Tomb of Yun Conglong and His Wife

Tomb of Yun Conglong and His Wife

The Tomb of Yun Conglong and His Wife is a cultural relic protection unit of Guangdong Province.

The Tomb of Yun Conglong and His Wife is located at Maling, at the foot of Baiyun Mountain near Wuxianqiao in Guangzhou. The original tomb complex was quite expansive, featuring a ceremonial path, stone statues of officials and horses, and a lotus pond, none of which remain today. The current site covers an area of 3,000 square meters. The joint tomb of Yun Conglong and his wife, Madam Xu, is a horseshoe-shaped structure rebuilt in 1985, measuring 16.3 meters in width and 11 meters in depth. It houses a stele from the 39th year of the Kangxi reign (1700) set into the center. A newly built pavilion stands in front of the tomb. The original stele pavilion, constructed in the early years of the Republic of China, features six stone tablets embedded in its walls, including those commemorating the tomb’s restoration by clan members and proclamations by successive Guangdong provincial governments regarding the protection of the site. On both the eastern and western sides of the ceremonial path stand memorial archways. The front side of the archway inscription reads “Tomb Path of Yuan Dynasty Chancellor Yun – Inscribed by Xia Tonghe,” while the back has faded over time and is no longer legible.

Yun Conglong (d. 1296), courtesy name Wuxin, style name Weishan, was of Mongolian ethnicity. His ancestral home was in Longxi (present-day Longxi County, Gansu). He passed the imperial examination in the third year of the Jingding era of the Song Dynasty (1262). Records indicate that he served four terms in official positions in Guangdong. In the 16th year of the Zhiyuan era of the Yuan Dynasty (1279), he was appointed Pacification Commissioner of Qiongzhou in Guangdong and settled in Wenchang. In the 30th year of Zhiyuan (1293), he was granted the title of Grand Master for Glorious Happiness and appointed Vice Chancellor of the Huguang Branch Secretariat. In the first year of the Yuanshun era (1295), he was named Grand General for Southern Campaigns. He passed away on the seventh day of the second lunar month in the second year of Yuanshun (1296), and an imperial decree granted him burial at Baiyun Mountain.

In 2008, the People's Government of Guangdong Province designated it as part of the fifth batch of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relic Protection Units.

Wuxianqiao Community: Wuxianqiao Community Residents' Committee

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Further Reading:

· Fifth Batch of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relic Protection Units