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Portrait or photograph of Qu Yuan: Qu Yuan was one of the greatest of classic Chinese poets. This image was featured in a book called Sancai Tuhui ( 三才图会 ), whi

Virtual Memorial

Qu Yuan

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Qu Yuan, remembered for Poetry, Chu Ci, Dragon Boat Festival memory.

c. 340 BCE - 278 BCEYichang, Hubei, China
Portrait or photograph of Qu Yuan: Courtesy of the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Courtesy of the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China Unknown author Unknown author, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Qu-Yuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Qu Yuan Is Remembered

Qu Yuan is remembered for poetry, chu ci, dragon boat festival memory. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Qu Yuan.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Yichang, Hubei, China is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Qu Yuan's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Qu Yuan was a Chinese poet and aristocrat in the State of Chu during the Warring States period. He is known for his patriotism and contributions to classical poetry and verses, especially through the poems of the Chu Ci anthology, a volume of poems attributed to or considered to be inspired by his verse writing. Together with the Shi Jing, the Chu Ci is one of the two greatest collections of ancient Chinese verse. He is also remembered in connection to the supposed origin of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Portrait or photograph of Qu Yuan: Portrait of Qu Yuan

Portrait of Qu Yuan

Unknown author Unknown author, 《歷代名臣像解》, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Qu Yuan: Portraits of Famous Men - Qu Yuan

Portraits of Famous Men - Qu Yuan

Unknown Chinese artist, https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/42764, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Qu Yuan: Portraits of Famous Men - Qu Yuan 2

Portraits of Famous Men - Qu Yuan 2

Unknown Chinese artist, https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/42764, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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