Where is Yuan Shikai’s mausoleum?

Yuan Shikai’s mausoleum is located in Anyang Garden. The specific location is Taipingzhuang in Anyang City, Henan Province. It faces Huanshui River in the south, Hanling Mausoleum in the north, Imperial Road in the east, and Beijing and Guangzhou in the west. Yuan Lin was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province by the Henan Provincial People's Government on November 21, 1982. It was announced as a national key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council on March 5, 2013. In January 2015, it was announced as a national cultural relic protection unit by the Anyang Municipal Tourism Bureau. AA level tourist attraction.

On June 6, 1916, Yuan Shikai, then President of the Republic of China, died of illness. The Beiyang government in power at that time complied with his last wish to "bury me in Huan Shang" and appointed Tian Wenlie, the patrol envoy of Henan Province, to rush to Anyang to "carefully select candidates and survey the auspicious soil", "draw detailed maps" and "invite investment to build the tomb." It took more than two years and cost more than 700,000 silver dollars to build this huge tomb covering an area of ??nearly 140 acres on the bank of Huanshui River.

Extended information

Yuan Shikai’s cemetery is called Yuan Lin. The designer of Yuan Lin was a German engineer, and its building was "imitation of Ming Tomb but slightly smaller." The main buildings from south to north are Zhaobi, rough stone bridge, pure stone bridge, archway gate, pillars, stone statues, stele pavilion, east and west rooms, hall gate, Dadanbi, east and west auxiliary halls, Jingrentang, and tomb. tower.

The overall design of Yuan Lin's building is unique and has a special status in the history of tomb architecture in my country. It is characterized by a "combination of Chinese and Western elements", reflecting the characteristics of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal era. The front part of the hall is in the style of Chinese mausoleums of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the large tomb behind it is in the architectural style of Western mausoleums.

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