It was learned that after the first round of public selection, Emperor Yidi Mausoleum, legend of Dragon Daughter & Liu Yi, and other 18 cultural symbols were enrolled into the final nominees of “ten cultural symbols of Chenzhou city”.
Emperor Yidi Mausoleum is the tomb of Emperor Yidi who was the grandson of Xiong Huai who was King Huai of Chu of the Warring States. It is over 2200 years old. According to the historical data, Xiang Liang supported Xiong Xin to be King Huai in 208BC. Xiang Yu pretended to honor Xiong Xin as Emperor Yidi in 206BC and moved to Chenxian from Pengcheng (currently it is Xuzhou, Jiangsu) . In that Autumn, Xiang Yu deployed Ying Bu to kill Emperor Yidi secretly. Later, Liu Bang dispatched some people to set the tombstone for Emperor Yidi in Chenzhou.
Though the dynasties of China changed frequently from Han Dynasty, Emperor Yidi Mausoleum was reserved. Visitors can see the tomb, tombstone, and other historical data there.
There are two folk tales as “Dragon Daughter” and “Legend of Liu Yi” are still popular in Chenzhou city. In order to memorize the legend of Dragon Daughter and Liu YI, Chenzhou people built Longnv temple. It was firstly built in Tang Dynasty and restored in Qing Dynasty. Beihu district also handled some repairmen work in recent years.
Zhang Shicheng who is one of the researchers said: “most people even local Chenzhou people have no idea about Liu Yi. But from now on, we are aware of his birth place of Yizhang county and working place of Beihu district. If there is a category for the great four love stories of China, Liu Yi and Dragon Daughter can be enrolled into the list without doubt. “