Ma Guoshi cemetery

Ma Guoshi cemetery

Ma Guoshi cemetery is located at Chaoyang ferry, a river between Qionghai City and Lecheng island in Hainan Province. It is a mausoleum built by descendants of Ma for Ma Runtong, the "National Teacher" and "Yimin" of Ming Dynasty.

According to the records of the National Master: the name of the national master is Runtong, with the word Zhongyu. His ancestral home is Fufeng Maoling, and he is the descendant of general Fubo of the Han Dynasty. his

Father Yao Gong followed his grandfather Zhishan Gong from Jinling to Yuehui county. The national teacher was appointed by the emperor as the national teacher because he was kind and willing to give, taught people to be good and helped the weak and the poor. He died the year after he was granted the title. Chen Yachao, the Ming master of fengshui, was ordered by the imperial court to enter Qiong with the coffin and search for treasure by fighting. Fengfeng County buried County, Fengzhou buried state of the imperial edict, Ming Road to unimpeded. Finally buried in the county Chaoyang River School field. Every year, the local magistrate presided over the sweeping ceremony, and the imperial court granted the imperial edict inscription "civil and military officials dismount here".

Brief introduction to the cemetery

According to the old Yuehui county annals, "Ma Runtong, a native of Yuehui, paid tribute to the local people. During the reign of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty, when the people were in famine, Runtong spent a lot of money to buy rice to relieve the victims, and the Emperor gave it to the" righteous people. ". After his death, he was buried on the slope of Jiaochang, and an imperial monument was built in front of the tomb. " During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, officials and merchants of Lehui county (today's Qionghai City) paid homage to Ma Runtong's Tomb every year. After the Japanese invaders invaded Hainan, Ma Runtong's tomb was destroyed, and later the mausoleum garden was built by Ma's descendants.

Architectural pattern

The gate of the cemetery reads: "Emperor Ming ordered Ma Runtong cemetery.".

In the cemetery, fruit trees are luxuriant and fruitful. On the right side of the gate stands an imperial edict tablet of the Ming Dynasty, which is engraved with regular script "civil and military officials dismount here". It is dignified and vigorous, and the whole cemetery is solemn and solemn. On the left side of the gate is Weng Zhong, a stone carving of the Ming Dynasty. Although it has been eroded by more than 500 years of wind and rain, the cirrus cloud pattern is still visible. After entering the cemetery, you can walk up the stone steps to the mausoleum of Ma Runtong. There are two stone pens standing in front of the tomb. On the right, the running script of "moistening the people and comforting the king's heart in the country" is carved by modern people, and the original stone pen has been destroyed. On the left, the running script of Ming Dynasty is carved with "Tongyi, Da Guan, Si Naishi", which is full of ancient charm. There are still incense candles on the censer in front of the tomb, and some descendants of the national master or other tourists come to pay homage.

Ma Runtong mausoleum and stone inscriptions 500 years ago are rare local cultural heritage.

Address: Chaoyang ferry crossing between Qionghai City and Lecheng island.

Longitude: 110.52620697022

Latitude: 19.148572921753

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