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Tomb of Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) 郑成功墓Zhèng Chénggōng Mù
National heritage site · Quanzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Quanzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tomb of Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong)
The hillside family tomb of Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga), the Ming loyalist commander who defeated the Dutch East India Company on Taiwan at the siege of Fort Zeelandia in 1662 and died suddenly the same year. His remains were brought back to his home district and the tomb was built in 1699, holding him with his son and his father in nine chambers in three rows, fronted by a pair of carved stone columns and a stone lion. Items found in his coffin are shown at the Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall in nearby Shijing.
How to get to Tomb of Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong)
Near Shuitou town in southern Nan'an, about 35 km south-west of central Quanzhou by road.
Nearby
- Gulangyu Island 鼓浪屿 50 km
A car-free island of old villas, banyan trees and drifting piano music
Also within 20 km: Anping Bridge 安平桥 (under 10 km), Longshan Temple, Anhai 安海龙山寺 (under 10 km), Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum 英良石材自然历史博物馆 (under 10 km), Zhongxiandi Mansion, Shijing 中宪第 (10 km), Cai Family Old Residences 蔡氏古民居 (10 km), Nantian Temple Stone Buddhas 南天寺 (10 km).
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