I am embarrassed to say that I am Chinese even if I cannot recite a few Tang poems. The status of Tang poems in Chinese poetry is self-evident and has penetrated into the blood of every Chinese. In the world of Tang poetry, there are even more dazzling stars such as the poet Li Bai and the poet sage Du Fu. Except for a few graveyards that are difficult to find, most of the graveyards of some of the most famous poets of the Tang Dynasty are still preserved to this day. This also shows the love and respect that people of all dynasties have for them. Let's take a look at the last resting places of famous poets. If you are interested in visiting these places, you must remember to take the time to remember these great poets who will never die.
Li Bai’s tomb is located next to Gujia Natural Village, Taibai Administrative Village, Taibai Town, Dangtu County, Ma’anshan City, Anhui Province. In the first year of Tang Baoying (762), Li Bai died, and Li Yangbing, the magistrate of Dangtu County, buried him at the east foot of Longshan Mountain in the south of the city. In the twelfth year of Tang Yuanhe (817), he was moved to the current location. Li Bai's tomb covers an area of ??100 acres and is divided into three parts: front, middle and back. There are archways, Taibai Forest of Steles, Tiaoqing Pavilion, Taibai Temple, Li Bai's Tomb, Shiyong Pavilion, Qinglian Academy, Bonsai Garden and other attractions. Li Bai's tomb completely preserves the shape of the tombs of famous people in the Tang Dynasty. Taibai Temple and Xiangtang focus on the architectural style of clan ancestral halls in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The "Song Stele" details Li Bai's life experience and poetic achievements. The "Taibai Forest of Steles" is inlaid with famous inscriptions. There are 106 steles of Li Bai's classic poems from various periods written by calligraphers.
There are eight tombs of Du Fu in the country. According to the "Old Book of Tang Dynasty", it is located in Shouyang Mountain, Yanshi, Henan Prefecture (now Shouyang Mountain, Yanshi, Luoyang), and also in Xiaotian Village, Pingjiang County, Hunan Province. There are tombs, and the more controversial tomb in Leiyang is the Yiguan Tomb. Later generations generally believe that Du Fu finally died in a boat on the river. After his death, his son Zong Wu was unable to bury his father, so he had to keep his father's coffin. It was not until more than 40 years later that his grandson Du Siye moved Du Fu's coffin and buried his grandfather in Shouyang Mountain, Luoyang.
The Tomb of King Luo Bin is located at the foot of Langshan Mountain, one of the eight famous Buddhist mountains in the east of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. King Luo Bin (619-?), a native of Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, composed "Ode to the Goose" when he was seven years old and was known as a "child prodigy". As one of the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty", he occupies an important position in the history of literature. In 684 AD, King Luo Bin followed Xu Jingye in launching an army to attack Wu Zetian, and wrote the famous "An Exhortation to Wu Zetian".
The Tomb of Bai Juyi is located on the Pipa Peak of Longmen East Mountain, 13 kilometers south of Luoyang City. It is a small and beautiful garden surrounded by mountains and rivers. The Bai Garden covers an area of ??40 acres. Here the east and west mountains face each other. Baiyuan (Bai Juyi's Tomb) is named after Bai Juyi, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, is buried here. Baiyuan includes the entire Pipa Peak at the east end of Longmen Bridge, covering an area of ??about 44 acres. It is divided into three areas: Qinggu, Tomb, and Poetry Gallery. It is a monumental garden building designed and constructed based on the poet's personality, the style of the Tang Dynasty, and the principles of being appropriate to nature. . The front door is the Qinggu area, with bamboo paths, hanging waterfalls, lotus ponds, and Tang Dynasty-style buildings such as Le Tiantang, Tingyi Pavilion, and Songfeng Pavilion. There is a statue of Bai Juyi in Paradise. In the middle of the garden is the tomb area, which includes a tomb, a 24-ton natural stone stele, the Wutou Gate, the climbing path, and the stele tower. The entire tomb area is lush with green cypresses and fragrant with exotic flowers. The Poetry Gallery area is located on the hillside to the north of the tomb, displaying white poem inscriptions and poetic tile murals written and depicted by contemporary calligraphers and painters.
Wang Wei’s tomb is located 60 meters east of Baijiaping Village, Wangchuan Township, Lantian County, Shaanxi Province. In front of the cemetery is the bank of the Wangchuan River at the foot of Feiyun Mountain. The original cemetery is about 13.3 acres. Wang Wei studied Zen and understood philosophy, studied Zhuang Daoism, and was proficient in poetry, calligraphy, painting, music, etc. He was famous among Kaiyuan and Tianbao for his poems, which were especially long in five words and mostly eulogized about landscapes and countryside. Together with Meng Haoran, he was known as "Wang Meng". Known as the "Poetry Buddha"? His calligraphy and painting were so exquisite that later generations regarded him as the ancestor of Nanzong landscape painting. Su Shi commented on him: "When you taste Mojie's poems, there are paintings in the poems; when you look at Mojie's paintings, there are poems in the paintings." There are more than 400 poems in existence, and representative poems include "Acacia", "Mountain Dwelling in the Autumn Twilight" and so on. His works include "The Collection of Wang Youcheng" and "Secrets of Painting".
