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Song Meiling's ashes are temporarily located only 3 square meters; the "archway" of Du Yuesheng's tomb is ironic, and the tomb faces Shanghai

Song Meiling's ashes are temporarily located only 3 square meters; the "archway" of Du Yuesheng's tomb is ironic, and the tomb faces Shanghai

Song Meiling's tomb, in this small white building in The Fencliffe Cemetery in New York, this small building is called the Rose Memorial.

Song Meiling's ashes are temporarily located only 3 square meters; the "archway" of Du Yuesheng's tomb is ironic, and the tomb faces Shanghai

On the third floor of the Rose Memorial Hall, the first iron fence door is Song Meiling's burial chamber, which is about 3 meters square. In fact, according to chinese tradition, this is not a tomb at all, and it has not been buried for safety, but only temporarily. In ancient China, from the emperor to the people, sometimes they were buried months and years after death, so there were coffins, coffins temporarily, and temporary houses to be buried.

Song Meiling's ashes are temporarily located only 3 square meters; the "archway" of Du Yuesheng's tomb is ironic, and the tomb faces Shanghai

Looking inside outside the iron fence door, Song Meiling's 3 square meters of ashes are temporarily located, which is indeed very small. The left wall is inscribed with related writing, similar to an inscription, and on the right is a stone bench. You can see flowers on the altar, and you can vaguely see an elephant carved on the altar, similar to the elephant stone statue of the Ming and Qing tombs.

Song Meiling's ashes are temporarily located only 3 square meters; the "archway" of Du Yuesheng's tomb is ironic, and the tomb faces Shanghai

Du Yuesheng Cemetery. Du Yuesheng's tomb was built in the traditional Chinese tomb form, with typical "chair circles" on both sides of the tomb, symbolizing the green dragon and white tiger. The special place is that there is also a archway on the tomb, and the eight characters on the archway were given by Jiang and Zhang Qun, which made Du Yuesheng very tall. The term "Standing Arch" is estimated to be no stranger, and the praise on it often raises the owner very high. Once written on the "archway", the praise often means that it is false, even ironic.

Song Meiling's ashes are temporarily located only 3 square meters; the "archway" of Du Yuesheng's tomb is ironic, and the tomb faces Shanghai

This is a close-up of the stone stele of Du Yuesheng's tomb. "The Tomb of the Emperor of the Shengfu Of the Duke of Xiankaodu" and "Xian" have the meaning of virtue and fame. "Kao" is an honorific title for the late father, which is actually similar to a nickname and can be used by everyone. "Gong" is even more beautiful. "Fujun" is also an honorific title for the deceased. Du Yuesheng's tomb faces Shanghai, which is the place where Du Yuesheng went from his nameless origin to the place where he flew yellow and Tengda.

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