The Zhaojun Tomb, located by the Da Hei River nine kilometers south of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, is said to be the last resting place of Wang Zhaojun. The cemetery is 13,000 m2, with a 33-meter mound containing Zhaojun''s coffin, making it a landmark of the region.

According to the record, Wang Zhaojun, a daughter of a Han family, was elected to enter the imperial palace because of her beauty in the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-24AD). In the year 33 BC Hu Yan Ye Chan Yu, the Emperor of Xiongnu, an ethnic group country, came to ask her to marry him with the purpose of keeping friendly relationship with Han. Zhaojun agreed to the marriage. Hence then got married.

Wang Zhaojun spread Han culture and knowledge to the ethnic group of people. Moreover, in the following sixty years, no wars broke out and people lived a better life. Made great contributions to the relationship between Han and Xiongnu, people built the cemetery to commemorate her.  The beautiful story about Zhaojun is handed down till now.