Tazizhong Tomb Cluster

Tazizhong Tomb Cluster

The Tazizhong Tomb Cluster is a cultural relic protection unit of Pingchang County.

The Tazizhong Tomb Cluster is located in Yuamen Village, Zhenlong Town. It is distributed across a platform measuring 16.5 meters in width and 15.2 meters in depth, covering an area of 237.12 square meters. There are three tombs in total: one single burial tomb and two joint burial tombs. All tombs face southwest and are arranged horizontally. Among them, the M2 Tomb of Mr. and Mrs. Zhu Wenyu, built in the 20th year of the Guangxu reign in the Qing Dynasty (1894), features an oval earth mound that is 3.9 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 2.5 meters high. The tombstone is made of slab stones and forms an arched top, standing 3.5 meters high and 2.6 meters wide. The upper part includes a memorial shrine engraved with the inscription "Heaven, Earth, Sovereign, Kin, and Teacher." On both sides of the tombstone are eight-character ceremonial walls, each 1.9 meters high and 0.65 meters wide. On the outer edges of the ceremonial walls stand two round-topped steles with cloud-scroll designs—one on each side. These steles are identical in specifications, with bases measuring 2.56 meters in height, 0.93 meters in length, and 0.7 meters in width. Each stele contains an embedded square tablet. Seven point eight meters in front of the tombstones are two character storage towers: the left one is a square-based five-story pavilion-style tower, with an overall height of 6.15 meters, a base height of 0.6 meters, and sides 2.06 meters long; the right one is a square-based nine-story pavilion-style tower, with an overall height of 11 meters, a base height of 0.6 meters, and sides 2.4 meters long. On the southwest side of the third level of both towers are inscribed poems and texts. The tombstones are decorated with carvings of figures and floral patterns. This tomb cluster holds significant cultural and historical value.

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