Tomb of Liang Peilan

Tomb of Liang Peilan

The Tomb of Liang Peilan is a cultural relics protection unit of Guangzhou City.

The Tomb of Liang Peilan, situated on the southern foothills of Kezishan Mountain in Baiyun Mountain, has been declared a cultural relics protection unit of Guangzhou City. It is constructed with lime-sand materials and features a mound, wing walls, and a front terrace. Oriented to the south, the tomb extends about 13.4 meters in total length. The ground is paved in three stepped levels of lime sand, with the mound at the highest level, followed by the wing walls and the front terrace in descending order. The mound is enclosed by a semi-cylindrical wall made of rammed lime sand, with a niche in the center that once held a stone tablet—now missing. Two memorial stone slabs are embedded into the lime-sand walls on either side, both blackened and heavily weathered, with most of their inscriptions worn away. The front terrace extends outward on both sides, spanning about 3 meters in width. Due to the steep slope of the site, two additional retaining walls made of lime sand were built behind the mound along the hillside. The inner wall features bas-relief carvings of auspicious clouds and a rising moon. Embedded in the wall is a dark gray stone tablet inscribed with: “Tomb of the late Liang Gong, Scholar of the Imperial Examination, Assistant Official of the Selection Bureau, Hanlin Academy Bachelor, respectfully referred to as Yaoting, and his wife, the late Lady He of the Liang Family, honored as Ruiren.” The inscription at the bottom reads: “Erected on the 19th day of the 12th month in the year Xinyou of the 50th year of the Kangxi reign [December 19, 1711] by his filial son, the Monk Official, along with 14 descendants including grandsons and great-grandsons.” According to the reconstructed tomb epitaph written by Wu Rongguang, the current lime-sand tomb structure was renovated in the 6th year of the Daoguang reign (1826), and the two memorial stone tablets hanging on either side of the wing walls were inscribed and written by Wu Rongguang himself.

Further Reading:

· Second Batch of Guangzhou Cultural Relics Protection Units