Tomb of Zhang Huangyan (Including Zhang Huangyan’s Former Residence)

Tomb of Zhang Huangyan (Including Zhang Huangyan’s Former Residence)

The Tomb of Zhang Huangyan (Including Zhang Huangyan’s Former Residence) is a Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Tomb of Zhang Huangyan (Including Zhang Huangyan’s Former Residence) (Provincial-level Cultural Relics Protection Unit)

Era: Ming and Qing Dynasties

Announcement Date: April 15, 1961; March 16, 2005

Located at the foot of Litchi Peak on Nanping Mountain in Xihu District. Zhang Huangyan (1620–1664), styled Xuanzhu and also known as Cangshui, was a native of Yin County (present-day Ningbo). He served as Minister of War in the Southern Ming regime, supporting Prince Lu as the regent, and defended the mountainous regions of eastern Zhejiang and the southeastern coastline. In the third year of the Kangxi reign during the Qing Dynasty (1664), he was captured on Xuan’ao Island in Nantian (now Xiangshan County) and was executed at Biji Fang in Hangzhou on the seventh day of the ninth lunar month of the same year. His remains were later interred at the present site. The tomb has undergone multiple renovations over the years but was destroyed in 1966. It was restored in 1983 to its appearance from the 1920 renovation. The tomb faces north and features three circular, vaulted graves arranged in a triangular pattern. Zhang Huangyan’s tomb is in the center, flanked by the tomb of his military advisor Luo Zimu to the west, and the tomb of his attendant Yang Guanyu and the boatman to the east. All three tombs have circular domed roofs, with plain brick walls and earthen mounds planted with grass. Zhang’s tomb has a diameter of 5.20 meters and a height of 2.45 meters, with a stele in front inscribed “Tomb of Zhang Cangshui, Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, Posthumously Honored as Zhonglie by the Qing Emperor.” Luo’s tomb has a diameter of 3.07 meters and a height of 0.92 meters, with a stele reading “Tomb of Luo Zimu, Former Military Advisor of the Ming Dynasty from Liyang.” The tomb of Yang and the boatman measures 3 meters in diameter and 0.97 meters in height, with a stele inscribed “Tomb of Yang Guanyu, Attendant of Lord Zhang of the Ming Dynasty, and the Boatman.” A spirit way, 5.14 meters in length, leads up to the site, with a newly built bluestone memorial archway erected during the 1980s renovation situated in the center. Seven sets of stone animal statues, dating back to the Ming Dynasty, stand on both sides. To the east of the tomb area, there is the “Memorial Hall of Mr. Zhang Cangshui,” built in 1992.

Source: Zhejiang Cultural Relics Website