Tomb of Li Keyong

Tomb of Li Keyong

The Tomb of Li Keyong is a cultural tourism attraction.

Located south of Anbian Town, east of Ying County, Li Keyong was buried here in the fifth year of the Tianyou era. The Yuan Dynasty poet Li Junmin visited the tomb and composed a poem titled "Inscription on the Tomb of Prince Li Jin":

A mighty name resounds fiercely among the Shatuo tribes, his loyal service to the nation profound—yet age took its toll. So many grievances linger from the Three Terraces Ridge, yet how could entertainers ever sing his century-long saga?

Li Keyong (856–908 AD), posthumously known as Prince of Jin during his lifetime, was honored as the Taizu (Founding Emperor) of the Later Tang Dynasty by his son Li Cunxu when the dynasty was established. He was brave and impetuous by nature. A military general in the late Tang Dynasty, he was of Shatuo ethnicity and also known by the nickname "Li Ya’er." Due to the loss of sight in one eye, he was also called "One-Eyed Dragon." His father, Zhu Ya Chixin, was granted the surname Li and the name Guochang by Emperor Yizong of Tang. In his early years, Li Keyong followed his father in suppressing the Pang Xun Rebellion, often charging at the front lines, earning the nickname "Flying Tiger Cub" among soldiers. He successively suppressed the Pang Xun rebels and the Huang Chao rebels. In the fourth year of Tianyou (907 AD), Zhu Wen overthrew the Tang Dynasty and declared himself emperor, establishing the Liang Dynasty with the era name Kaiping, historically known as the Later Liang. Li Keyong... More details about Li Keyong++