Tomb of King Bao (including the Xujialou Tomb Cluster)

Tomb of King Bao (including the Xujialou Tomb Cluster)

The Tomb of King Bao (including the Xujialou Tomb Cluster) is a cultural heritage site protected by Jining City.

The Tomb of King Bao (including the Xujialou Tomb Cluster) is located west of Dabao Village, Sihexiang Subdistrict, Sishui County. Dating back to the Han Dynasty, it is categorized as an ancient tomb.

On March 8, 1986, the Tomb of King Bao (including the Xujialou Tomb Cluster) was designated as a municipal-level cultural heritage site under Jining City.

Sihexiang Subdistrict: The seat of Sishui County government, Sihexiang Subdistrict borders the Linyi–Mengyin area and the sea to the east, neighbors Qufu—the hometown of Confucius—to the west, and lies near the cultural center of China’s Five Great Mountains to the north. The subdistrict covers a total area of 42 square kilometers, comprising 12 neighborhood committees in the urban area and 23 village committees in the suburbs, with a total population of 65,900.

　Hometown of Confucius and Mencius, birthplace of Zhongzi — Convenient transportation: The Yanzhou–Shijiusuo Railway, the Rizhao–Xi’an Expressway, National Highway 327, and Provincial Highway S244 run through the county. It is just over ten kilometers west of the Beijing–Fuzhou Expressway and south of the Rizhao–Dongying Expressway, about 150 kilometers north of provincial capital Jinan, and some distance east of Rizhao’s seashore… More details on Sihexiang Subdistrict ++

Further reading:

· Second Batch of Municipal-Level Cultural Heritage Sites in Jining City