Tomb of Yi Dun in Wangliao Village, Linyi County

Tomb of Yi Dun in Wangliao Village, Linyi County

The Tomb of Yi Dun in Wangliao Village, Linyi County is a cultural tourism attraction.

Tomb of Yi Dun in Wangliao Village, Linyi County

Yi Dun was not a native of Hedong; he was a “poor scholar from Lu.” Initially, he was so poor that “when he farmed, he often went hungry, and when he raised silkworms, he often suffered from the cold.” Having no other choice, he sought wealth-building advice from Tao Zhugong Fan Li, the wealthy magnate of the region. Fan Li told him: “If you wish to become rich quickly, raise five types of livestock.” What are the “five types of livestock”? They are cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, and dogs. Yi Dun took Fan Li’s advice, studied animal husbandry, and began raising livestock on a large scale. Within less than ten years, his herds grew immensely. Soon, he had so many sheep that they could not fit on the open plains. Because he raised livestock near the Fan River, people respectfully called him “Lord of the Sheep.” He became extremely wealthy, possessed vast lands, and developed both agriculture and animal husbandry. Due to his success in animal husbandry, he was deeply respected by the local people.

After arriving in Hedong, Yi Dun settled in Wangliao Village, located twenty li south of Yishi County, where he lived until his death. Wangliao Village has the former residence of Yi Dun, but over time, the site has been lost to history. After his death, his remains were buried to the west of Wangliao Village, and he was not taken back to his hometown for interment.

Lingyi was historically known as Xunyang. In 1947, Yishi and Linjin were successively liberated. On February 15, 1949, Yishi and Linjin came under the jurisdiction of the Southern Shanxi Administrative Office. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it was governed by the Yuncheng Special Commissioner’s Office. In 1954, it was formed by merging Linjin County and Yishi County. In October 1958, it came under the Southern Shanxi Commissioner’s Office, and Lingyi was incorporated into Yuncheng. It was re-separated in October 1959. In 1970, it belonged to the Yuncheng Regional Office. After Yuncheng was restructured from a prefecture into a city in 2001, Linyi County has been under the jurisdiction of Yuncheng City. Located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River – in the Yu-Jin Delta region – it borders the Yellow River to the west, looks toward the Taiyue Mountains to the east, is shielded by the Emei Ridge to the north, and faces the Zhongtiao Mountains to the south. With a splendid history of four thousand years, it is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization.

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