Tomb of Ning Taiyi

Tomb of Ning Taiyi

The Tomb of Ning Taiyi is a cultural relic protection unit of Hunan Province.

The Tomb of Ning Taiyi is located on the hillside behind the Lugu Academy on Xishan Mountain in the urban area of Liling. In 1936, the Nationalist Government allocated funds to renovate the site in memory of Mr. Ning Taiyi. The tomb covers a construction area of 32 square meters and is built with granite. Around the tomb, dozens of rectangular granite slabs are arranged to form an oval shape. At the front stands a rectangular stone pillar tombstone, with the front side inscribed in intaglio: “Tomb of Mr. Ning Taiyi”; the left side is inscribed with “Fifth Month, Auspicious Day, Twenty-Fourth Year of the Republic of China”; the right side is inscribed with “Respectfully Inscribed by Cheng Qian”. In front of the tombstone, there is a stone offering table and a stone incense burner, along with four stone drum stools. A “Taiyi Pavilion” was once built beside the tomb, with two bluestone plaques embedded in the wall: the left one bears the commendation decree from Lin Sen, Chairman of the Nationalist Government, and the right one features the Ning Taiyi Martyr Memorial Stele inscribed by Yu Youren, President of the Judicial Yuan. Currently, the Taiyi Pavilion has been demolished, but the steles with Yu Youren’s inscription and Lin Sen’s commendation decree are preserved at the Lugu Academy.

Ning Taiyi, born in 1883 in Liling, Hunan, was a renowned activist of the Xinhai Revolution and a member of the Tongmenghui. During the Second Revolution’s campaign against Yuan Shikai to save the nation, he was arrested and imprisoned, and was executed on September 25, 1913, at Baobing Hall in Wuchang. His remains were transported back to Liling and buried on Xishan Mountain.

The Tomb of Ning Taiyi was designated as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit by the People's Government of Hunan Province in 1983.