Tomb of Li Bai | |
Native Name: | 李白墓 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Map Type: | China |
Building Type: | Tomb |
Location: | Dangtu County, Anhui |
Location Country: | China |
Coordinates: | 31.4977°N 118.5256°W |
Groundbreaking Date: | 762 |
Completion Date: | 762 |
Relocated Date: | 817 |
Material: | Stone |
Unit Count: | --> |
The Tomb of Li Bai is the tomb of Li Bai, a Chinese poet acclaimed from his own day to the present as a genius and a romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights. The tomb is located at the western foot of Green Mountain in Dangtu County, Anhui, China.[1] [2]
Li Bai died in 762, during the ruling of Emperor Suzong (756 - 762) of Tang dynasty (618 - 907). Li Yangbing, the then magistrate of Dangtu County and relative of Li Bai, buried him at the eastern foot of Dragon Mountain . In 817, Fan Chuanzheng, son of Li's friend, alongside Zhuge Zong, the then magistrate of Dangtu County, reburied him at the western foot of Green Mountain .
In 2006, it was declared a "Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Anhui" by the State Council of China.