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Tomb of Chen Qimei (Chen Yingshi) 陈英士墓Chén Yīngshì 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 Chen Qimei (Chen Yingshi)
The tomb of Chen Qimei (1878–1916), courtesy name Yingshi, a Huzhou-born revolutionary of the Tongmenghui who took Shanghai for the republicans in 1911 and was a close ally of Sun Yat-sen, on the eastern slope of Xian Hill on the southern edge of the city. Built in 1918 and enlarged in 1934, it has a granite memorial archway with an inscription in Sun Yat-sen's hand, a 100 m tomb path and a terrace with Sun's eulogy carved in stone; it was wrecked in the Cultural Revolution and rebuilt in the 1980s.
How to get to Tomb of Chen Qimei (Chen Yingshi)
About 3 km south of central Huzhou, 10 minutes by taxi.
Nearby
- Wuzhen Water Town 乌镇 40 km
Stone bridges and lantern-lit canals in a water town that's best after dark
Also within 20 km: Chaoyin Bridge 潮音桥 (under 10 km), Daochang Hill Prayer Inscription 道场山祈年题记 (under 10 km), Feiying Pagoda and the Gucheng Scenic Area 飞英塔 (under 10 km), Pangong Bridge 潘公桥 (under 10 km), Qianshanyang Site 钱山漾遗址 (under 10 km), Xiagucheng Ancient City Site 下菰城遗址 (under 10 km).
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