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The Xiaotang Mountain Han Shrine () also known as the ''Guo Family Ancestral Hall'' (, literally "Xiaotang Mountain Guo Family Tomb Stone Ancestral Hall") is a funerary stone shrine from the early Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) situated on slopes of the Yellow River valley in the western part of Shandong Province, China. It is the only known offering shrine from this period known to be still standing in its original form.〔name=harvardrubcol>(Description of "Reconstruction of Xiaotang Mountain Shrine", Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections )〕 The Xiaotang Mountain Shrine has been identified with as the Guo Family shrine by some studies,〔name=harvardrubcol /> linking it to the story of Guo Ju, the 13th of the Confucian Twenty-four paragons filial piety ().〔name=24paragons>("The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety" (online article) )〕 ==History== Funerary shrines have been built on top of the tombs of members of the upper nobility and feudal lords〔 since the Warring States period (475-221 BC). Erecting such shrines as well as monumental towers became popular during the times of the Han Dynasty (207 BC-220 AD) and in particular in the era of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD). The Xiaotang Mountain Han Shrine dates to the early Eastern Han Dynasty, but the exact date remains unknown.〔("Stone Shrine at the Guo Family Mausoleum", online article at www.chinaculture.org )〕 Historical inscriptions that were added to the shrine suggest that it dates back before the year 129 AD (the 4th year of the reign of the Eastern Han Emperor Shun of Han), to which the earliest inscription on the shrine is dated.〔name=chinaculture /> The second oldest inscription date is the year when Emperor Huan of Han of the Eastern Han changed his era name to "Yongkang" (, in 167 AD).〔 The shrine is mentioned in the "Commentary to the River Classic" (Shui Jing Zhu) by the Northern Wei Dynasty scholar Li Daoyuan (died 527 AD).〔 The shrine is also recorded in the "Catalogue of Inscriptions on Stone and Bone" by Zhao Mingcheng (, 1081-1129 AD), a scholar-official and epigraphist in the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) 〔 also known for being the husband to poetess Li Qingzhao. The shrine was among the first 180 sites to be included in the list of national heritage sites () on April 3, 1961. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Xiaotang Mountain Han Shrine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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