Wogong tomb

Wogong tomb

There are many steles in front of the tomb of Wogong. One of the existing steles was set up by the Anti Japanese National Salvation Association of Tianchang County in 1932, with the inscription: "the Ming imperial edict bestowed on Zhenyuan general, all of whom commanded the military officers to defend the Japanese and died in the tomb of wogongtian." A total of 25 tombs were cleared in sanjiaowei Han tombs. Except for one in the late Warring States period, the rest were in the early and Middle Western Han Dynasty. These tombs are concentrated in an area of about 1000 square meters, 2.5 to 3 meters deep from the surface of the earth. They are divided into two types: single burial for one person and joint burial for two persons. They are all rectangular earth pit tombs with coffins as burial utensils. Most of them have different shapes and sizes from north to south. There are many kinds of cultural relics unearthed, including 748 pieces of bronze, iron, lacquer, wood, jade, pottery, agate, glass, silver, horn, etc.

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It is on the south side of Tianchang Yangzhou highway in qiujiawan, Tianchang east gate.

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Wogong, that is, wotian, was born in Dengzhou, Shandong Province. In 1546, Wujinshi was the commander of Zhejiang Department. He was also the commander of Jinshi and Yizheng garrison. In the 32nd year of Jiajing (1553), the Japanese invaders invaded Yangzhou and attacked Tianchang, who was defeated six miles to the east of the city. While pursuing the Japanese pirates, wo was unfortunately trapped in the marshes and killed. This is a gift to the general of Zhenyuan. The people read their merits and virtues and built tombs and ancestral temples.

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Tomb No. 1 of the main tomb, 4.8 meters long and 3.5 meters wide, is a couple's tomb with more than 380 objects. Five seals of jade, silver, copper and wood were unearthed from the tomb. The owner of the tomb, Huan Ping, was a visitor to the Royal Palace of Guangling in the western Han Dynasty. A wooden lacquer seal was unearthed from tomb 19. According to the surname Huan of the two tombs and the inscriptions of "huanle", "Huanan" and "Dahuan" on many lacquerware, the tombs of the Han Dynasty in sanjiaowei were identified as the tombs of the Huan family.

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East suburb of Tianchang City - east side of ximatang

Address: south side of Tianyang highway, qiujiawan, Tianchang City

Longitude: 119.03987884522

Latitude: 32.674777984619