Tomb of Zuo Zongtang | |
Native Name: | 左宗棠墓 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Map Type: | China Hunan |
Map Size: | 225px |
Location: | Tiaoma Town, Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan |
Location Country: | China |
Coordinates: | 28.0982°N 113.099°W |
Completion Date: | 1886 |
Material: | Granite |
Unit Count: | --> |
The Tomb of Zuo Zongtang is the tomb of Zuo Zongtang, a Chinese statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911).[1] The tomb dates from 1886, and is located in Tiaoma Town of Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan, China.[1] [2] [3] It has been categorized as a provincial level key cultural heritage in 1996 by the Hunan Provincial Government.
The tomb was built for Zuo Zongtang, who was a statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911).[1] The tomb is located in Tiaoma Town of Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan.[1] When Zuo Zongtang died in 1885 in Fuzhou, Fujian, he was buried in here in the following year.[1]
During the Cultural Revolution, the Red Guards blasted open an entrance way and entered the tomb, Zuo Zongtang's body was dumped in the wild.[4]
In 1986, during the 100th anniversary of Zuo Zongtang's death, Hunan Provincial Government rebuilt the tomb.[1]