Tomb of Zheng Chenggong in Gushi

Tomb of Zheng Chenggong in Gushi

The Tomb of Zheng Chenggong in Gushi is a cultural relic protection unit of Henan Province.

The tomb of Zheng Chenggong faces south and is a circular burial mound with a diameter of five meters and a height of two meters. It was originally built on a larger scale but was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution before being later restored. Currently, only the mound and the gravestone remain.

According to the Zheng family genealogy: During the Guangqi era (885–888) of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong’s ancestors migrated from Gushi in Guangzhou to Fujian along with Wang Chao and Wang Shenzhi. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the government persecuted the Zheng descendants who “upheld the Ming as the legitimate dynasty.” In June 1683, Shi Lang surrendered to the Qing, captured Taiwan, and had Zheng Chenggong’s coffin exhumed and sent to Beijing. Emperor Kangxi then “granted special permission for his reburial” in his hometown. Experts have verified that there are no authentic burial sites of Zheng Chenggong in either Taiwan or Fujian, making the Gushi tomb his true resting place. In 1662, Zheng Chenggong reclaimed Taiwan, driving out the Dutch colonists who had ruled the island for 38 years, and was honored as a national hero.

Address: Dengmiao Village, Wangpeng Township, Gushi County, Xinyang City, Henan Province

Zheng Chenggong, originally named Sen and childhood name Fusong, with the courtesy name Damu and pseudonym Mingyan, was a native of Shijing in Southern Fujian. He was born on July 14 of the fourth year of the Tianqi era (1624) in Hirado, Nagasaki, Japan. His father was Zheng Zhilong and his mother was the daughter of the Tagawa family from Hirado, Nagasaki, Japan. In the third year of the Chongzhen era (1630), when Zheng Chenggong was seven years old, he returned from Japan to Anping (present-day Anhai Town, Jinjiang) to study, and was given the name Sen.

At the age of 11, Zheng Chenggong once wrote an essay on the topic “Sweeping, Greeting, Advancing, and Retreating,” composing the astonishing line: “The punitive expeditions of Tang and Wu were no more than sweeping; the abdications of Yao and Shun were no more than advancing and retreating.” Later, he studied the classics, history, and military strategy intensively... More detailed information about Zheng Chenggong ++

Further reading:

· Fifth Batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units of Henan Province