There are three tombs of Li Shangyin. One is located in the northwest of Jianglingbao Village, Xuliang Town, Boai County. There is a tombstone in front of the tomb saying "Li Shangyin's Tomb, a National Cultural Relics Protection Unit", because the 4th National Li Shangyin Symposium was held in Boai County. , expanded on the original site. The current tomb area is surrounded by bluestone walls, which are circular in shape and eight meters in diameter, and are paved with blue bricks. There is a tombstone in front of the tree. The head of the monument is carved as a coiled dragon. The seal character "Tomb of Li Shangyin" is written in the middle of the front of the monument. The upper part of the monument is engraved with a brief introduction to Li Shangyin's life. It was written by Liu Xuekai, the third president of the China Li Shangyin Research Association, and the fourth China Li Shangyin Research Association. Chairman Dong Naibin inscribed a plaque "Li Shangyin's Hometown" for Boai County. The second is located in the south of Miaohou Village of Qinhuai Office on the south bank of Qinhe River, 1.5 kilometers east of Qinyang City. The cemetery is 76 meters wide from east to west and 242 meters deep from north to south, with a total area of ??18,400 square meters. The third is the tomb of Li Shangyin in Xingyang. There is no formal cemetery. The tomb is located in a farmland about 200 meters south of Alfalfa Bay Village. According to the Xingyang government website, the tomb is about 4.2 meters high, 10.4 meters long from east to west, and 10.6 meters wide from north to south. There are no tombstones, and the graves are covered with dead trees and weeds. It is now a cultural relic protection unit in Zhengzhou City and Xingyang City.
Jia Dao’s Tomb is located in Anquan Mountain in the southern suburbs of Anyue County, Sichuan Province. It is 12 meters long, 3 meters wide and 3 meters high, and is made of stone. In the fifth year of Kaicheng of the Tang Dynasty (AD 840), when Jia Dao was 61 years old, he moved to Puzhou (now Anyue County, Sichuan) and served as Sicang to join the army. After he took office, he organized lectures. In his spare time from government affairs, he often went to the South Tower (the building across the street outside the South Gate, demolished in 1958) to read and write poems.
In the third year of Huichang in the Tang Dynasty (843), the imperial court promoted Jia Dao to Puzhou Sihu to join the army. He took the lead without being ordered to do so. He was 64 years old. The body was buried at the foot of Anquan Mountain in the south of Anyue County. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795), Anyue County Magistrate Xu Guanhai (from Qiantang, Zhejiang Province) built the "Slim Poetry Pavilion" in front of the tomb. Later, the county magistrate Fei Xianzhong rebuilt it and erected an archway, which still exists today.
The tomb of Liu Yuxi is located on the high ground of Liu Village, Langwo, Yulong Town, south of the intersection of National Highway 310 and Zhengshang Road, Xingyang City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. It was called Tanshan in ancient times. On March 4, 1987, the Zhengzhou Municipal People's Government announced it as a cultural relic protection unit in Zhengzhou. Liu Yuxi was excellent in poetry and prose, and covered a wide range of subjects. He was known as "Liu Liu" together with Liu Zongyuan, "Three Heroes" together with Wei Yingwu and Bai Juyi, and "Liu Bai" together with Bai Juyi. Famous works such as "Poems of Willow Branches" and "Wo Yi Xiang". Three philosophical works, "On Heaven", discuss the materiality of heaven and analyze the origin of "Destiny Theory", which has materialistic ideas. He is the author of "Collected Works of Liu Mengde" and "Collected Works of Liu Guests".
Liu Zongyuan’s tomb is located in Liuhou Park, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Liu Zongyuan died of illness in Liuzhou in the 14th year of Tang Yuanhe (819 AD). The following year, the coffin was transported back to Qifengyuan, Wannian County, Jingzhao (now Xi'an, Shaanxi). "Liuzhou County Chronicle" records: "Zong Yuan originally lived in Guzhou. Although his wife was helped to return, the seal remains." This seal is the current Liu Zongyuan Yiguan Tomb. The original rough stone tomb was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. The tombstone is inscribed "The Tomb of Liu Gong Zongyuan, Marquis Wenhui of the Tang Dynasty" and has a couplet "Wen can live long and benefit the people." The tomb was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. It was restored in 1974, and Guo Moruo inscribed a stele: "The Tomb of Liu Zongyuan in the Tang Dynasty".
Han Yu’s cemetery is located on the slope of the northern half of Hanzhuang Village, 6 kilometers west of Meng County, Henan Province. It was first built in the first year of Baoli reign of Emperor Jingzong of the Tang Dynasty (825). The cemetery is located in a hilly area. The tomb is more than 10 meters high. There is an ancestral hall built in front of the tomb, with three dining halls and three gatehouses. There are 13 stone tablets in the temple, recording Han Yu's life and deeds. There are two ancient cypresses in the yard in front of the tomb. It is said that they were planted in the Tang Dynasty. There is an inscription on Qiu Ruhu, the magistrate of Mengxian County during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty: "Two Wonderful Tang Cypresses". The left one is 5 feet high and 1.2 feet in circumference; the right one is 4 feet high and 1.1 feet in circumference. In November 1986, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province. On May 25, 2006, Han Yu's Tomb, as an ancient tomb from the Tang Dynasty, was approved by the State Council to be included in the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
More than a thousand years have passed, but these poets have not been submerged by history, but have become even more shining. Pour a glass of wine in front of the tomb, recite poems in front of the tomb, have a conversation across time and space in front of the tomb, and let the beauty of poetry accompany our happy life.