Tomb of the Three Loyalists

Tomb of the Three Loyalists

The Tomb of the Three Loyalists is a cultural tourism attraction.

The Tomb of the Three Loyalists refers collectively to the tomb of Dong Zhining, a military affairs censor during the reign of Prince Lu of the Ming Dynasty who died a martyr resisting the Qing in the late Ming period, and the joint tomb of Feng Jingdi and Wang Yi, both vice ministers of war and supreme commanders of the Ming army. Originally located at Mapuqiao in the suburbs north of the river, the tombs were relocated to their current site in December 1995 due to urban expansion, and now stand adjacent to the “Tomb of Soldiers Fallen in the Battle of Dabaoshan During the Opium War.”

In the eighth year of the Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1651 AD), Dong Zhining, Qian Sule, and Wang Yi raised an army to resist the Qing. After their defeat and martyrdom, Feng Jingdi and Wang Yi also met their tragic ends. Lu Yuding, the deputy surveillance commissioner of the Southern Ming regime, sent people to retrieve Dong’s body, Wang’s head, and Feng’s arm, and erected a memorial tomb, collectively known as the Tomb of the Three Loyalists.