Seven kings' grave

Tomb of Prince Chun

synonym

The tomb of seven kings generally refers to the tomb of Prince Chun

Prince Chun's tomb, also known as Qiwang's tomb, is located in Guxiang Road, Beimiao peak, west of Beian River, Haidian District, Beijing. It is the mausoleum of Yichen, the first generation Prince of Chun Xian in the late Qing Dynasty. Yichen, the seventh son of Emperor Daoguang, was granted the title of Prince Chun at the age of 17. Later, he was awarded the title of "hereditary monarch" for assisting Empress Dowager Cixi to launch the Beijing coup In 1891, Yi Chen died. After his death, the Qing Dynasty held a funeral for him according to the emperor's ceremony and buried him in Miaofeng Mountain.

On October 7, 2019, Prince Chun's tomb was approved by the State Council of the people's Republic of China and announced as the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Historical evolution

The site of the seven kings tomb was the sacred place of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. The perfume house, one of the eight hills of the Western Hills, refers to this place. Prince Chun was ill in Weixiu garden when he was alive. He went to Xiangtang hall in Xishan and took a fancy to this place. Cixi and Guangxu gave 50000 Liang silver to buy mountain tombs. The Qiwang tomb was built in 1868 and completed in 1900. The cemetery has four Roofs: the one in the middle is the tomb of seven kings Yi Chen, and the three smaller ones on the left and right are the tombs of his three wives.

architectural composition

The yinzhai of qiwangfen is divided into three layers according to the mountain situation, and courtyard walls are built around it.

From low to high, layers of orderly, along more than 100 steps up, the first to see is the stele tower, the inscription records the life of Prince acid. There are several stout and straight ancient pines in the west of the stele tower. Behind the stele tower is a stone arch bridge. At the top of the stone steps is the tomb of the seven kings. To the north of the cemetery is the Yangzhai of qiwangfen. The house is composed of four courtyards, including ancestral hall, hall, corridor, garden, etc. There are dozens of large and small buildings in the courtyard. There is a stone tablet in a hall with the lowest floor across the courtyard in the north, which records the process of building the seven kings' tomb.

Cultural relics protection

On October 7, 2019, Prince Chun's tomb was approved by the State Council of the people's Republic of China and announced as the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Address: qiwangfen village, Sujiatuo, Haidian District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.089733

Latitude: 40.089695