Tomb of Zheng Chenggong

Tomb of Zheng Chenggong

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Zheng Chenggong tomb generally refers to Zheng Chenggong tomb

On February 1, 1962, to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan, the Fujian Provincial People's government appropriated funds to repair and rebuild the monument. In 1982, the State Council of the people's Republic of China announced it as a national key cultural relics protection unit. In the same year, the state again allocated funds to renovate the tomb path and steps, build mountain gates and walls, and build one stone structure rest Pavilion on both sides of the tomb. The depository was established in 1989.

The origin of history

Zheng Chenggong is a great national hero in China. He was born in Shijing, Nan'an, Fujian Province. He was born in an official and commercial family. In 1624 (the fourth year of the Apocalypse), on the 14th of the seventh lunar month, it was born in qianlibang, Pinghu City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. He spent seven spring and autumn years in Japan. In 1630 (the third year of Chongzhen), he went back to China with his uncle Zhiyan and lived in Zhengfu, Anping (Anhai Town, Jinjiang City).

Zheng Chenggong was smart and agile when he was young. At the age of eight, he could read four books and five classics, and at the age of ten, he could write Eight Legged essays. His articles were brilliant and elegant. At the age of eleven or two, he also studied Zuozhuan in the spring and Autumn period, the art of war in the Wu Dynasty, and learned to shoot with sword. At the age of 21, Chen Sheng, 15, entered the Imperial College of the Imperial College of Nanjing. He was magnificent and brilliant. He was praised by his teacher: "this man is a hero, not a man to be compared with." Emperor Longwu of the Ming Dynasty saw that Chenggong was young, handsome, good at both literature and martial arts. On the day he asked, "the country is in danger. Why do you follow me?" He said to him, "Wen is not greedy for money, Wu is not afraid of death, and the country can be protected." Emperor Longwu praised him very much, that is, he was given the same surname and changed his name to "Chenggong". He was appointed the commander of the central army in the imperial camp, and was granted the Shangfang sword and the instrument attached to the horse. He was known as "the Lord of the state surname".

Achievements of the tomb owner

Zheng Chenggong's greatest achievements in his life were to recover Taiwan, expel the Dutch invaders and develop Taiwan on a large scale.

On December 3, 1661, the 15th year of Yongli, more than 30000 troops, mostly from Quanzhou, drove the Dutch invaders away from Taiwan. Zheng Chenggong realized his great ambition of recovering and developing Taiwan. At that time, he once wrote a poem: "open up the hazelnut to drive the lotus and barbarians, and overcome the Xianji in ten years. Tian Heng still has three thousand passengers, so I can't bear to leave. “

After the recovery of Taiwan, he visited the four societies to learn about the people's situation and social situation. On the desolate island of Taiwan, he practiced the method of "putting troops in agriculture" to open up wasteland. "When there is a gap in the countryside, he will be trained in military affairs, when there is a police, he will fight, and when there is no police, he will be responsible for farming.". At that time, the environment of Taiwan's newly developed land was very bad, and miasma was prevalent. "Seven or eight out of ten people were sick, and there were many dead people." even there were tens of giant boa constrictors. The task of opening up wasteland was very arduous. Zheng Chenggong personally led the officers and soldiers to actively develop it. At the same time, he took various measures to strengthen Taiwan's coastal defense, stick to his position, and avoid "revenge" by the Dutch invaders, so as to regain Taiwan.

Zheng Chenggong led the army to cut through the thorns, shed blood and sweat, and made arduous pioneering work. Due to ten years of war, galloping on the battlefield, he died of illness on the eighth day of the fifth lunar month in the 16th year of Yongli (1662). He died in Taiwan at the age of nine. He was buried in tsaiwei, Tainan, Taiwan.

Anecdotes and allusions

After more than 30 years, his grandson Zheng Kelong came down to the Qing Dynasty and moved his coffin to Nan'an County on May 22, the 38th year of Kangxi (1699). Zheng's Zuying, who was buried in Kangdian village, was accompanied by the coffin of his son Zheng Jing. At that time, Emperor Kangxi, in addition to sending officers and soldiers to protect the coffin, also gave a pair of couplets, saying: "there are more than two hearts in four towns, and the two island troops dare to fight for half of the wall to the southeast; only when the kings have no defense, can they know that there are lonely loyalties overseas. "Later, the imperial guards were sent to guard the tombs.

In 1929, Zheng's mausoleum was stolen, and two stone epitaphs were immediately rescued. One was erected when Zheng Jing returned to his hometown in 1674 to build his ancestor's tomb. The other is the epitaph of the ancestor of Zheng's return to the tomb written by ZHENG Ke Long.

Zheng Chenggong's coffin is made of two layers, one of which is painted with vermilion Xianze. The coffin is full of mercury, and the skeleton is intact. Take out a helmet, a Dragon Robe, 17 pieces of jade inlaid with jade belt around the waist, a pair of shoes and boots, and hair and other precious first-class cultural relics, which are collected by Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall in Shijing, Nan'an.

When Qian was buried in zuyingle zhaigong, there were his father Zheng Zhilong, his mother and his wife's tomb family. After moving, the tombstone was erected again. The tomb was made of water cement triad. The tombstone was carved with granite. The tombstone was 75 cm high, 15.8 cm long and "mountain" shaped. The whole tomb area covered an area of 997 square meters, There is a lion carved on the top, which is well preserved. There are nine pairs of flagpoles on both sides of the tomb, five on the left and four on the right. One of them is engraved with the word "Shuzi Nian Jieyuan".

