Niugao tomb

Niugao tomb

Niugao (1087-1147), named Boyuan, was born in Lushan County, Henan Province. He was a general of the Southern Song Dynasty who resisted the Jin Dynasty and was appointed by Yue Fei. The original tomb was abandoned in 1955 and rebuilt in 1987. The tomb is located at the entrance of Ziyun Cave, JIANMENGUAN, qixialing, West Lake, Hangzhou. It faces east in the West and has a round vault with stone under it and grass on it. It is 3.5m in diameter and 1.8m in height. The outer circle short wall is close to the mountain and road. In front of the tomb stands the stone tablet of "the tomb of niugao, marquis Fuwen of Song Dynasty", and two pillars and a stone square are built in front of the passage. The tombstone and stone square were rebuilt.

Traffic information

Take bus No. 51, 52, 27, Y10, 7, 118 to Xinxin Hotel station.

Introduction to Niu Gao

Niugao (g ā o) (1087-1147), with the word Boyuan, was born in Lushan, Ruzhou (now from shibeigou village, Xiongbei Township, Lushan County, Henan Province). In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, people gathered to fight against Jin, and in the early days of the Southern Song Dynasty, they fought against Jin in Xijing. In the third year of Shaoxing (1133 AD), Niu Gao joined the Yuejia army and Changsheng army. Niugao uses double maces, which are made of gold.

Gao Li was returned to Yue Fei, who made great contributions to the Jin Dynasty. He participated in the suppression of Yang Yao's uprising. After fighting against Jin Bing, he was promoted to deputy commander of Yuejia army.

After Yue Fei's death, he always opposed the peace negotiation between song and Jin Dynasties. Qin Hui killed Niu Gao with poisonous wine in Renhe county (today's Hangzhou) in 1147 A.D., when Tian Shizhong was under the control of the secret command. Before his death, Niu Gao said bitterly, "I hate the peace between the north and the south, but I can't wrap my body with a horse's leather!" The next day, he died and was buried by JIANMENGUAN in the north of Qilu mountain, West Lake, Hangzhou. A stele was erected in front of the tomb, with the inscription of "Tomb of song Fu Wen Hou Niu Gao".

To commemorate this national hero, the people of hometown built a niugao ancestral hall in chengdongguan (today's eight motorcade courtyard) of Lushan County, Henan Province, in which there is niugao's ximajing (which still exists); the descendants of niugao built niugao's "yiguanzhong" in shibeigou village, Xiongbei Township, to show the later generations' Memorial and commemoration.

Niugao tomb site

It is located at Ziyun Cave entrance of JIANMENGUAN, qixialing, West Lake, Hangzhou.

Historical records: Xihu Xinzhi, Volume 9: "the tomb of Hou niugao, Fuwen of Song Dynasty, was newly built in the south of Ziyun Cave, Jianmen mountain."

Niugao tomb was rebuilt in 1875 and destroyed in the cultural revolution.

The present tomb was rebuilt in 1983. The tomb, facing east in the west, is a circular ring seat with a plane diameter of 3.5 meters and a height of 1.8 meters. The tomb ring is built with stone bars and sealed with earth in the shape of steamed bread.

There is a semicircular Huilong wall at the back and two sides of the tomb. On the right side of the wall is the monument of rebuilding the tomb of Fuwen houniu in the autumn and August of the first year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. In front of the tomb, there is a 13.7-meter-long and 3-meter-wide passage, and a 4-meter-high stone archway. On the pillars of the archway is engraved with a couplet written by Xu Wei of the Ming Dynasty, which reads: "the general's integrity is high through the ages, and the king of Hubei is accompanied by the heroic wind of the world.". The whole cemetery is covered with bamboo, simple and dignified, and is far away from Yuefen.

Address: in front of Ziyun Cave entrance, qixialing, Xihu District, Hangzhou

Longitude: 120.13791656494

Latitude: 30.258655548096

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