Hai Rui, one of the Ming Dynasty's most celebrated officials and a native of Hainan, died in Nanjing in 1587 with almost nothing to his name, just over 10 taels of silver, old clothes, and a broken box, a testament to the incorruptible integrity that made him a revered figure known as "Hai Qingtian." Emperor Zhu Yijun honoured him with a state burial and a three-day court suspension, and his coffin was escorted back to Hainan by fellow islander Xu Ziwei, coming to rest at Binya Village west of Fucheng in 1589 after a legendary snapping of ropes was taken as a divine sign marking the burial spot, with the tomb's completion date becoming a local holiday.