Yesterday I visited the tomb temple of Sima Qian in Hancheng. Most literati in China would look up to Sima Qian’s contributions and great achievements. His main work Historic Records is considered as not only a historic epic but also a marvelous literature.

At the entrance, there is beautiful long stonework with different historic opinions. I took a picture with one of them. Are we now also living in a time of peace and prosperity? (See photo)

The bronze statue of Sima Qian is at the end of entrance main road. (See photo) Behind the statue are a river and a hill, where the tomb exists.

The memorial archway is the symbol of this tomb temple. (See photo) From here we can go upstairs to the tomb of Sima Qian.

Here on the hill is the yurt-shaped tomb, also called Eight-Diagram tomb. (See photo) It was built by the emperor Kublai in Yuan Dynasty.

In the museums there are good paintings depicting the whole life of Sima Qian and also a lot of stories from his book, especially the social Economy Commentary Section, which is also very valuable nowadays.