Tombs of the Ming Princes of Chu 明楚王墓Míng Chǔwáng Mù

About Tombs of the Ming Princes of Chu

The burial ground of nine Ming-dynasty princes of Chu on Longquan Mountain in Jiangxia District, a line that began when the Hongwu Emperor's sixth son, Zhu Zhen, was enfeoffed at Wuchang in 1370. Prince Zhao's enclosure, with a gate, halls and stele pavilion rebuilt in 1988 and an excavated underground chamber, is the best preserved and reopened in December 2021 with a new exhibition hall, while archaeologists have been clearing the foundations of other enclosures since 2015. The site was among the first group of Hubei provincial heritage parks named in 2021 and was approved in December 2022 as a national archaeological site park project.

How to get to Tombs of the Ming Princes of Chu

In the Longquan Mountain scenic area of Longquan Subdistrict, Jiangxia District, south-east of central Wuhan, reached by car; a ring greenway runs round the valley past the other princes' enclosures.

Nearby

• Hubei Provincial Museum 湖北省博物馆 20 km
  Marquis Yi's ancient bronze bells, played live, and the sword of King Goujian
• Yellow Crane Tower 黄鹤楼 30 km
  A tower rebuilt many times over, made immortal by a single Tang poem

Also within 20 km: Fengqi Oasis Ecological Civilisation Expo Park 凤栖绿洲生态文明博览园 (10 km), Lianghu Manxiang Leisure Park 梁湖漫乡 (20 km), Yifu Museum of China University of Geosciences 中国地质大学逸夫博物馆 (20 km), Liangzi Island 梁子岛 (20 km), Wuhan Botanical Garden 武汉植物园 (20 km).

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