Tomb of Zuo Zongtang
{{Short description|Historic site in Hunan, China}}
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| location = Tiaoma Town, Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan
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The Tomb of Zuo Zongtang ({{zh|s=左宗棠墓|t=|p=Zuǒ Zōngtáng Mù}}) is the tomb of Zuo Zongtang, a Chinese statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911).{{cite book |language=zh |author1=Liu Xixian ({{lang|zh|刘希贤}})|author2=Xie Peng ({{lang|zh|谢鹏}}) |script-title=zh:跳马史迹寻踪 |trans-title=Searching for Historical Sites in Tiaoma |year=2017 |publisher=Hunan People's Publishing House |location=Changsha, Hunan |page=118 |isbn=978-7-5561-1609-6}} The tomb dates from 1886, and is located in Tiaoma Town of Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan, China.{{cite news|author=Zhou You |url=http://hn.rednet.cn/c/2014/04/01/3313017.htm |script-title=zh:一代名臣左宗棠：69岁抬棺出征，身后长眠跳马白竹村 |newspaper=rednet |date=2014-04-01 |language=zh}}{{cite news|url= http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-04-03/033029852918.shtml|script-title=zh:这些名人墓地您未必知晓 |newspaper=sina |date=2014-04-03 |language=zh}} It has been categorized as a provincial level key cultural heritage in 1996 by the Hunan Provincial Government.
History
The tomb was built for Zuo Zongtang, who was a statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911). The tomb is located in Tiaoma Town of Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan. When Zuo Zongtang died in 1885 in Fuzhou, Fujian, he was buried in here in the following year.
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.{{cite book | author=湖南省娄底市志编纂委员会 | title=娄底市志 | publisher=中国社会出版社 | year=1997 | isbn=978-7-80088-937-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQIRAQAAMAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-04-30 | page=645}}
In 1986, during the 100th anniversary of Zuo Zongtang's death, Hunan Provincial Government rebuilt the tomb.
Gallery
File:Entrance of the Tomb of Zuo Zongtang.jpg|Entrance of the Tomb of Zuo Zongtang.
File:Introduction of the Tomb of Zuo Zongtang.jpg|Stele
File:Tomb of Zuo Zongtang in Yuhua District of Changsha.jpg|
File:Tomb of Zuo Zongtang, picture2.jpg|Tomb
File:Pillar (left) in front of the Tomb of Zuo Zongtang.jpg|Pillar (left) in front of the Tomb of Zuo Zongtang.
File:Pillar (right) in front of the Tomb of Zuo Zongtang.jpg|Pillar (right) in front of the Tomb of Zuo Zongtang.
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Category:Buildings and structures in Changsha
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1886
Category:Tourist attractions in Changsha
Category:1886 establishments in China
Category:Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the Provincial Level in Hunan