Tomb of Tang Zhou

Tomb of Tang Zhou

Tang Zhou's tomb is located in Taogong mountain, Yunlong Town. It consists of three tombs of Tang Zhou and his two wives. Tang Zhou's tomb was destroyed and stolen by a theft gang on February 28, 2008. A big pit has been dug at the bottom of the tomb of the eldest lady in the middle, and a hole has been pried open in the brick and stone above the tomb. Due to the timely discovery of Haikou police, although the tomb was damaged, the cultural relics in the tomb were not stolen.

Tang Zhou (1471-1539) was born in the east of Fucheng (now pandan village, Haikou City). In 1502, he was a Jinshi of renwuke in the 15th year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty. He was once the head of Shanxi division of Hubu, the political envoy of Guangxi, and the left servant of Beijing Hubu. He is the author of jiangminhuling Dutai Zhi, Qiongtai Zhi, Xizhou cungao, Chuanfang Ji, etc.

In November 1994, Tang Zhou tomb was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Hainan Province. In 2003, with the support of government funding and private donations, on the basis of the original tomb has been destroyed, the construction of Tang Zhou tomb began to repair as "Tang Zhou Memorial Garden". In front of the tomb, there are stone Ding furnace, stone candle, altar and other sacrificial utensils. On both sides of the Shinto, there are symmetrical stone figurines, stone horses, stone sheep, stone cattle and other Ming Dynasty original objects.

Address: south side of Taogong mountain, Boshi village, Yunlong Town, Haikou City

Longitude: 110.398917

Latitude: 19.822593996602

Ticket information: no ticket required.