赤虾墓

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8.赤虾墓
赤虾墓位于衙口乡东沙头,是晋江市文物保护单位。赤虾墓原名东沙大墓,是施氏九世静隐公夫妻、十世敦古公夫妻及十一世勤斋公五圹合葬墓。始建于明嘉靖年间,重修于清康熙二十七年施琅平台后封侯之时。墓丘封顶以整石雕成龟壳状,墓桌、墓曲手均用整石砌就,顶压石雕昂首长龙,雕工精美,形制奇特。墓穴坐西朝东,背负黄土冈,面临深沪湾,被风水先生称为“黄龙渡江”,后因避皇帝讳而改为“赤虾投江”。从此就改称“赤虾墓”。赤虾墓曾一度被黄沙掩埋40余年,清和之世得以重光。

Chixia Tomb lies in Dongshatou of Yakou village. It was named Dongsha Tomb, a joint tomb of five graves of Jingyin Gong couple of the 9th generation, Dungu Gong couple of the 10th generation and Shiqinzai Gong of 11th generation. It was first built in the reign of Jiajing, Ming Dynasty and renovated in the 27th year of Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty after Shi Lang was conferred a rank of nobility for his recovering Taiwan. On the top of the tomb is a carved stone turtle. The tomb table and the winding edges are all bedded by the complete sets of stones. The top stone is carved into a dragon bridling up. The handicraft is intricate and the shape unique. The tomb faces the east, which is Shenhu bay and the back is a yellow earth hill, thats why it is called Yellow dragon crossing the river by geomancers. Later, in order to evade the symbol of emperor, it was renamed Chixia (Red Shrimp) jumping into the river and the tomb was also called Chixia Tomb.the tomb had been buried under yellow sands for more than 40 years and was able to be under the sun during the peaceful period of the Qing Dynasty.