Tomb of Zeng Guofan

Tomb of Zeng Guofan
曾国藩墓
Tomb of Zeng Guofan
General information
Type	Tomb
Location	Pingtang Subdistrict, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan, China
Coordinates	28°05′05″N 112°54′28″E / 28.08472°N 112.90778°E / 28.08472; 112.90778
Construction started	1873
Renovated	2002
Affiliation	Hunan government
Height
Architectural	Chinese architecture
Technical details
Material	Granite
Floor area	3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft)

The Tomb of Zeng Guofan (simplified Chinese: 曾国藩墓; traditional Chinese: 曾國藩墓; pinyin: Zēng Guófān Mù) is the tomb of Zeng Guofan, a Chinese statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty.^[1][2] The tomb dates from 1873, and is located in Pingtang Subdistrict, Yuelu District of Changsha, Hunan, China.^[1] In 2013 it has been the focus of the State Council of China as a National Historical and Cultural Site.^[1]

Zeng Guofan, a statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty, died in 1872 and was buried in Pingtang Subdistrict, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan in the following year.^[1][2]

During the Cultural Revolution, the Red Guards attacked and smashed the tomb.^[1] Some ornaments were stolen in the 1980s.^[1] It has been designated as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ in 1993 and a provincial cultural relic preservation organ in 1996, respectively.^[1] It was renovated by local government in 2002.^[1][2] In 2013, it was listed among the "Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Hunan" by the State Council of China.^[1]

• Wang Xijia (2014). 长沙史话 [A Brief History of Changsha] (in Chinese). Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press. ISBN 978-7-5097-6662-0.