Prince Fu’s Tomb

Prince Fu’s Tomb

Prince Fu’s Tomb is a municipal cultural heritage site of Beijing.

Prince Fu’s Tomb

Batch: Third Batch of Municipal Cultural Heritage Protection Units in Beijing

Location: Haidian District

Protection Reason:

The tomb of Prince Fu, the ninth son of Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty, also known as the Tomb of the Ninth Prince. Key structures within the burial complex, such as the stone bridge, stele pavilion, ceremonial gate, and offering hall, are largely well-preserved.

Prince Fu’s Tomb is located in Sujiatuo Town, Haidian District. The tomb faces east and is 80 meters wide from north to south. It features a stone bridge, stele pavilion, Long’en Gate, Long’en Hall, as well as the precious city and precious top. The stele pavilion also faces east, stands 8 meters tall, and is a single-eave hip-and-gable structure with arched doorways on all four sides, decorated with entwined lotus patterns. Inside the pavilion stands the 7.5-meter-high tomb stele of the Ninth Prince. A residence known as the Yangzhai is built to the north of the burial area, laid out as a traditional three-courtyard siheyuan. The main hall, Long’en Hall, is 8.1 meters high with a green-glazed tile roof, a single-eave hip-and-gable roof, bracket sets of one-dou-three-sheng style, and a coiled dragon caisson ceiling, sitting atop a rectangular bluestone platform. The tomb area has 147 cypress and white-bark pine trees. In 1990, it was designated within a protected area and construction control zone, with the protected zone extending 10 meters east from the eastern end of the stone bridge along a perpendicular line to the central axis, and the southern and northern boundaries following the walls and their eastern extensions, while the western boundary extends around the lowest retaining wall at the base of the cap wall. In 2007, restoration work by cultural heritage authorities on the ancient buildings of Prince Fu’s Tomb included repairs to doors, windows, beams, columns, hall roofs, floor tiles, and color retouching of painted decorations.

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Further Reading:

· Third Batch of Municipal Cultural Heritage Protection Units in Beijing