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Lu Xiufu’s memorial to future generations

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"Sanhe Town Chronicles" stated that after Lu Xiufu threw himself into the sea and died for his country, his body floated to the seaside, was picked up and buried in Xinhui Second City (now Yicheng Village, Duhu Town, Taishan City). After the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown, around 1370 in the early Ming Dynasty, someone built a solemn tomb for Lu Xiufu here, with stone horses and lions placed in front of the tomb. There is also a house built next to the tomb and a tombkeeper's house. It is said that Ercheng Village was developed by the original tombkeepers.

The tomb was later destroyed. "Sanhe Town Chronicles" records: "About the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the descendants of Lu Xiufu tried to restore the old tomb but were unable to find it, so they decided to find a geomantic treasure land to build a tomb. So they chose to build a tomb in The tomb of Lu Xiufu was rebuilt on the "Ma Shi" on Mashan Mountain in Lian'an, Sanhe Town. "The tomb is made of earth and faces east. The tombstone is 78 centimeters high and 44 centimeters wide. The tombstone is made of granite. The inscription is "Tomb of the Prime Minister Zuozhu of the State of the Song Dynasty, Xiu Fu's posthumous title of Zhongzhen Lufu Jun", and the inscription is "Sacrifice to the grandson, give the Jinshi's birth certificate, and grant the Zhongxian doctor to set up the Guangxi Ancha Envoy Division to inspect Youjiang Beidao Hualin Township Jinshi's journey, tree Ying, Wenzu, Jinquan and others rebuilt it."

"Kaiping County Chronicle" also records: "There is an ancient tomb at Ma's tongue, Mashan, Dongshan Town, Dongshan Town, this city (county). The burial place is Lu Xiufu, the left prime minister in the late Southern Song Dynasty. The tomb is a mound tomb, facing west. In the east, it is 5.1 meters long and 4 meters wide. There is a granite tombstone 78 cm long and 44.5 cm wide on the front of the tomb. The inscription reads: "The tomb of Lu Xiufu, the left prime minister of the Zuozhu Kingdom of the Song Dynasty, posthumously loyal to the Lufu group". Wait 17 words."