Where is Zhuangzi's tomb?

There is more than one "hometown of Zhuangzi". China has three "Hometowns of Zhuangzi": Minquan County in Henan Province, Mengcheng County in Anhui Province and Dongming County in Shandong Province.

On the website of Shangqiu Tourism Bureau, I saw the introduction of "Zhuangzi's hometown" as follows: "Zhuangzi's hometown is located in qinglian temple Village, Shunhe Township, Minquan County, Shangqiu City, and the scenic spots are Zhuangzi Hutong and Zhuangzi Well. Zhuangzi's Tomb is five kilometers south of qinglian temple Village, with a height of 9 meters and a circumference of 88 meters. During the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, there was a stone tablet engraved with the words "Tomb of Zhuang Zhou". 」

Another "hometown of Zhuangzi" is Dongming County. The county government attached great importance to this, and held a national Zhuangzi seminar in 1995, inviting 30 experts from all over the country to make a field trip. Participants agreed that Dongming is the hometown of Zhuangzi. Dongming has Zhuangzi Painting and Calligraphy Institute, Qiyuan Guest House and Xiaoyao Community. The streets are named after Nanhua and Mengdie.

According to historical records, Zhuangzi was a Mongolian. Although probably not Mongolian more than 2,000 years ago, Anhui Mengcheng was first recognized as the hometown of Zhuangzi by Su Dongpo and recorded as "Zhuangzi Ancestral Temple". In Mengcheng County, in addition to the ancestral temple in Zhuangzi, there are "relics" such as terraced fields in Zhuangzi and Diaoyutai in Zhuangzi. The location of these "relics" is called "Qiyuan Town" (it is said that Zhuangzi is an official of Qiyuan).

The three places spared no effort to become the "hometown of Zhuangzi". In order to win the recognition of the central government, in addition to the propaganda offensive in Dongming County, Mengcheng also decided to fight its way out in the academic circles and set up the Zhuangzi Research Center to win the recognition of scholars at home and abroad, thus becoming an important town for Zhuangzi research. Of course, Henan Province will not sit still. In recent years, it has won thousands of people from the Central Ministry of Culture and provincial and local cultural departments to visit the "Hometown of Zhuangzi", and also appealed for donations from home and abroad to repair the "Tomb of Zhuangzi" and "Hometown of Zhuang Zhou".

Finally, Zhuangzi decided where to live. According to the CCTV website, Minquan County in Henan Province finally got the return of Zhuangzi. In 2000, the State Council approved Zhuangzi's hometown as Henan civil rights; The People's Government of Henan Province also announced Zhuangzi's hometown and Zhuangzi's tomb as key cultural relics protection units in Henan Province. Are the other two "villagers" convinced? In 2003, Anhui Daily still said "Mengcheng, the hometown of Zhuangzi", and even said that many tourists visited during the Golden Week. As for Dongming County? People spend so much time, including "Happy Community" and "Zhuangzi Academy", how can they give up easily? I have a suggestion for Dongming County. Let's build a theme park according to Zhuangzi! There are so many strange things in Zhuangzi, which can provide endless inspiration for the design of mobile games and haunted houses. This is not only much more interesting than those "historic sites", but also in line with the spirit of Zhuangzi. It can not only promote Chinese culture, but also revitalize the economy. Why not?