or take bus No. 63, 106, 132, 202, 305, 902, Lishan line, LV 1, LV 3 to get off at Yuelushan south station and enter from the south gate.

Address: Yuelu Mountain, Yuelu District, Changsha

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