The tomb of Ji Xiaolan is located in the south of Beicun, Cuierzhuang Town, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. There is a large jujube forest around the mausoleum, and a high wall in the middle is Ji Xiaolan's tomb. There is a stone tablet to the east of the tomb, which is an inscription written by Emperor Jiaqing for Ji Xiaolan.
According to historical records, Ji Xiaolan died in the 10th year of Jiaqing. The next year, the emperor ordered that Ji Xiaolan's body be transported back to his hometown in Cangzhou and buried with his wife in Qianxin, Beicun, Xianxian County. During the burial, a tent several miles long was set up from the village to the cemetery, and a large number of people surrounded it. The imperial court also sent officials to the scene to attend the funeral. The entire funeral was grand and lively.
Ji Xiaolan’s descendants recalled that the location of the cemetery was chosen by Ji Xiaolan during his lifetime, so he also invited a famous Feng Shui teacher from the south. After looking at all the land owned by the Ji family in Cangzhou, they chose Qianxin, Beicun. Ji Xiaolan's cemetery has excellent feng shui. To the east there is a piece of Mapingchuan plain leading to the sea; to the north there are two high mounds of earth, like two large inkstones; on the south side there is a wattle tree called Phoenix Forest. On the east and west sides of the lower end of the stele, there is a saying that "the top of the stele is Sijiazhuang, the south is Linfeng, and the north is Inkstone".
After his death, his father Ji was buried between Jingcheng and Cuierzhuang. He was not buried beside his father, nor in the ancestral grave of the Ji family. This seems inconsistent with funeral customs. Why?
Ji Xiaolan did not want his descendants to bury him in the ancestral grave, so this was a last resort. Although Ji Xiaolan's ancestors and father were officials, their ranks were not high. At that time, Ji Xiaolan was a scholar, and Emperor Jiaqing personally wrote the inscription for the funeral. The size of the tomb will definitely exceed that of the ancestors. If someone is forcibly buried in their ancestors' graves, they are suspected of deceiving their ancestors.
Moreover, when the elder family had many manors in Cangzhou, they did not need to be buried in the ancestral grave, so Ji Xiaolan found this Feng Shui treasure land in Qianxin, Beicun, and asked his son to bury himself here. I have to say that Ji Xiaolan will be at the back, and this arrangement is very suitable.