Su Wu tomb

Su Wu tomb

Suwu tomb is a key cultural relic protection unit in Shaanxi Province. Located 47 kilometers west of Xianyang City, Longmen Village, Wugong Town, Wugong County. There are fengxiu, many inscriptions, steles and tablets. Bi Yuan, governor of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, and Chen Erfu, magistrate of the Tongzhi period (1862-1874). In the late 1940s, there were still walls, courtyards and lintels. Later, they were destroyed by Chen. Only tombs were left, about 1.5 meters high. In 1979, it was announced as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit, so it set up signs, determined the scope of protection, designated the tomb area of 330 square meters, set up lintels and built walls. In 1938, overseas Chinese in the Philippines established the "Nanyang martial arts Su clan association". In 1993, it was renamed the "world Su clan association". In 1997, the "clan association" went back to its roots, visited its ancestors and organized a group to visit Su's tomb.

Brief introduction

Suwu tomb is located on the terrace in front of Longmen Village, Wugong Town, 47 kilometers west of Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, with Qishui in the East and Fenggang in the West. The tomb faces east with a green hill on its back. The Qishui river meanders past the tomb. It is close to the mountain and by the river. The environment is beautiful. It is one of the "eight scenes of martial arts".

Su Wu Memorial Hall covers an area of 27000 square meters, with a construction area of 580 square meters, and the whole hall covers an area of 27000 square meters. Its main buildings are suwu culture square; imitation gate of Han Dynasty; bronze statue of suwu sheep; North and South veranda; suwu hall; North and South sacrificial Pavilion; suwu tomb altar; Tomb; reception room; lodging room; collection room, etc. In front of the tomb, there are some steles, such as the tomb of Su Ziqing in the Han Dynasty written by Bi Yuan, governor of Shaanxi Province during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the tomb of Su Ziqing in the Han Dynasty written by Ruan Shu, magistrate of Wugong County, and the stele of rebuilding the tomb gate of Su Wu in the period of the Republic of China.

In front of the memorial hall is a wide square. The gate of the memorial hall is in the shape of the Han que. In the square of the museum, there is a statue of Su Wu holding a festival battle. In the statue, Su Wu looks up at the sky in the East, surrounded by several rams. Su Wu's beard, clothes and knot are all in the style of blowing. Su Wu's hall is behind the statue, and the sitting statue around Su Wu is a portrait of Su Wu's mission to Xiongnu without humiliating the country and integrity.

After enjoying the hall, Su Wu's tomb was sealed with high earth. It was made in the shape of a covered bucket according to the Han Dynasty. The grass on the tomb was luxuriant. One of the three tombstones was written by Bi Yuan, governor of Shaanxi Province in Qing Dynasty. On the north and south sides of the hall, there are stele corridors. There are dozens of famous figures and life steles of Chen su. They are engraved on a black background. In the suwu memorial hall, there are plaques of "suwu Memorial Hall" and "gaofengliangjie" inscribed by Hua Guofeng.

There is a couplet in the suwu Memorial Hall: "nineteen years old, arrogant and arrogant, living alone in the North Sea; thousands of miles away from the barbarians to the Han, like to serve the Central Plains."

In many places of the memorial hall, the words of Su's clan association can be seen.

Historical evolution

Su Wu (140-60 BC), Zi Qing, was born in Wuling (now Wugong County), Daijun Taishou, son of Su Jian, Marquis of Pingling.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty died of illness in the second year of shenjue (60 years ago) and was buried in a martial arts fief at the age of 81.

In 1756, the Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty granted Jinshi and the second son of the Ministry of war the chance to meet with the vice capital imperial censor Bi Yuan, governor of Shaanxi Province, to write "the tomb of Su Ziqing and the cemetery of Su in the Han Dynasty"

During the reign of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, Ruan Shu, the magistrate of Wugong County, wrote a stele on the tomb of suziqing, a tributary of the Han Dynasty.

During the period of the Republic of China, the stele "rebuilding the tombstone of suwu" was set up.

In the late 1940s, there were still walls, courtyards and lintels. Later, they were destroyed by Chen. Only tombs were left, about 1.5 meters high.

On May 31, 1957, the tombstone of suwu was announced as a key cultural relic protection unit in Shaanxi Province.

In 1979, the provincial government set up a sign to determine the scope of protection. The tomb area was 330 square meters, with lintels and walls.

In September 1996, the history teacher of Tokyo University, hiroichi ueyama, and his mother came to visit suwu's tomb. After that, he came to Wugong many times to dig up relevant information. Knowing that the Su Wu mausoleum was to be renovated, we specially sent a subsidy of 100000 yen.

In May 2005, it was named patriotism education base by Xianyang municipal Party committee and government. In July of the same year, members of the world Su clan association from Singapore, Malaysia and other four countries returned to Shaanxi for the first time.

In April 2006, the Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of cultural relics approved the construction of suwu tomb. Hua Guofeng, the former leader of the party and state, inscribed the name of the suwu Memorial Hall.

In 2005, 2006 and 2007, Wugong County successfully held the world Su ancestor worship Conference for three consecutive years.

