#Zu Dashou

[molkolsdal]

This carved panel of a tomb gate was part of a family cemetery near Beijing. It belonged to Zu Dashou, whose residence still stands in Beijing. A general who defended the Ming dynasty from Manchu attacks, Zu Dashou died in 1656 and was buried with honours in a splendid tomb.

Some of Zu Dashou's more important sons had their own enclosed family graveyards, constructed next to their father's. These panels, carved with mythical qilin animals, come from the gate which guarded the graveyard of one of these sons.

Yongtai village near Beijing, limestone, c. 1660 - 1700 Qing dynasty

[romanceyourdemons]

kind of fucked up how i was reading about seventeenth century ming general zu dashou and how his surrender to the manchus is considered a significant moment in the fall of the ming dynasty and the establishment of the qing, and then i see that his tomb is in toronto

[mountainlioncat]

The ROM Gallery of Chinese Architecture houses one of the largest collection of Chinese architectural artifacts outside of China and is the first gallery of Chinese architecture in North America. Artifacts held in the gallery include the Tomb of General Zu Dashou. (Wikipedia) #Canada #Toronto #ROM #museum #tomb #golden Discovered at Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario. See more at Trover