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Tomb of Zhao Mengfu 赵孟頫墓Zhào Mèngfǔ Mù
National heritage site · Huzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Huzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tomb of Zhao Mengfu
The joint tomb of Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322), the leading painter and calligrapher of the Yuan dynasty, and his wife Guan Daosheng, herself a noted painter, on a hillside at Dongheng village in Luoshe, northern Deqing. The original mound had long gone, but excavation in 1992 found the stone burial chamber and a spirit way, and the restored tomb of 1993 is lined with stone horses and civil officials carved from Taihu stone.
How to get to Tomb of Zhao Mengfu
About 12 km by road north-east of Deqing station.
Nearby
- Wuzhen Water Town 乌镇 40 km
Stone bridges and lantern-lit canals in a water town that's best after dark - West Lake 西湖 40 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 40 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Deqing Proto-porcelain Kiln Sites 德清原始瓷窑址 (under 10 km), Xiazhu Lake Wetland 下渚湖湿地 (10 km), Shouchang Bridge 寿昌桥 (10 km), Tangxi Ancient Town 塘栖古镇 (20 km), Digang Village 荻港 (20 km), Xiagucheng Ancient City Site 下菰城遗址 (20 km).
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