Tomb of Wang Dabao

Wang Dabao's tomb is located in Shenqian mountain, Shenqian village, Guihu Town, Chao'an county. It covers an area of about 4 Mu and was built in 1170, the sixth year of Qiandao in Song Dynasty. To the west of the cemetery, the tombstone is about 2.3 meters high, and the regular script is engraved with the inscription "Song Li Bu Shang Shu Da Bao Wang cemetery". In front of the tomb, there are 14 large stone carvings of the Southern Song Dynasty, including Weng Zhong, Shi Shi, Shi Yang, Shi Zhu, Shi Wang Zhu and Shi ma. The lines of the stone carvings are rough and the craft is simple and simple, reflecting the level and style of carving art of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is one of the few large stone carvings of the Song Dynasty in Guangdong Province.

Tomb of Wang Dabao

Wang Dabao's tomb is located in Shenqian mountain, Shenqian village, Guihu Town, Chao'an district. It is commonly known as chenjiangyue, covering an area of about 4 mu. It was built in 1170, the sixth year of Qiandao in Song Dynasty. It is one of the few large stone carvings of Song Dynasty in Guangdong Province. In 1989, Wang Dabao tomb was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province.

Traffic information

You can take the Guihu bus.

Main attractions

Wang Dabao's tomb, covering an area of about 4 mu, was built in 1170, the sixth year of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty. The tombstone is about 2.3 meters high. In regular script, it is inscribed with "the tomb of dabaowang, the Minister of rites of Song Dynasty". In front of the tomb is a large group of stone carvings of the Southern Song Dynasty, including Weng Zhong, Shi Shi, Shi Yang, Shi Zhu, Shi Wang Zhu, Shi Ma and so on. Each of them weighs a thousand jin and is symmetrically arranged on both sides of the tomb. The tomb was built in the form of a quadrangle, with civil servants and bodyguards in the vestibule and atrium, up to 2.3 meters high. These stone carvings are characterized by rough lines, simple craftsmanship, powerful massiness and extraordinary momentum, which fully reflect the carving art level and style of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Profile

Wang Dabao (1094 ~ 1170) character turtle, Haiyang County Guihu Tangtou people, "Chaozhou eight sages" one. He ranked first in the court examination in the second year of Jianyan (1128) of the Southern Song Dynasty, and later lived as a minister of rites. Wang Dabao has always advocated fighting against foreign aggression and resented the capture of Bianjing, the capital of Northern Song Dynasty, by Jin Dynasty. Because he dared to fight against Qin Hui in the imperial court, he was nicknamed "King Tiger".

Yu Longxing (1164), Emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty, was humiliated by Jin Dynasty to seek peace, which was called "Longxing peace negotiation" in history. Wang Dabao resigned when he saw that the imperial court was corrupt and incompetent. When he died of illness, Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty gave him the hometown of imperial burial. Up to now, the word "imperial burial" is still engraved in front of his tombstone.

Address: shenqianshan, Guihu Town, Chao'an county, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 116.613111

Latitude: 23.766572