Has the West Lake become an ancient celebrity graveyard? Why?

The West Lake is a great scenic spot in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also the place where literati are most willing to gather. In fact, it can be said that celebrities have made the West Lake, and it can also be said that the West Lake has made celebrities. Just like famous universities, on the one hand, universities make students, on the other hand, students make universities. I wonder if you can turn this corner? Bai Juyi, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, left a poem: I failed to throw it to Hangzhou, and half of it was this lake. ? By the West Lake, there is the encounter between the White Snake and Xu Xian, the trace of the living Buddha of Jigong, and butterfly lovers's love swan song. In a word, all kinds of celebrity allusions and legends constitute the whole West Lake culture. Because of this, there are many graves beside the West Lake.

For example, the famous tombs are Tomb of Yuqian, Song Wu Tomb, Su Xiaoxiao Tomb, Qiu Jin Tomb and so on. But are these graves theirs? This question is questionable. At least we can infer that the tomb of Song Wu is not Song Wu in our traditional understanding. The tomb of Wu in Song Dynasty only mentions that he was a righteous man in Song Dynasty. According to legend, Song Wu was recruited to practice martial arts at home by the high authority of Hangzhou magistrate and became a famous person. However, he was later demoted because high authority offended dignitaries. Song Wu was also implicated. Later, the successor county magistrate was a traitor, nicknamed? Cai Hu? Is the son of Cai Jing, domineering, spoiling the people, and finally provoked the people to complain. Later, Song Wu stepped forward and killed Cai Hu. Later, he was arrested and imprisoned and died in prison. People thanked him for the bad things he did for the people, so they set up a tombstone by the West Lake:

Of course, the tomb we see now is newly built. According to historical records, the earliest mausoleum was also built in 1924. To be sure, this tomb was definitely not built in the Song Dynasty. For example, Tomb of Yuqian was later restored, and the original was long gone! In my opinion, there are so many celebrity tombs near the West Lake, which may be the celebrity effect, that is, some deliberate actions made by local people for a certain belief or to stimulate tourism. For example, didn't Cao Cao's tomb, which was once a sensation, come out in several places? Everyone is arguing! As for why there are so many celebrity tombs near the West Lake, I think there are too many celebrities in the history of China, but Hangzhou West Lake is famous, not only now, but also in the past. It was a great sense of accomplishment to be buried near the West Lake at that time.

As a new Hangzhou native who has lived in Hangzhou for a long time, in fact, sometimes I go to the mountains near the West Lake and see tombstones everywhere. Maybe people at that time liked to be buried here after death! After all, Hangzhou once existed as the capital, and there are naturally many celebrities!