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Tomb Of Xu Guangqi
The tomb of Xu Guangqi is the burial site of Xu Guangqi (24 April 1562 – 10 November 1633), a prominent late Ming dynasty statesman, scholar, and leader of the Catholic community, as well as some of his relatives. It is located north of Xujiahui, Shanghai, in the present-day Guangqi Park, covering an area of 3,000 square meters and standing 2.2 meters tall. The tomb is elliptical in shape. In the seventh year of the Chongzhen era (1634), he was posthumously granted the privilege of burial with the rank of a first-rank official, and a special envoy was dispatched to escort his coffin back to Shanghai for burial. Due to the unsettled situation at the time, the coffin was temporarily placed outside the Da'nan Gate of Shanghai (Old City) in the Shuangyuan Villa. In the fourteenth year of the Chongzhen era (1641), he was finally buried in the southwest corner of Gaochang Township, Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture. In the twenty-ninth year of the Guangxu era (1903), the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangqi Park
Guang Qi (pinyin) or Kuang Chi (Wade–Giles) may refer to: 光啓 / 光啟 / 光启 Guāng Qǐ (pinyin) or Kuang Ch'i (Wade–Giles) is a Chinese given name (), may refer to: * Xu Guangqi (), Chinese scholar-bureaucrat, Catholic convert, agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician of the Ming Dynasty ** Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall (徐光启纪念馆) ** Kuang-Chi () a Chinese technology company named after Xu Guangqi ** Xavier School, also known as ''Kuang Chi School'' (; Hokkien: Kông Khē Hák Hàu; meaning: ''Guāngqǐ School''), a Chinese-language Filipino school named after Xu Guangqi * Lu Guangqi (), an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty 广汽 / 廣汽 Guǎngqì (pinyin) or Kuang-Ch'i (Wade–Giles) () may refer to: * Guangqi Honda (), a Sino-Japanese joint venture * GAC Group, (), parent company of Guangqi Honda See also * Guang (other) * Kuang (other) * Qi (other) * Chi (other) {{disambiguation, given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |