The Tomb of King Qian Wusu is the founder of "heaven on the top and Suzhou and Hangzhou on the bottom", and the founder of the city of Hangzhou- the burial place of King Qian Yuekai of the Five Dynasties of the Late Tang Dynasty. Qian Wei (錢镠), also spelled Mei (字具美), was born in 852 in Qianwu Ridge (Qianwu Ridge) under the mountain of Lin'an Gongchen, and was eventually buried here, founding the State of Wuyue at the end of the Tang Dynasty when the town was divided and wars were frequent, reigning for forty-one years, with the temple name Taizu and the title Wusu Wang.
Cupola Stone Arch
The Cupola Stone Arch is a landmark of king Qian's mausoleum. "Qian Wusu King's Mausoleum" dragon plate left and right dragon and tiger protection, centered and standing, shifang three-way four pillars symbolize Wu Yueguo Rongsheng III and Zeze is four seas, each pillar four square eight corners, symbolizing Qian's yingjie, has long been distributed in all directions. The stone arch is carved from a whole stone, and the material cannot be mined with explosives, but has to be made by hand, which shows the exquisite craftsmanship.
QianWang Temple
The main gate of the Qianwang Ancestral Hall was written by the Qianlong Emperor when he went down to Jiangnan in March 1751 when he went to the Qianwang Ancestral Hall in Hangzhou to pay homage to the Qianwang Ancestral Hall. The main hall of the ancestral hall enshrines a bronze seated statue of Qian Gong, which is very powerful and solemn. Behind the statue of King Qian is a hand-forged copper background decorated with the tide of the Qian River, which symbolizes the tide of the King of Qian; on the distant mountain stands the representative building of Wu Yueguo, the Liuhe Pagoda. The combination of the two is rich in the meaning of "Jiangshan".
The 4 wood carvings displayed on the left and right gables of the Qianwang Ancestral Hall mainly introduce the life story and main achievements of Qian From birth to burial in Lin'an. On the back of the seated statue of King Qian is a map of the territory of the "One Army and Thirteen Prefectures" ruled by Wu Yueguo.
Tomb of king Qian
The entire core area of the Qianwusu Tomb is the Tomb of king Qian, which is composed of an altar, an offering table, and a tombstone. The inscription has a total of 30 inscriptions, which are some of the main titles and titles of Qian Wei before and after his death, which should be read: "Marshal of the Terracotta Army of the Tang Dynasty, Shang Father, Shou Shang Shu Ling and Zhongshu Ling, King WuYue, Tan Wusu, Tomb of King Qian." Qian died of illness in Hangzhou, the capital of the Wuyue State, in 932 at the age of 81. Later Emperor Mingzong of Tang called him "Elder of the Tired Dynasty, Contemporary Xunxian" and decreed that the dynasty should be abolished for seven days, the imperial sacrifice would be made three times, and the imperial funeral would be "Wusu", and the imperial burial would be in the original area of Maoshan (present-day Taimiao Mountain) in Yijin Township, Anguo County.
Throughout his life, King Qian rongma, founded the country, developed the economy, and persuaded the peasants to teach sang, and was deeply loved by the people. He was born in Si, buried in Si, and the fallen leaves are long-sleeping, but he can slowly return to the earth...
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