Tomb of Lin Junsheng

Tomb of Lin Junsheng

The Tomb of Lin Junsheng is a cultural heritage protection unit in Xiang'an District.

The Tomb of Lin Junsheng is located to the west of Jingtou Village, Maxiang Town, Xiang'an District. It is a county-level cultural heritage protection unit dating back to the Qing Dynasty.

Protected area: 100 meters outward from all sides of the tomb, with the imperial stele pavilion also included in the protected site.

Lin Junsheng (1688–1755), styled Shengji and also known as Jingting, was a native of Jingtou in Xiangfengli, Tong’an County. Gifted and intelligent from a young age, he studied both literature and martial arts. In adulthood, he joined the military. Impressed by his tall and imposing stature, his camp commander assigned him to a junior officer position.

In the 60th year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1721), Lin Junsheng was ordered to escort funds to Taiwan and survey the island’s terrain, earning high praise from his superiors, who promoted him to the rank of guerrilla officer of the Huangyan Garrison. In the 4th year of the Yongzheng reign (1726), he was promoted to admiral of Dinghai. In the 1st year of the Qianlong reign (1736), he went to the capital for an imperial audience, then in the 2nd year of Qianlong was transferred to command troops in Tingzhou. He subsequently served as admiral of Jieshi and Jinmen in the 4th and 6th years of Qianlong, respectively. This... More details about Lin Junsheng ++

Maxiang Town: Maxiang Town is under the jurisdiction of Xiang'an District. It boasts well-developed land and water transportation, situated at the junction of Xiamen, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou. It is traversed by the Quanzhou-Xiamen Expressway, National Highway 324, and Xiang'an Boulevard. The town center is 33 km from Xiamen City and 55 km from Quanzhou. It covers a total area of 66.87 square kilometers, comprising 27 administrative villages, 99 natural villages, and 7 community neighborhood committees, with a population of 80,000. It is one of the important hometowns of overseas Chinese and ancestral lands of Taiwanese people in southern Fujian. The town has 34,000 mu of arable land, 14,500 mu of tidal flats, 30,000 mu of aquaculture areas, and 11.4 km of coastline... More details about Maxiang Town ++