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Zheng He Park and Ma Haji Tomb Stele 马哈只墓碑Mǎ Hāzhī Mùbēi
National heritage site · Kunming, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Kunming
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zheng He Park and Ma Haji Tomb Stele
The tomb stele of Ma Haji, father of the Ming admiral Zheng He, stands on the western slope of Yueshan hill in Zheng He Park in Kunyang. Its inscription, composed in Nanjing by the Minister of Rites Li Zhigang before Zheng He's first voyage, records the family's history, and a note on the back records that Zheng He returned to sweep the tomb in 1411. Two steles about Zheng He, put up in 1935, flank it, and the park also has a Zheng He memorial hall.
How to get to Zheng He Park and Ma Haji Tomb Stele
In Kunyang, Jinning District, about 55 km south of central Kunming by road, roughly an hour's drive.
Nearby
- Western Hills & Dragon Gate 西山龙门 30 km
Taoist grottoes and a single-file ledge path cut into a cliff high above Dianchi Lake - Chengjiang Fossil Site & Fuxian Lake 澄江化石地与抚仙湖 40 km
Half-billion-year-old fossils of early animals beside one of China's deepest lakes - Green Lake Park 翠湖公园 40 km
Kunming's favourite park, where wintering gulls wheel over willow-lined causeways
Also within 20 km: Shizhaishan Archaeological Site Park 石寨山考古遗址公园 (10 km), Haikou Chuanzi Sluice 海口川字闸 (10 km).
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