Tomb of Shen Zhou

Tomb of Shen Zhou

Shen Zhou's tomb is located in the west of Shenzhou village, Xiangcheng Town, Wuxian City, Jiangsu Province. It is the tomb of Shen Zhou in Ming Dynasty. Shen Zhou (1427-1509), the word Qinan, No. Shitian. The famous painter of Ming Dynasty was born in a painting and calligraphy family in Xiangcheng Town, Changzhou county (now Wuxian City). Chen Mengxian, Du Qiong and Zhao Tonglu were teachers; Huang Tingjian, Zuo Qiuming, Bai Juyi, Su SWA and Lu You were poets. Shen Zhou has been a diligent painter for more than 70 years. Together with Tang Yin, Wen Huiming and Qiu Ying, he is known as the "four Ming schools" and an important member of the "Wumen School of painting".

Scenic spot address

Wu County, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Introduction to Shen Zhou's tomb

In addition, according to the "reminiscence of Shen Zhou's tomb", the area of the cemetery was very large, and it became desolate during the period of the Republic of China. In the 17th year of the Republic of China, Shen Yanliang, a descendant of the Shen family, built a stele Pavilion. The pavilion covers an area of 4.2 × 4.2 meters, with four stone pillars in the form of mountains. It contains the epitaph of Xu's wife of Shen Liangchen written by Zhang Yi of the Ming Dynasty, the epitaph of Mr. Shitian of Shen hermit written by Wang Wei of the Ming Dynasty, the epitaph of Shen Weishi (the eldest son of Shen Zhou) written by Wen Zhengming, the epitaph of Shen's stele Pavilion written by Shi Zhaolin of 1928, and Wu yinpei of the late Qing Dynasty in 1921 The stele inscribed "Tomb of Mr. Shen Shitian, a scholar of Ming Dynasty" is now kept in the tomb Pavilion.

During the Anti Japanese War, KMT troops built roads and military facilities, and tombstones and stone components were damaged. In 1958, the cemetery was destroyed again. In 1959, Shen Zhou's concubine and some of his ancestors' tombs were stolen and excavated. A minor repair was made in 1961. In 1983, the tomb road was repaired, the tombstone was rebuilt, and the pavilion was repaired. Wailuo city was rebuilt in 1993. At present, the cemetery is about 5 mu, with a height of 3 meters and a width of 2 meters. In 2004, with the tomb of Shen Zhou as the axis, the front and back ponds and the surrounding leisure land were connected to form a landscape, and the park of Shen Zhou's hometown was built.

The tomb of Shen Zhou is now a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province.

Address: Sixian Road, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou

Longitude: 120.72254180908

Latitude: 31.476001739502