There are many famous officials in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and the one who left the deepest impression on posterity was Hai Rui. Hai Rui is one of the most legendary figures in the history of our country, he is not a rich and powerful person, his life is strict in law enforcement, to eliminate violence and peace, and to build water conservancy to develop agricultural production, has won the support of the people, in the more than twenty years of politics many times risked death to the emperor of the dynasty advice, and left the deepest impression on our descendants is the "clean and honest" of Hai Qingtian, his life's energy is also in the country loyal and serve the people.
Many of the buildings here are built later, but the specifications are very high, and the Tomb of Hai Rui was built in the seventeenth year of the Ming Dynasty (1589), which was built by the emperor and sent Xu Ziwei to Hainan to supervise the construction. It is said that when The coffin was transported to the current cemetery, the rope carrying the coffin was suddenly broken, and several unsuccessful attempts were made, and people thought that this was Hai Rui's own choice of feng shui treasure land, so it was buried.
Hai Rui is also named Gangfeng, which shows his character quality of being upright and upright throughout his life. His five-year-old daughter once accepted a piece of bread from a servant because of hunger, and Harry was very angry when he found out, not only teaching his daughter that men and women could not accept other people's things casually, "starvation is small, loss of temperance is big" You are my daughter, even if you starve to death, you should not accept other people's things, so his daughter really died of hunger strike...
Hai Rui's life is not happy, he is a loyal servant and a filial piety, married three times, the first two ladies were forced to divorce Hai Rui because of the discord with their mother-in-law, the third wife also died unfortunately, he did not have a son after his death, which is also very sad in the feudal society of "no filial piety has three, no queen is greater".
Hai Rui is a native of Qionghai, Hainan, after his death returned to his hometown, "Hairui Cemetery" has now become a famous tourist attraction in Haikou, many friends who come to Haikou will come to this quiet place located in Binya Village, the western suburbs of Haikou City, to visit the most famous Qing official in China.
In the cemetery there is a showroom of Hai Rui's life deeds, in the showroom we can learn about Hai Rui's experience as an official in politics, in fact, many of Hai Rui's official titles are also false titles, his life has ideals and ambitions, but he is not very ambitious, in the ancient history of our country, the common people expect the emperor to be wise, the officials are clean, but since ancient times, the "unspoken rules" have been continuous, there are almost no officials who are not corrupt, the real clean officials are rare, and the only people who really let us remember are a few officials such as Bao Qingtian and Hai Qingtian.
On both sides of the corridor are lined with many stone statues, including stone sheep, stone horses, stone lions, stone people, or standing or sitting or lying down, vividly.
On the back of the turtle, there is a stone stele more than one meter high, which is engraved with the inscription "Minghai Zhongsuke Public Decree Sacrifice Monument", which expresses Hai Rui's life merits.
When Hai Rui died, there were only more than twenty silver in the family, not enough to be buried, the emperor personally sent money to let people escort his coffin back to his hometown for burial, at that time many ordinary people spontaneously escorted Hai Da, the scene was very spectacular, Hai Rui's death also made the officials in the dynasty greatly relieved... The tall tombstone next to it is engraved with 30 characters of "Tomb of the Ming Emperor's Burial of Zishan Dafu Nanjing Duchayuan Right Yushi Gift Prince Shaobao Zhongjie Haigong".
Hai Rui's tomb is 3 meters high, which was destroyed during that special period, which was later rebuilt, and although it is now only an empty tomb, it preserves Hai Rui's upright spirit.
Hai Rui sat in a statue, Hai Rui was dressed in court clothes, wearing an official hat, holding the wat in both hands and sitting on the big rock, his face was slightly to the left, his eyes were staring into the distance, his expression was serious and kind, like a worried about the country and the people, just and upright, honest and diligent image of a clean official.
Behind the garden are the tall "Qingfeng Pavilion" and the "Unstained Pond". There are many colorful tropical fish in the pool, the pebbles under the water are clearly visible, and the Qingfeng Pavilion is an antique building, which is quaint and solemn.
Hai Rui deeds gallery, here in the form of comic strips to introduce the growth experience of Hai Rui's life, in fact, Hai Rui is also a very unfortunate person, when he was three years old, his father died, has been led by his mother to take him to live a difficult life, grew up, her mother is very remarkable, is his caretaker is also an enlightener, before Hai Rui has not yet applied to the teacher, has been dictated by his mother, educated him ideological culture, cultivated personal cultivation, which also laid a good foundation for his future Geng zhi character.