Tomb of Huang Tunchao

Tomb of Huang Tunchao

The Tomb of Huang Tunchao is a Shanghai Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Tomb of Huang Tunchao, also known as the "Tomb of the Two Huangs," is the burial site of the late Ming Dynasty loyalists Huang Tunchao and his brother Huang Yuanyao, who died resisting the Qing invasion. The original tomb was built in the fifth year of the Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1648), located at the southeastern corner of Xitai Aquatic Products Village west of Yantietang, covering an area of 0.64 hectares. In September 1962, it was designated as a Shanghai Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Unit. In August 1968, it was leveled to the ground.

In 1986, the Shanghai Municipal Cultural Relics Management Committee, together with the Jiading District People's Government, decided to relocate and rebuild the tomb on the east side of the original site, reconstructing it in the style of the original. In 1990, the Shanghai Municipal Cultural Relics Management Committee allocated 120,000 yuan, and Fangtai Township People's Government provided 0.17 hectares of land. Construction began in August of that year and was completed on December 25. The inscription "Tomb of the Two Huangs," handwritten by Gu Yanlong, former honorary director of the Shanghai Library, was engraved on the front of the stone memorial archway in front of the tomb, while the back bore the four characters "Tao’an Liubi" (绿留碧), replicated from the handwriting of Wu Yuzhang, former president of Renmin University of China. The tombstone was also handwritten by Gu Yanlong. The inscribed stone tablet — "Brief Account of Huang Tunchao of the Ming Dynasty" — measures 72 cm in height and 105 cm in width. It was erected in front of the rebuilt tomb in December 1990.

In June 1992, the Tomb of the Two Huangs was again designated as a Shanghai Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Unit. In 2000, the Jiading District cultural relics management department announced the protected area: 35 meters east of the tomb site, 50 meters south, 50 meters west, and 50 meters north.

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Address: Shuichan Village, Anting Town, Jiading District, Shanghai

Transportation: Routes include Nanxiang Line 2, Route 822, Route 822 Global Harbor Road North, Jiayuan Special Line, and Luonan Line

Huang Tunchao (1605–1645) was a late Ming scholar-official and anti-Qing hero. Originally named Jinyao, courtesy name Yunsheng, also known as Songsong??, with the pseudonyms Tao’an and Shuijing Jushi, he was of Han ethnicity, hailing from Jiading, Suzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili (now part of Shanghai). He founded the "Zhizhi Society" and became a Jinshi (advanced scholar) in the 16th year of the Chongzhen reign. After returning home, he devoted himself to the study of classical texts. In the first year of the Hongguang reign, when the people of Jiading rose against the Qing, he was chosen as a leader along with Hou Congzeng. After the city fell, he and his younger brother Huang Yuanyao hanged themselves in their quarters. He was skilled in poetry and prose, and authored the Collected Works of Tao’an.

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