Tomb of a Bing

Tomb of a Bing

In the south of Chunshen stream and the east of Huishan mountain, there is the tomb of Hua Yanjun, an outstanding Chinese folk musician.

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Hua Yanjun (1893-1950) can play all kinds of musical instruments, especially erhu and pipa. After his father died at the age of 22, he inherited his father's career and became a Taoist in leizun hall. He composed a lot of music during this period. After 1947, he made a living by repairing huqin. After the liberation of Wuxi, Yang Yinliu, a professor of the Central Conservatory of music, recorded three erhu songs such as "Er Quan Ying Yue", "ting song" and "Han Chun Feng Qu" and three other Pipa songs for him, which were the "best songs" to be rescued. After a Bing died of illness in December 1950, he was buried near the "yiheshanfang" Taoist cemetery at the foot of can mountain in the western suburb of Wuxi, which was destroyed during the cultural revolution. In May 1979, Mr. Han Keyuan, a well-known painter and calligrapher in Wuxi, found it in a farmer's pigsty and donated it to Wuxi Museum after cleaning. In 1953, a memorial tombstone was set up in Xihui park. In 1986, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Wuxi City. The current cemetery covers an area of 742 square meters. The main body is composed of tomb walls and wing walls, which are shaped like a music stage. The new tombstone is composed of Chinese Music Research Institute, Wuxi wenlianli and Yang yinliushu. In front of the tomb stands a bronze statue of a Bing, a blind man, and a sculpture by Qian Shaowu. In the southeast of the tomb, there is a natural stone shaped like a Taoist reclining. It is vivid and imaginative.

Address: 2 Huihe Road

Longitude: 120.27048960061

Latitude: 31.577690002302