Tomb of Tao Yuanming

Tomb of Tao Yuanming

Tao Yuanming's tomb is located on the south slope of Mianyang mountain in the southwest of Lushan Mountain, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. It is adjacent to Hanyang peak in the north and Huanglong Mountain in the south. It not only satisfies his wish of "living in the second city and enjoying himself at leisure", but also presents the sentiment of "picking chrysanthemums under the East fence and seeing Nanshan at leisure".

Tao Yuanming died on September 15, the fourth year of Yuanjia, Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty. After his death, posterity called it "Jingjie". So his tomb is also called Jingjie tomb.

A survey of Tao Yuanming's tomb

In Shahe Town, Jiujiang County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, it is only a hundred meters away from the original site of Tao Yuanming temple. The brick steps from the temple to the cemetery spiral up the hillside. The tomb is 7.9 meters long, 4.1 meters wide and 1.62 meters high, with a long arched masonry structure. At the head of the tombstone is engraved with "qingfenggaojie", and in the middle is engraved with "the tomb of Mr. Jingjie, Tao Gong, a Zhengshi of Jin Dynasty". On the left are two steles, biography of Mr. Wuliu and epitaph. On the right are two steles, guiqulaici and the surname and date of the person who made the stele. The tomb was rebuilt in the mid autumn of 1736.

Life of Tao Yuanming

Tao Yuanming (365 or 372 or 376-427) was a poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The character Yuan Liang was later renamed Tao Qian. Xunyang Chaisang was born in the southwest of Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. Great grandfather Tao Kan was the great Sima of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his grandfather Tao Mao was the prefect of Wuchang. Because of his father's early death, his family is in decline. When he was young, Tao Yuanming was a small official who joined the army and offered sacrifices to the state. In the first year of Yixi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (405), he was the magistrate of Pengze County. After only 80 days in office, he was dissatisfied with the corruption of the imperial court and "did not bow down for five Dou of rice" and went back to seclusion. At the end of the Jin Dynasty, Zheng was the author of Zuo Lang's works. After his death, his relatives and friends gave him a posthumous title of "Jingjie". The existing relics include pottery house, zuishi, Zhuoying pool, guiqulaiguan, etc. There are 125 existing poems, among which guiqulaici and Taohuayuan Ji are the most famous.

After his seclusion, Tao Yuanming enjoyed the beauty of Lushan Nature, pursued the truth of life, and devoted himself to food. However, he ended his life in poverty and poverty. He died on September 15 of Yuanjia (427 A.D.), the emperor of Song Dynasty, and completed his 63 year life.

The origin of Jingjie tomb

After Tao Yuanming died, later generations called it "Jingjie", and his tomb was called Jingjie tomb. The tomb is located on the south slope of Mianyang mountain, southwest of Lushan Mountain, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, with Hanyang peak in the north and Huanglong Mountain in the south. Every year, when the chrysanthemum moon comes, yellow flowers are everywhere. The smoke screen in the ruins covers Huanglongshan, which not only satisfies his desire to "live in the second city, but also shows the sentiment of" picking chrysanthemums under the East fence, and seeing Nanshan leisurely ".

The site of the pottery tomb was chosen according to his "will". In his last year's Elegy, he said: "in September of frost, send me out of the suburbs. No one lived on all sides, and the grave was in front of Jiao Yao. The horse is singing to the sky, the wind is from depression Mianyang mountain is just in line with the situation of "far away from the suburbs, desolate" and "buried in the middle of the wild".

Jingjie tomb

Jingjie tomb, facing south from north, is 7.55 meters long, 4.1 meters wide and 1.62 meters high, with elliptical vault and masonry structure. The tombstone is composed of three pieces of stone, with stone columns, shaped like a "mountain" stele head. The middle stone is 1 high. 3 meters, 0. 9 meters. On the forehead of the stele is engraved with the four characters "qingfenggaojie" and under the forehead is engraved with the words "Tomb of Mr. Jingjie, Tao Gong, a Zhengshi of Jin Dynasty". On the left, there is an epitaph

My ancestors lived in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, taboo hidden is the word Yuanming. Posthumous title is Jingjie Zhengshi, Mr. Wuliu Xiansheng. The son of Prince min. Huan Gong is the grandson of Kan Zu. All the five sons were virtuous, and they were divided into different schools. But Tong lived in Xingzhu, and his descendants were well-dressed. Since Pengze solution group, rich and noble as if floating clouds. They live in chaisangli, songju and Qinshu. To see his noble and upright style, outstanding and unconventional. There is no loss in the great festival here, and the fine citation is also sincere. Although the five willows under the house are old, the three paths beside the fence are still new. Today, Fangxing is in the ascendant, worshiping the emperor in the past dynasties. Jiacheng burials in the face of Yang, a thousand years of praise. In the late Yuan Dynasty, the sacrificial field was occupied by the army, and the tombs were hidden. Fortunately, Qiong Xiang, my eldest sister, tried her best to play in the emperor's court. In the eighth year of Zhengde's reign, the field and mountain field began to be restored. She was offered a sacrifice in spring and autumn every year. So far, in the forty-seven dynasties, the inscription will be more decadent, and the family will be scattered in different places. She will donate some money to build the stele. I wish my children and grandchildren to live happily ever after.

