Map of Hubei Province and the location of the tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng

Suizhou, originally known as Sui County, is a historically and culturally renowned city in China. Suizhou is said to be the birthplace of Shennong (aka Yan Emperor) connecting the Yellow River drainage area and that of the Yangze River. North to Xinyang and Nanyang in Henan province and south to Jingshan and Zhongxiang in Hubei province, Suizhou is a significant fortress leading to ancient China’s Yuanluo in the west and Wuyue in the south. In the western suburbs of Suizhou stands a 20-metre mound winding up from southwest. “Leigu Mound” is how it is called by the local.

“Leigu Mound” is related to the Chinese idiom “Bai Bu Chuan Yang”, meaning to shoot with great precision. The idiom can be traced back to a vassal state around the Handong area, the lower reach of the Han River, conferred by the ruler at the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046–771 BC). Somewhere near the Leigu Mound stands two little hills in the west and east respectively, known as Xituan Hill and Dongtuan Hill, where the world-famous tomb of Marquis Yi of the Zeng State was excavated.