Tomb of Lai Hanying

Tomb of Lai Hanying

The Tomb of Lai Hanying is located on the left side of Minzhu Reservoir in Tanbu Town, Huadu District, Guangzhou City, on the hilltop known locally as Jinguohuan. It is the joint burial tomb of Lai Hanying and his wife, Lady Tang, and was renovated in 1991. The tomb is shaped like an armchair and constructed with slab stones. The grave mound is 1.4 meters high, and the tomb face extends 2.2 meters deep. The gravestone is 0.75 meters tall and 0.35 meters wide, inscribed with: “Tomb of Lai Hanying, Vice Premier of the Summer Official of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.”

Lai Hanying (1813–1909) was from Laiwu Village, Tanbu, Huaxian (now Huadu District). His elder sister, Lai Lianying, married Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan and was known as the “Secondary Empress.” Lai Hanying participated in the Jintian Uprising. After the establishment of Tianjing as the capital, he served as the Vice Premier of the Summer Official of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He once led troops on the Western Expedition and was ordered to relieve Yangzhou, for which he was appointed as Minister of the Eastern Palace. After the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he returned to his hometown and went into hiding. He passed away in the first year of the Xuantong era (1909) and was buried under Wuma Ridge at Sijiaowei, Tanbu. A few years later, his son collected his remains in a pottery jar and kept them near Laiwu Village for over 20 years. In 1939, his grandson Lai Shouqi relocated his grandfather’s remains to the current site.

Lai Hanying (1813–1908) was from Laiwu Village, Tanbu (now Minzhu Village, Tanbu Town, Huadu District). Born into a farming family, he was well-versed in literature and history, had knowledge of medicine, and excelled in martial arts. Many villagers studied under him.

Han Ying was the brother-in-law of Hong Xiuquan. He took part in the Jintian Uprising in Guangxi and served as an imperial physician, holding the position of Military Advisor. In November of the second year of the Xianfeng era (1852), he was promoted to the Fourth Commander of the Right Hall and began leading his own army. In February of the third year of Xianfeng (1853), when the Taiping Army advanced directly from Wuhan to Nanjing, he was the first to breach the city and posted proclamations announcing their principles. In April, he was promoted to Vice Premier of the Summer Official. In May, he led... More details about Lai Hanying ++