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Chung-He Cheng’s Tomb
[edit]- Chung-He Cheng's tomb is located in Houlong Township, Miaoli County. Chung-He Cheng is a Taiwanese literary figure of the Qing Dynasty. It was built in the seventh year during the reign of Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty (1827) and designated as a monument on August 19, 1985. The tomb is called Flagstaff Tomb by local residents, because of the stone watchtower in front of the tomb.[1]
History
[edit]Chung-He Cheng was a local landowner in Zhuqian (now Hsinchu) who founded the local Cheng family. After settling in Zhuqian in 1806, he took up teaching as his profession. His son Yung-Hsi Cheng was the first successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations in Taiwan. This tomb was built by Yung-Hsi Cheng and rebuilt by Chung-He Cheng's grandson in 1867, when Cheng and his wife were was buried together. It was designated as a monument in 1985, restoration began in 1996, and it was completed in June 1998.
The descendants of Chung-He Cheng are divided into four major branches, and they take turns to visit the tomb in autumn every year.
Layout
[edit]Chung-He Cheng's tomb is an ancient tomb with three curved handrails. It has a stone seal, a stone pen, and a stone lion on the pillars of the curved handrails, and a pair of stone figures, stone horses, stone sheep, stone tigers, and stone supports in front of it.
In front of the tomb, there is a tombstone with an inscription.