The Mausoleum of King Ningjing in Hunei Township, Kaohsiung County, is the mausoleum of Zhu Shugui, king of Ningjing in the Southern Ming Dynasty. Zhu Shugui was a descendant of Zhu Zhi, the Liao king, the fifteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and was initially named "Auxiliary General" by emperor Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty. After the fall of Nanjing, he followed Emperor Longwu and was made the King of Ningjing. In 1648 (the second year of the Yongli Calendar), Zhu Shugui was sent by the Yongli Emperor to supervise Zheng Chenggong's army, and from then on followed Zheng Chenggong all the way to Taiwan.
In 1683, Kangxi sent Shi Lang to lead more than 300 warships to attack Penghu and destroy the main force of Zheng's army, and Zheng Keshuang was forced to lead the people to surrender. Zhu Shuguining did not surrender, decided to die martyrdom, and wrote a suicide note on the wall: "When the time comes, you must die with all your hair and crown." Do not live up to the high emperor, do not live up to the parents, life is over, no shame. In the end, he married Liang and hanged himself at the age of 66.
Before Zhu Shugui was martyred, he divided the land under his name with the villagers. The people, grateful for his kindness and loyalty, built more than a hundred fake tombs near his mausoleum to confuse the Qing army. The picture shows a pair of stone lions in front of the tomb.
After the Sino-Japanese War, Japan ceded Taiwan. During the occupation, they excavated the tomb of King Ningjing and stole precious cultural relics such as gold crowns from the tomb back to Japan. After the restoration of Taiwan, the villagers rebuilt the tomb of the king and came to worship this skeletal prince on the day of the sacrifice of King Ningjing on September 25 of the lunar calendar every year.
Before Zhu Shugui was martyred, his five concubines (Yuan, Wang, Xiugu, Mei, and He) were also unyielding and hanged themselves in the middle hall of the palace. The local people were touched by their loyalty, and built a temple in front of their tomb during the Qianlong period to sacrifice, which was later repaired to become today's Temple of the Five Concubines.