The Zhaojun Tomb (昭君墓), located beside a river in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, the People's Republic of China, is said to be the resting place of Wang Zhaojun, a commoner woman from the ChineseHan Empire who married a Xiongnu Chanyu. The cemetery is 13,000 m², with a 33 metre mound containing Zhaojun's coffin, making it a landmark of the region.
The first Chinese mention of the cemetery in written record is in the Tang Dynasty, by Du You (杜佑) in A Comprehensive Guide (通典 Tong Dian).
It is called by the local Mongols Temür Urkhu(?) (特木爾烏爾虎), meaning "Iron Wall". The nickname "Green Mound" (青塚 qin1 zhong3) refers to a legend that in autumn, when grass and trees wither, those plants on the cemetery mound continue to prosper.
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The Zhaojun Tomb (昭君墓), located beside a river in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, the People's Republic of China, is the resting place of Wang Zhaojun, a commoner woman from the Chinese Han Empire who married a Xiongnu chief.
The cemetery is 1.3-hectare, with a 33-metre mound containing Zhaojun'scoffin, making it a landmark of the region.
Wang Zhaojun, or Madame Wang Zhao, was born Wang Qiang (王嬙) in Zigui (秭歸), Nan Prefecture (南郡) (today Xingshan County (興山縣), Hubei) in the Western Han Dynasty.
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