Tomb of the King of Boni 浡泥国王墓Bóní Guówáng Mù

About Tomb of the King of Boni

The tomb of Maharaja Karna (Abdul Majid Hassan), ruler of Boni, a state on Borneo sometimes considered a forerunner of modern Brunei, who came to the Ming court in Nanjing in 1408 and died there that autumn at the age of 28. The Yongle Emperor had him buried with honours south of the city, and a spirit way lined with stone warriors, grooms, horses, tigers and rams leads to the grave mound; a small exhibition room was added in the early 2000s. Forgotten after the Ming, the tomb was rediscovered in 1958 and is one of only two tombs of foreign rulers in China.

How to get to Tomb of the King of Boni

In a park at the southern foot of Wugui Hill in Yuhuatai District, about 1.5 km west of Ruanjian Dadao station on Metro Line 1.

Nearby

• City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 under 10 km
  The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
• Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 under 10 km
  Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai
• Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 10 km
  A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb

Also within 20 km: Nanjing Science and Technology Museum 南京科技馆 (under 10 km), Yuhuatai (Rain Flower Terrace) 雨花台 (under 10 km), Great Bao'en Temple Heritage Park 大报恩寺遗址公园 (under 10 km), Jinling Arsenal (Chenguang 1865 Creative Park) 金陵兵工厂旧址 (under 10 km), Zhan Garden 瞻园 (under 10 km), Nanjing Eye Footbridge & Hexi Riverside 南京眼 (under 10 km).

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