2. The Purple Mountain has been regarded as a treasure trove of geomantic omen for generations, so the eastern suburb has become the burial place of many emperors and generals and people with lofty ideals, from Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun in the Ming Dynasty to Liao and He Xiangning, patriots of the Kuomintang in modern times, and then to Sun Yat-sen, the "father of the country". All these famous figures in the history of China chose to rest in this green hill, making Purple Mountain a prominent rest garden.