Mausoleum of General Yue Fei

A national hero with a sad end, Yue Fei had successfully kept the northern Jin invaders out of the Chinese soil in 12th century during the Song Dynasty. Betrayed by two imperial officials, Qin Hui and Zhang Jun, General Yue Fei was sent into prison. He said before being executed, "The heaven knows what I have done to my country, the evidence of such an unjust case will be clear in the future !" After his death, at risk of being caught, a prison officer carried the body out of Hangzhou. Yue Fei was buried in the courtyard of a temple. 21 years later, Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty ordered to recover the general's reputation and offered a reward of 500 taels of money (so large an amount of cash at that time) for whom found his body. Yue Fei was re-buried near the West Lake in Hangzhou. The place is now called the Yue Miao (The Mausoleum of General Yue Fei).

Built in 1221 and worn by time, the Mausoleum of General Yue Fei was then repaired and renovated in 1978. You'll find a two-storey majestic building in front of you, a tranquil garden with tall trees is just a short distance away. In the middle of Grand Hall of the mausoleum, the big statue of General Yue Fei sits. It has brilliant colors and wears like a warrior, "Return Me of My Motherland" are the words by General Yue Fei inscribed on the big tablet hung at the top of the wall behind the majestic statue. At the back of the Grand Hall displays murals which are the story of the general's life told by his mother.

In the Graveyard of General Yue Fei, pairs of stone horse, tiger and goat statues are stood. The architecture of Yue Fei's Tomb maintains the Song Dynasty style after the renovation in 1970s. It is quite interesting that the Chinese hate the bad guy Qin Hui so much, the steel statues of him, his wife and the two accomplices kneeling here are spat on and cursed by people!