The statue of national heroine, Wang Zhaojun
There are two steles from the Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911) in Zigui County, Yichang, one is for Quyuan (屈原), and the other is Wang Zhaojun (王昭君). Actually, Wang Zhaojun’s hometown is located in Xingshan County. There are many sites such as Zhaojun House, dressers and so on. There are 16 steps on the way to dressers. It means Wang Zhaojun had been lived in her hometown for 16 years.
Wang Zhaojun was born in 52 BC and one of the ancient 4 great beauties in China (alongside with Xi Shi, Diao Chan and Yang Gui Fei the concubine). She knew much about playing musical instruments, playing chess, traditional calligraphy and painting when she was very young. She contributed herself to the barbaric and invading Hun for peace and China’s national development. The Hun emperor selected her to be the maid of honor by for her beauty and versatility. It is said that the emperor used to select beauty among those young girls in the royal court by looking of the paintings; hence at that time the imperial painters were bribed by those girls except such an honest lady servant, Wang Zhaojun, and then one of painters, Mao Yanshou, deliberately uglified her and caused her to lose favoritism. In 33 BC, emperor of Hun wanted to marry a girl from the Han Dynasty, and Wang Zhaojun volunteered to be that bride. Before Wang Zhaojun left the capital, the emperor found she was so beautiful and he wanted to change his mind, but he had made decision. The emperor was so angry and he killed the painter. In fact, Wang Zhaojun has been regarded the national heroine in Chinese history.
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