The stone tablets on both sides are 1 meter high and 0. 46 meters. On the left, there are inscriptions of biography of Mr. Wuliu and praise of poems; on the right, there are inscriptions of the residence of Tao's descendants and the person who erected the monument. The tomb was rebuilt in Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty. In 1736 A.D., 1921 A.D. and 1962 A.D., the first year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, the tenth year of the Republic of China, and the second year of the Republic of China, they were all repaired. Now they are well preserved and have been listed as key cultural relics protection units in Jiangxi Province. The front of the tomb is surrounded by guardrails and surrounded by pines. Under the tomb, there is a new stone tablet square with four pillars and three gates, and the word "qingfenggaojie" is engraved on the middle lintel. There are dozens of steps along the middle gate. The whole tomb, with gentle slope and oblique retraction on all sides, appears steady and magnificent, which vaguely reveals the poet's noble demeanor and the atmosphere of "great relief to the common people". Luo Hongxian, the number one scholar of the Ming Dynasty, was honest and upright all his life. He was dismissed because he was angry with the emperor. Later, he visited Tao Yuanming's tomb in Lushan and chanted the poem "worship the tomb of Jingjie": he hated to bow down for a long time, and then worshipped Gao Fen. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was not the day before yesterday that the tomb cloud was returned to Nanshan. Will hold the bucket sprinkle, more to elegy smell. Why not drink? I'm drunk.

The changes of Jingjie Temple

In order to admire this Jingjie Weishi, people built a taojingjie temple at the foot of the mountain in front of his tomb.

Tao Jingjie ancestral temple, Yuan Dynasty was not soldiers, the former appearance of no test. Li Cun's ancestral temple is located in the northwest and faces southeast. In the 12th year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1533 A.D.), the governor of Jiujiang, Ma Jihe, issued the official silver and ordered Huang Mincai to supervise the construction. It was completed in the 17th year of Jiajing reign and several major repairs were carried out afterwards. The ancestral hall is of brick and wood structure, with the architectural style of Ancient Academy. It is divided into two halls: the main hall and the front room. There is a patio in the middle and a wing room on the side. Length 22. 9 meters, 10 meters wide. 75 meters, the main hall beam is 6 meters high. 6 meters, covering an area of more than 250 square meters. At the front of the gate, there is a stone plaque of "taojingjie Temple" inscribed by Xue Yingqi, a Jinshi of Jiajing of Ming Dynasty and Deputy envoy of tixue of Zhejiang Province. At the front of the left and right auricles, there are books of "jupu" and "liuxiang". In the temple, there is a shrine and statue of Tao Yuanming. On the eaves of the main hall and the front hall, there are two plaques inscribed by Liu Qianchen, an imperial scholar of the Qing Dynasty in Jiujiang, respectively. In the hall, there is also a stele of Tao Xiang, the 41st generation of Tao Yuanming, who was born by sun Mingyi Xiang, and a long couplet written by Liu Qianchen and Li Jinhuan.

According to historical records, there were six Jingjie ancestral temples, which were built in Jiujiang dududufu lane of Yangshan in Chaisang County, Southeast of Fuxue in Nankang County, east of Pengze City, south of Ruizhou city and Nanshan in Duchang County. Except mianyangshan Jingjie temple, most of them were destroyed in the war.

Tao Yuanming Memorial

In 1984, Jiujiang County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi province built the "Tao Yuanming Memorial Hall" in Caijiawa, the eastern suburb of Shahe county. The Taojing Festival temple in Mianyang mountain was demolished and rebuilt beside the memorial hall. In the main hall of the new temple stands a 3-meter-high bronze statue of Tao Gong. The poet's head is tied with a towel, his face is solemn and deep, and he holds a volume of the book of mountains and seas. There are many couplets and plaques inscribed by today's famous calligraphers hanging on the cross beams of Zhu columns in the ancestral hall. Outside the ancestral temple, there are small landscape "Chrysanthemum Garden" and "willow lane" on the side of the mountain and stream, which make people cherish the memory of Tao Gong's high integrity.

Tao Yuanming memorial hall is the architectural style of Jiangnan folk houses in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is decorated with blue bricks, dark tiles, red pillars, overhanging eaves, camel Gables, flowers and stones. In the museum, there are historical editions of Tao Yuanming collection, works on pottery studies, chronology of events of Tao Gong, pictures of the ruins of Tao Gong's activities, as well as calligraphy and paintings on the theme of Tao Gong's Jingjie Festival.

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