Main attractions in Du Fu’s hometown

Du Fu Mausoleum is located on Mang Ridge to the west of Kangdian Village, Kangdian Township, about 6 kilometers northwest of the old city of Gongyi City, Henan Province. The cemetery covers an area of ​​34 acres, facing south. The main building consists of a gate tower, a large statue of Du Fu, a double-story pavilion, a forest of poetry saints, Du Fu's tomb, a poetry reciting pavilion, a home-viewing pavilion, a grass pavilion, and a dedication hall. There are more than 3,000 flowers and trees planted in the entire cemetery. It is dotted with exotic flowers and grasses, shaded by green trees, and reflected by pines and cypresses. It is majestic and solemn. Various facilities have a garden architectural style. The cemetery faces south from the north, with three mounds side by side in the east and west, and Du Fu's tomb in the west. , to the east are the tombs of the eldest son Zongwen and the second son Zongwu. The tomb is funnel-shaped, about 10 meters high, and about 72 meters in circumference. In the spring of 1980, holly and cypress trees were planted on and around the tomb, making it green in winter and summer. There are two stone tablets in front of the tomb, about 2 meters high. The front stele in regular script reads "Tomb of Mr. Du Shaoling of the Tang Dynasty" and the back stele reads "Tomb of Mr. Du Shaoling". "Zai Jing Tang Ji·Jiangnan Jingshi's Poems·Visiting Du Fu's Cemetery": "There are many bones buried in Beimang, and the name Danzi is worth hanging down. I am willing to accept a rafter leak, and I hope to eliminate the sorrow of thousands of households. I respect myself and push false officials, and I hurt the world and express my true words." . The mausoleum is now in bloom, who will succeed the Poet King?"

In the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty (770), Du Fu died of illness on the way to the Xiangjiang River in Hunan (some say he died in Leiyang). Because his family could not afford a burial, his coffin was buried. He lived in Yuezhou (now Yueyang, Hunan). In the eighth year of Yuanhe (813), his grandson Du Siye was buried in Gong County (today's Gongyi City). One theory is that the burial was moved to the foot of Shouyang Mountain in Yanshi, Henan Province. There is also Du Fu's tomb at the foot of Shouyang Mountain today. There is also Du Fu's tomb in Leiyang, Hunan and Hepingjiang.

In 1963, the Henan Provincial People's Government announced it as a cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province and allocated special funds for repairs.

In the fourth year of Dali of the Tang Dynasty (769), Du Fu entered Hunan from Hubei, climbed the Yueyang Tower, visited Dongting Lake, and went up the Xiangjiang River to Leiyang. He died of illness in April of the following year. According to the "Old Tang Book. Biography of Du Fu", Du Fu was visiting the Yue Temple in Leiyang. "The flood came suddenly and he could not eat for ten days. The county magistrate gave him beef and white wine. He drank too much and died overnight." He was buried here. . There are stone railings around the tomb, covering an area of ​​100 square meters. The tomb is circular, about 12 meters high and 5 meters in diameter. The tombstone is inscribed "Tomb of Du Gong, Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty", and later signed "Wang He Lishi, County Magistrate of the Guihai Year of Jingding, Song Dynasty". It is a provincial key cultural relic protection unit.

Du Fu’s tomb faces north and south. According to fortune tellers, this is a good Feng Shui land. Du Fu's tomb was designated as a key cultural relic protection unit in Hunan Province in 1983. The entire cemetery is circular in shape, the top of the tomb is a granite structure, and the tomb surround is made of kenaf stone. When you walk to the tomb, you will see three eye-catching large bluestones. The middle one is engraved with "The Tomb of Du Wenzhen, a member of the Tang Zuo Shishi Works Department", the right side is engraved with "The Auspicious Day in Guiweidong, the ninth year of Guangxu", and the left side is engraved with "Inscribed by Li Zonglian, Magistrate of Wuling County, Pingjiang County Affairs Office". Du Fu's tomb also experienced ups and downs like Du Fu's life. During the "Cultural Revolution", Du Fu's tomb was partially damaged. The east corner of the mound was dug up, revealing the tomb chamber. Identified by cultural heritage workers. The tomb chamber has a double-layered brick wall with arches, tiled horizontally and wedge-shaped bricks, which is in the style of the Tang Dynasty. He also took out two stone lamps from the tomb chamber and three willow rattan balls covered with glutinous rice mud. Inside the balls were rotten silk. There seemed to be black marks on them, which may be Du Fu's handwriting. In 1982, the People's Government allocated funds and restored it according to its original appearance. Today's Du Fu tomb is built with thick stones, covering an area of ​​1 feet square and 5 feet high, and is surrounded by stone protection. The tombstone was replaced with a bluestone that is 1 foot high and more than 2 feet wide. There is a stone slab next to the tomb and is set with stone pillars, which makes it look very solemn. Located in Leiyang No. 1 Middle School, Beicheng District, Leiyang. In the third year of Dali in the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu went down to the gorge in Jingnan and traveled to Yiyuan and Xiang to climb Mount Hengshan. In the fifth year of the Dali calendar, he went to Chenzhou to visit his relatives, but encountered obstacles due to the surging water in Lei. He settled in Leiyi, and Nie Lingli from Leiyang was the honored guest. In that year, Nie Lingzhi died of an epidemic, and he was buried in a tomb with his back facing south. There was a stone railing around the tomb, and there was a Southern Song stone inscription on the front: "There is the tomb of Du Gong, Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty".

In the fourth year of Tang Tianyou (907), the Du Gong Temple was built around the tomb, with its back to the north and its south to the south. It is a courtyard-style mountain-enclosed building with a civil structure. In the main hall in the middle, there is a statue of Du Fu who is good at fragrant wood, and there are 10 corridors in the east and west for offering sacrifices and guarding the tomb. In the Song Dynasty, Du Ling Academy was established in the Du Gong Temple. In 1940, Du Fu's tomb was rebuilt, and the provincial chairman Xue Yue rebuilt the tombstone of Du Gongbu in front of the tomb. In July 1956, the tomb temple was designated as a key cultural relic protection unit in Hunan Province. In 1975, Leiyang No. 1 Middle School was built, and the main hall of the ancestral hall was demolished, leaving only the west corridor and the ruined stele of Peng Ershu, a Qing Dynasty man.

In 1996, the city government repaired the tomb and the remaining rooms below.