Tomb of Gu Yingfen

Tomb of Gu Yingfen

The Tomb of Gu Yingfen is a cultural relic protection unit of Guangzhou Municipality.

The Tomb of Gu Yingfen is located on Tongsha Road, Tonghe Street (near the perimeter wall of Guangzhou Huazhong Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.). The tomb was built in 1931 and renovated in 1986 with funding from the municipal government. The cemetery is grand in scale. From south to north, the site features a pair of bluestone lions, a gatehouse with a hip-and-gable roof covered in blue-glazed tiles, a hemispherical granite tomb mound, and a stone stele in front of the tomb inscribed with “Tomb of Mr. Gu Yingfen, erected on an auspicious day in 1987.” Behind the tomb stands a slab of Lianzhou bluestone, 3.6 meters high and 1.83 meters wide, adorned with reliefs of waves, auspicious clouds, and the rising sun at the top. The upper part of the stele is engraved with seal script reading “Tomb of Gu Gong, Member of the National Government,” while the lower inscription states “Commissioned by the National Government, November, 20th Year of the Republic of China.” The epitaph was written by Hu Hanmin.

On July 8, 2002, it was designated as part of the sixth batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units of Guangzhou Municipality by the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government.

Gu Yingfen (1875–1931), courtesy name Xiangqin, also known as Xiangqin, was a native of Panyu County, Guangdong Province. He graduated from the fast-track law and politics program at Japan’s Meiji University, where he was classmates with Hu Hanmin. While in Japan, he often associated with Zhu Zhixin, Wang Jingwei, Chen Shuren, and others, and was a member of the Tongmenghui (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance).

In the 33rd year of the Guangxu reign (1907), he returned to China and served as a compiler at the Guangzhou Law School and as chief clerk of the Guangdong Provincial Advisory Bureau. In the final years of the Xuantong reign, he participated in the Guangzhou “March 29” Uprising. After the failure of the uprising, he fled to Hong Kong. Following the Wuchang Uprising and the liberation of Guangzhou, he returned with Hu Hanmin and served as director of the Comptroller's Office of the Guangdong Military Government. In 191... More details about Gu Yingfen++

Hu Hanmin (1879–1936), originally named Yanhong, courtesy name Zhantang, and pen name “Hanmin,” was originally from Luling, Jiangxi Province (now Ji’an), but was born in Panyu, Guangdong (now Guangzhou). His father, Hu Wenzhao, worked as a secretary in several prefectural and county yamen. In his childhood, Hu Hanmin studied under tutors and read extensively in the Confucian classics and historical texts. After the successive deaths of his parents in 1891, he made a living as a teacher. In 1899, he became a reporter for the Guangzhou Linghai Daily, which increased his exposure to society and deepened his awareness of national crisis and the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government, gradually fostering his consciousness for social reform and anti-Qing sentiment. In 1901, he took part in the imperial provincial examination... More details about Hu Hanmin++

Further Reading:

· Sixth Batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units of Guangzhou Municipality