Tomb of Luxun | |
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Location | Lu Xun Park, Shanghai, China |
Coordinates | 31°16′27″N 121°28′41″E / 31.27414°N 121.478062°E |
Built | 1956 |
Owner | Lu Xun |
The tomb of Lu Xun is the burial place of the Chinese writer Lu Xun (1881–1936), located in the northwestern corner of the Lu Xun Park in Hongkou District, Shanghai. Covering an area of 1,600 square metres (17,000 sq ft), the tomb of Lu Xun was built in 1956, and in the same year, the remains of Lu Xun was moved to this tomb from the Wanguo Cemetery of Shanghai.
The tomb of Lu Xun was listed as the first batch of the major historical and cultural site protected at the national level, by the State Council of the People's Republic of China, on 4 March 1961.