Wang Zhaojun

Wang Zhaojun, one of China's four ancient beauties, was selected into the palace during the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty. In order to safeguard the peace of the state, she voluntarily married ChanYu, the chieftain of the Hun. So, she was revered and remembered by the later generations.

During the late period of the West Han Dynasty, there were a lot of fights between the Han people and Hun people. It was not until Chanyu Huhanye took the power of the Hun under the help of the West Han Dynasty that the relationship between these two peoples was relaxed. To consolidate the peace, Huhanye asked to marry one of Emperor Yuan's daughters.
Wang Zhaojun voluntarily took this mission when she knew Emperor Hanyuan was selecting a maid from the palace for peace-making marriage with the Hun.

Far away from her motherland, Wang Zhaojun lived with the Huns. She not only persuaded Hu-han-ye-chan-yu not to lunch fights, but also introduced Chinese culture into the Hun. Since then, there was never a fight between the Han Dynasty and the Hun for more than 60 years.

Wang Zhaojun was a symbol of the cohesion for the Chinese nation. Her deeds are respected by the later people. Her tomb is repeatedly renovated by the later generation in memory of her. And the story of Zhaojun going out of the frontier strongly attracted numerous artists of every dynasty, who created thousands of works based on her story in a variety of artistic forms, such as music, painting, poetry, drama and novels.