Tomb of Zhao Mengfu

　　    The Tomb of Zhao Mengfu is situated south of Xitai Mountain in Dongheng Village, Luoshe Town. Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322), courtesy name Ziang, art name Songxue Daoren, posthumously honored as Wenmin, was a native of Wuxing, Zhejiang (present-day Huzhou). A member of the Song imperial family, he was a renowned calligrapher and painter of the Yuan Dynasty, excelling in calligraphy, skilled in painting, reforming the academic painting style of the Southern Song, establishing the painting aesthetics of the Yuan era, and also accomplished in poetry, prose, and seal carving. He was a celebrated literary figure, calligrapher, and statesman of the Song Dynasty, highly prominent in the literary circles of his time.

　　    In 1992, at a depth of 1.5 meters from the surface, a stone-chambered tomb with a double chamber—measuring 3 meters in length and 2.6 meters in width—was discovered, along with a rammed-earth ceremonial path 11 meters wide. Approximately 30 meters from the tomb, on both sides of the ceremonial path, two stone statues of officials (each 2.2 meters tall and 0.8 meters wide) and two stone horses (each 2.7 meters long and 1.5 meters high) were unearthed. All were carved from Taihu Lake stone and intricately crafted.

　　    In 1993, the tomb site was restored to cover an area of 3,000 square meters. It is built against the mountain and faces south, with stone horses and officials lining both sides of the ceremonial path. On August 29, 1997, it was designated as a Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit, and on May 2013, it was listed among the seventh group of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites.

　　Zhao Mengfu (1254~1322)　　    Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322), courtesy name Ziang, also known as Songxue Daoren or Shuijinggong Daoren, was the eleventh-generation descendant of Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin, and a descendant of Prince Qi, Zhao Defang. After the fall of the Song Dynasty, in the 23rd year of the Yuan calendar (1286), Zhao Mengfu was recommended to Kublai Khan, the founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, and was highly regarded. He was appointed as a fifth-rank official, serving as Langzhong in the Ministry of War. Two years later, he became a fourth-rank official, holding the position of Academician-in-Attendance of the Jixian Academy. In the 29th year of the Yuan calendar (1292), he took office as the administrator of the Jinan Road. In the first year of the Yuanshen era (1295), following the death of Kublai Khan, Emperor Chengzong ordered the compilation of the Shizu Veritable Records, and Zhao Mengfu was recalled to the capital. In the third year of the Zhida era (1310), the Crown Prince Ayurbarwada... Details+