Tomb of Zhao Zisi

Tomb of Zhao Zisi

The Tomb of Zhao Zisi is a cultural relic protection unit of Jiangsu Province.

The Tomb of Zhao Zisi, also known as Zhao Family Mausoleum, is located on Xianmu Mountain at the eastern foot of Yandun Mountain in Che Nianko Village, Beishan Administrative Village, Dagang Subdistrict, Zhenjiang New District, Jiangsu Province. It is the burial site of Zhao Zisi, the founding ancestor of the Zhao family in Dagang, along with his family members. As one of the few surviving aristocratic tombs from the Song Dynasty in Zhenjiang, it holds significant importance for the study of the southern migration of the Song imperial family and the development of Song-era tomb architecture.

Zhao Zisi was the sixth-generation descendant of Emperor Taizu of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin. According to the Dagang Town Annals: “Zhao Zisi, courtesy name Zhinan. In the final years of the Jingkang era (1126), to escape the chaos caused by the Jurchens, he fled south to Jinling with some members of the imperial family and attendants, following the Southern Song court. He later relocated to Jingkou (present-day Zhenjiang). In the third year of the Jianyan era (1129), he moved to Dagang, becoming the founding ancestor of the Zhao clan there.”

On December 19, 2011, the People's Government of Jiangsu Province designated it as part of the seventh batch of provincial-level cultural relic protection units.

Further reading:

· Seventh Batch of Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relic Protection Units