In 2008, the first Chinese Su Wu culture and Art Festival was held in Wugong County. CCTV's "scenery of art garden" entered the Wugong County, and the theme performance "Su Wu soul · Wu Gong feeling" was successfully held.

In March 2010, the suwu memorial was announced as the second batch of free open museums by Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of cultural relics, and the suwu memorial was determined as the teaching practice base of Baoji University of Arts and Sciences.

In 2011, suwu culture and Art Festival was awarded the most innovative Festival Award in China.

In April 2015, the world Su Clan Association held a grand ceremony of ancestor worship.

On September 6, 2016, the unveiling ceremony of traditional history and culture education base of Shaanxi polytechnic was held in suwu Memorial Hall.

On April 12, 2017, members of the Su clan association of the world paid homage to Su Wu, former vice chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Liu Xinyu, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Municipal Committee and Secretary of the political and legal committee, and other provincial and municipal leaders attended the ceremony. On the same day, the clean government culture and education base built by the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Wugong County with the theme of "patriotism, loyalty, responsibility and honesty" was also unveiled.

In April 2018, more than 3000 people from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and other countries, including suwu clan representatives, personages from all walks of life, social leaders and local people, gathered at the suwu Culture Square in front of the suwu Memorial Hall in Longmen Village, Wugong Town, Wugong County, Shaanxi Province, to worship the great historical figure suwu, promote the patriotic cultural spirit of suwu, and jointly contribute to the great rejuvenation of the nation And work together.

Personage introduction

Su Wu (140-60 BC), Zi Qing, a native of Wuling, was the son of Su Jian, the prefect of the Han Dynasty

. In his early years, he took his father's shade as his son and moved to the middle stables. In the first year of the Tianhan Dynasty (100 BC), he paid homage to Zhonglang general. At that time, the relationship between Han Dynasty in the Central Plains and Xiongnu, the northwest minority regime, was good and bad. In 100 BC, the Xiongnu regime ascended to the throne. In order to show friendship, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Su Wu to lead more than 100 people with a lot of property to Xiongnu. Unexpectedly, when Su Wu finished his mission and was ready to return to his country, civil strife broke out in the upper Xiongnu class. Su Wu and his party were implicated and detained. They were asked to betray the Han Dynasty and submit to Shan Yu. At first, Shan Yu sent someone to lobby Su Wu, Xu Yi was rich in salary and high officials, but Su Wu refused. Seeing that persuasion was useless, Xiongnu decided to use torture. It was winter and it was snowing heavily. Shan Yu ordered people to shut Su Wu into an open-air cellar and cut off the provision of food and water. He hoped that this would change Su Wu's belief. As time went by, Su Wu suffered a lot in the cellar. When he was thirsty, he ate a handful of snow. When he was hungry, he chewed his sheepskin jacket. After several days, Shan Yu saw that Su Wu, who was on the verge of death, still didn't give in, so he had to let Su Wu out.

Shan Yu knew that no matter soft or hard, there was no hope of persuading Su Wu to surrender. However, he respected Su Wu's integrity more and more. He didn't have the heart to kill Su Wu and didn't want him to return to his country. So he decided to exile Su Wu to Baikal Lake in Siberia and let him go to shepherd. Before leaving, Shan Yu summoned Su Wu and said, "since you don't surrender, I'll let you go herding the sheep. When the ram gives birth to a lamb, I'll let you go back to the Central Plains."

After being separated from his companions, suwu was exiled to the edge of Lake Baikal, which was inaccessible. Here, you can't escape by your own ability. The only company with Su Wu was the envoy representing the Han Dynasty and a small group of sheep. Su Wu herded sheep with this envoy every day, thinking that one day he would be able to take it back to his country. In this way, day after day, year after year, the decorations on the envoys fell off, and Su Wu's hair and beard turned white.

In Lake Baikal, suwu shepherded for nineteen years. For more than ten years, the Xiongnu Shan Yu, who had ordered him to be imprisoned, had passed away. Even in suwu's country, the old emperor also died, and his son took over the throne. At this time, xinchanyu carried out the policy of making peace with the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Zhao immediately sent envoys to take Su Wu back to his country.

Later, the Han Dynasty envoys arrived in the Xiongnu area, and finally learned that Su Wu was still alive. So they threatened that the emperor of the Han Dynasty shot a wild goose in the Shanglin garden. The goose's foot was tied with a silk book, which clearly said that Su Wu was in the northern swamp. Shan Yu had no choice but to send Su Wu and other nine people back.

Su Wu had been in Xiongnu for a long time, about 19 years.

Su Wu finally returned to Chang'an in 81 BC, the sixth year of emperor Zhao's reign. In the second year, Shangguan Jie, Shangguan an's father and son, and sang Hongyang were accused of treason. Su Wu had a good relationship with Shangguan's father and son, and sang Hongyang. In addition, his son was also involved, so Su Wu was dismissed. After the death of emperor Zhao, Su Wu was given the title of Marquis of Guannei because he participated in supporting Emperor Xuan.

Song commemoration

Suwu Shepherd

Su Wu does not disgrace the Hu Festival.

Snow and ice,

Nineteen years of poverty.

Thirsty for snow,

Hungry for blankets,

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