Tomb of Wanyan Ehe

　　    Residents of Wangjia Village identify this tomb as their ancestral burial site. It is said that the current villagers are approximately thirty generations descended from the person buried here. Regarding the identity of the deceased, the Qing Dynasty’s Yongzheng-era “Shaanxi General Gazetteer” refers to him as the Jin Dynasty’s Marshal Wanyan, while the Republican-era “Draft General Gazetteer of Shaanxi Province” calls him Wanyan Ehe, noting: “Ehe, an official of the Jin’s Privy Council, was killed during the Yuan army’s attack on Shaanxi. His son Yonglu collected his father’s remains and buried them here.” A stele from the 12th year of the Tongzhi reign in the ancestral shrine of the Wanyan family in Wangjia Village states: “Our founding ancestor, Wanyan clan, given name Zhun, is a descendant of Jizi. During the Yuan Dynasty’s Zhiyuan era, he was granted the title of Marquis of Zhenxi…” From the above, it is clear that Wanyan Ehe and Wanyan Zhun were two distinct individuals. The former lived in the early Yuan Dynasty and died serving the Jin Dynasty; the latter lived in the late Yuan Dynasty and was ennobled by the Yuan regime. The people of Wangjia Village believe the tomb belongs to the latter, but we consider the former more likely, hence our naming of the tomb.