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Tomb of Yu Qian 于谦墓Yú Qiān Mù
National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tomb of Yu Qian
The tomb of Yu Qian (1398–1457), the Ming minister of war who led the defence of Beijing after the emperor was captured by the Mongols in the Tumu crisis, and who was executed when that emperor regained the throne. Rebuilt in 1982, the horseshoe-shaped mound at the foot of Santai Hill is approached through a stone gateway and a spirit way lined with six pairs of stone figures, and the neighbouring Yu Qian Shrine has an exhibition on his life.
How to get to Tomb of Yu Qian
On the west side of West Lake at the foot of Santai Hill, under 1 km west of the Yanggong Causeway.
Nearby
- West Lake 西湖 under 10 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 under 10 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Leifeng Pagoda 雷峰塔 (under 10 km), China National Silk Museum 中国丝绸博物馆 (under 10 km), Zhejiang Art Museum 浙江美术馆 (under 10 km), Xiling Seal Engravers' Society 西泠印社 (under 10 km), Southern Hills Carvings (Ciyunling, Yanxia Cave, Tianlong Temple) 西湖南山造像 (under 10 km), Historic Buildings of the Zhejiang Library 浙江图书馆旧址 (under 10 km).
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