By the end of 2019, we will expand the protection enclosure, build a large enclosure of the cemetery, build a cultural relic storage center, build a Cemetery Road and a special line, green trees and plants, and build a stele Pavilion. The environment is spacious and the scenery is beautiful. It is a good place to visit and worship "guoxingye" at home and abroad.

Introduction to Mausoleum

At the foot of olive mountain, Shuitou Town, Nan'an County, Fujian Province. It covers an area of 998 square meters. Zheng Chenggong (1624-1662), a native of Shijing, Nan'an County, was a national hero who resisted Dutch invasion and recovered and developed Taiwan in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. In April of 1661, the 15th year of Yongli, with the support of the people of Taiwan, the Dutch invaders were forced to surrender on December 13 (February 1, 1662) and Taiwan returned to the motherland.

He died on May 8, 1662 (June 23, 1662) and was buried in tsaiwei, Tainan. On May 22, 1699, the 38th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, he was moved to the ancestral Tomb of the Zheng family. Accompanied by his son Zheng Jing and other coffins. The tomb is made of three kinds of earth, facing east and West. The plane is in the shape of wind. It is divided into three rows and nine rooms. The middle room in the second row is Zheng Chenggong's tomb. In front of the tomb, there is a pair of shihuabiao, 14 meters high, with a lion sitting on the top; there are nine pairs of stone splints, five on the left and four on the right, one of which is engraved with "Jieyuan in the year of Wuzi".

In 1929, a total of 17 jade belts with dragon and bird patterns were found in the tomb. They are large, medium and small rectangular and round peach shapes respectively. Some precious cultural relics, such as hair, fragments of dragon robes, and cloth boot covers, are also unearthed. They were first preserved in Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall in Shijing, Nan'an. In front of the tomb, there is a stone table and a granite tombstone. The tombstone is inscribed with the inscription "Ming Shi Jing Le Zhai Zheng Gong, Shu Shen Guo Shi, Qiao Zi's fifth, sixth and seventh grandsons.".

Recently, the Zheng Chenggong Research Association of Nan'an City revealed that a copy of the imperial edict of the Qing Dynasty was found in Shijing, revealing that the tomb of Zheng Chenggong and his wife was moved back to Nan'an's hometown from Taiwan. The manuscript also confirmed once again that Zheng Chenggong's tomb was in Nan'an.

Reporter interview

During the interview, the reporter learned that the manuscript was collected in Shijing Zheng's descendant's place, and it was kept secret by a special person.

The manuscript contains three parts of precious content. One is the content that Zheng Kelong (the grandson of Zheng Chenggong) asked the emperor to move his grandfather Zheng Chenggong's tomb back to Nan'an. The second is the emperor's "will": "emperor shengzuren in the 39th year of Kangxi ordered that Zhu Chenggong was a descendant of the Ming Dynasty, not a bandit of me. He sent officials to escort Chenggong and Zijing's coffins, buried them in Nan'an, and built a memorial temple for them." The third is "the preface to the establishment of the special ancestral hall for the prince of Yanping in accordance with the decree". According to Zheng Xinxin and Xu Qingfang of the Research Association, Emperor Kangxi first agreed to the request for Zheng Chenggong's tomb to be buried in Nan'an's hometown, and second approved the construction of a memorial temple. According to the research of later generations, Zheng Chenggong temple was built in Tainan at that time. The emperor's will was only half carried out, and the tomb was moved to Shuitou of Nan'an. However, the temple was not built immediately in Shijing of Nan'an, but later.

According to reports, the imperial edict showed that the emperor sent officials to escort "Chenggong and Zijing coffins to Nanan". In fact, the relocation included the coffins of Zheng Chenggong and his wife, the coffins of Zheng Jingjing and the wooden owner of Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong.

It is understood that after Zheng Chenggong's coffin was moved from Taiwan to his hometown of Nan'an, it was "buried" in yingnei, the ancestor of "Le Zhai Gong". Due to the relationship of seniority, there is no name of Zheng Chenggong on the tombstone. But because Zheng Chenggong is famous all over the world, people call it "Zheng Chenggong tomb".

Later, the tomb was listed in the national key cultural relics protection.

It is understood that the tomb is located in the olive mountain of Shuitou Kangdian village, Nan'an.

Encounter robbery

After Zheng Chenggong's tomb was moved back to Nan'an from Taiwan, it was unfortunately robbed twice.

Who stole the hero's tomb? No way to know.

As early as one night in the May of the lunar calendar in 1929, the tomb of Zheng Chenggong was excavated, and the Zheng family rushed to the tomb after hearing the news.

At that time, several places were hit on the top of the tomb, but they didn't get through. The robbers finally dug a hole in the table in front of the tomb, but only arrived at the epitaph hall and interrupted the epitaph. Maybe the grave robbers escaped as the day was getting light.

When he was alive, the old man who witnessed the arrangement of Zheng Chenggong's tomb recalled that what the tomb robbers found was the tomb where the objects were buried, that is, the epitaph hall. There are many official costumes inside, but we don't pay attention to them. They are moved out and stacked on the tomb table outside the tomb. Some of them rot immediately. Later, it was said that the official uniform could be used as a medicine to ward off evil spirits, so many villagers came to tear it, and only a little bit of it was collected by the memorial.

It is said that Zheng Chenggong's coffin was painted in vermilion. The coffin was painted in red after six layers of paint. It is solid and moisture-proof. When the coffin was opened, there was a layer of mercury under it. The bones were still in the shape of human beings immersed in mercury. The bones were still intact, and they were wearing dragon robes,

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