Tomb of Emperor Yao

　　    The Tomb of Emperor Yao is located at Yaowang Temple in Hujixiang, Mudan District, Heze City (two li west of Hujizhen), where Hujixiang now stands on the site of the ancient Chengyang. Historical records from various dynasties all state: "Lüshi Chunqiu · An Si" says, "Emperor Yao was buried in Gulin ----"; the Eastern Han scholar Gao You stated, "Yao was buried in Chengyang; this mentions Gulin, which is the Gulin at the foot of Chengyang Mountain." The Wei-Jin scholar Huang Pu noted in "Diwang Shiji" that "Gulin is Chengyang"; "Qianlong Yupi Gangjian" also says, "Emperor Yao passed away in Chengyang, was buried in Gulin, and Gulin is Chengyang."; "Commentary on the Water Classic" states, "Two li west of Chengyang lies the Tomb of Emperor Yao."

　　    In front of the tomb stands a sacrificial text stele erected in 1545 (the 24th year of the Ming Jiajing reign) by Meng Shu, magistrate of Puzhou, and a stele inscribed with "Tomb of Emperor Yao of the Tao Tang Clan," written in 1903 by Miao Runfu, also magistrate of Puzhou. In front of the steles are the Offering Hall, East and West Audience Rooms, East and West Changing Rooms, the Main Gate, the Memorial Archway, and the Hall of the Goddess. The courtyard also contains several stone tablets and 246 ancient cypresses planted in the late Qing Dynasty. Five hundred meters south of the tomb lies the Tomb of Yao’s mother, Qingdu, and 350 meters west lies the tomb and shrine of Yao’s consort, Lady Zhongshan.