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Jianchu Land-Purchase Inscription 汉建初元年买地刻石Hàn Jiànchū Yuánnián Mǎidì Kèshí
National heritage site · Shaoxing, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shaoxing
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Jianchu Land-Purchase Inscription
A cliff inscription cut in AD 76 on the eastern slope of Tiao hill in Fusheng, recording in 20 characters that six brothers bought this hillside together as a burial ground, with the words 'Da Ji' ('great fortune') above. It is the oldest known cliff inscription in Zhejiang and the largest surviving land deed for a tomb in China, with a colophon of 1823 by the Qing scholar Wu Rongguang carved beside it, and the rock now sits inside a small railed shelter.
How to get to Jianchu Land-Purchase Inscription
Near Wushi village in Fusheng town, about 15 km east of Shaoxing's old city by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: East Lake, Shaoxing 东湖 (10 km), Fenghuangshan Kiln Sites 凤凰山窑址群 (10 km), Mausoleum of Yu the Great 大禹陵 (10 km), Cao'e Temple 曹娥庙 (10 km), Bazi Bridge 八字桥 (10 km), Lu Xun Native Place & Shen Garden 鲁迅故里·沈园 (10 km).
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