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Luoyang >> Hanguangwu Emperor State Tomb
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Attraction Typ: Historic Site |
| Location: City Centre - Central |
| Recommend: 4 Star |
Hanguangwu Emperor State Tomb
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Hanguangwu Emperor State Tomb is the tomb of Liu Xiu, the first emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. |
| Hanguangwu Emperor State Tomb(Chinese:汉光武陵;pinyin:hànguāngwǔlíng) is the tomb of Liu Xiu, the first emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which consists of Cemetery and Guangwu Ancestral Hall and occupies 66 thousand square meters of land. Located in Baihe countryside, Mengjin county, about 20 kilometers northeast of Luoyang city, the tomb is 20 meters high and 500 meters in circumference. In the Cemetery are five stone tablets engraved during the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and nearly 1500 cypress trees planted during the Sui and Tang dynasties. The cypress trees, popularly named Xingbai, are China's only unique arbor species. old cypresses within the cemetery which sorrounded by low wall, the atomsphere looked very solemn. |
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