Tomb of pukhadin

Puhading tomb is an ancient tomb of Chinese Islamic sages. Commonly known as "huihuitang", also known as "Baba kiln". The cemetery was originally designed for burying puhadin, and later some Arabs were buried one after another. The cemetery is a typical Arabian architecture, which was first built in the 13th century in the Southern Song Dynasty.

It is said that pukhadin is the 16th grandson of Ali branch, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad of Islam. During the reign of Xianchun (1265-1274 A.D.) of the Southern Song Dynasty, he came to Yangzhou to preach. On July 20, the first year of dehu (1275 A.D.), he died of illness in a boat going south from Tianjin. According to his instructions, he was buried in Gaogang on the Bank of the ancient Yunhe River in the east of Yangzhou city.

The whole cemetery building is divided into three parts. The first part is the tomb area, in which there are the tomb of puhading and other Arab tombstones; the second part is the mosque, which is the place for believers to worship; the third part is the eastern suburb park. In addition, there are some Arabic tombstones left over from the Yuan Dynasty.

Tomb of pukhadin

Puhading tomb, a national key cultural relics protection unit, is an ancient tomb of Chinese Islamic sages. Commonly known as "huihuitang", also known as "Baba kiln". In today's Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Jiefang Bridge NaNTU, canal east huihuitang.

historical origin

The tomb of puhading was built in the late Southern Song Dynasty and rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty. The front gate is inscribed with "the tomb of puhading, a sage of the western regions". It is said that pukhadin is the 16th grandson of Ali branch, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad of Islam. During the reign of Xianchun (1265-1274) of the Southern Song Dynasty, he came to Yangzhou to preach. On July 20, the first year of dehu (1275), he died of illness in a boat going south from Tianjin.

According to his instructions, he was buried in Gaogang on the Bank of the ancient Yunhe River in the east of Yangzhou city. The internal architecture is divided into two parts: temple and tomb area. The temple includes chapel and water house. The tombstone is engraved with the following words: "in the first year of song Deyou, the great sage of the western regions, the great sage of the 16th generation, made up Harding; in the third year of song Jingyan, the great sage of the western regions, saganda; in the first year of Chenghua, the great sage of the western regions, Mahmoud; in the fifth year of Chenghua, the great sage of the western regions, jamaluding; and in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, the great sage of the western regions, farna." There are also tombs and pagodas of Muslims in Ming Dynasty.

Layout structure

The tomb of puhadin is an Arabic style building with a square plan, an area of about 14 square meters and a pavilion of 3.5 meters high. The inner part is a round vault, and the outer part is a tubular tile roof with four corners. There is an arch on each side of the four brick walls. The tomb is in the center of the tomb Pavilion. There is a five level rectangular blue stone tomb top, and the Koran inscription is engraved around. Inside the entrance passage of the cemetery, there is a stone tablet, a brief historical record of the sages, which is a biography of puharding in 1908. In the tomb area, there is a large capped low wall inlaid with four tombstones of the Yuan Dynasty Arabs.

It was excavated in 1927 when the horse guard building outside the South Gate of Yangzhou was demolished and then moved here.

protective measures

Puhading cemetery, commonly known as huihuitang, is located in the south of Jiefang Bridge and on the East Bank of Guyun River in Yangzhou city. Pukhadin, the 16th grandson of Saint Muhammad, came to Yangzhou to preach during the reign of emperor Xianchun of the Southern Song Dynasty (1265-1274). This cemetery was originally designed for burying pukhadin, and later some Arabs were buried one after another. It was first built in the 13th century in the Southern Song Dynasty. Emperor Yongle of Ming Dynasty regarded the cemetery as a national treasure and issued an edict to protect it.

Built many times

The Qing government also built the tomb Pavilion for many times. On the wall of the pavilion, there is also a "historical tablet of the sages" built when the cemetery was rebuilt in the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu. The inscription is carved in Chinese characters, which gives a brief account of puharding's missionary work in China. The cemetery faces west and the pavilion is in Arabic style. The main gate is near the river, and the stone inscription on the front of the gate is "the tomb of puhading, the forerunner of the western regions" and "the reconstruction of Qianlong Bingchen". Hall 3 Ying south side, for the mosque, face southeast Ying.

Along the stone steps, it reaches the entrance hall of the tomb area of "tianfangjuao", with three Ying in the hall and a sharp top in four corners. In the courtyard, there are three couplets in the North Pavilion and three in the East Pavilion. Two tomb pavilions opposite north and South were built near beixuan. After the pavilion is the tomb Pavilion of puhading. The pavilion is square in plane, with arches on the four walls, four corners with pointed tile roofs, and an arched dome on the inner layer. The tomb is buried underground in the center of the pavilion, and the ground is built into a five level rectangular tomb tower with bluestone. In the northeast of the tomb Pavilion, there is a 700 year old Ginkgo biloba tree, which is old and has a peculiar posture. The whole cemetery building is divided into three parts.

Activity place

The first part is the tomb area, in which there are the tomb of puhading and other Arab tombstones; the second part is the mosque, which is the place for believers to worship; the third part is the eastern suburb park. In addition, there are some Arabic tombstones left over from the Yuan Dynasty.

Address: jiefangqiao NaNTU, No.167, Wenchang Middle Road, Guangling District, Yangzhou City

Longitude: 119.454465

Latitude: 32.394908

Tour time: 40 minutes

Traffic information: jiefangqiao station, No.2, 12, 32, 33, 45, 52, 58, 88, 210

Ticket information: 12 yuan

Opening hours: 8:00-17:00