According to the paintings, the tomb’s owner had been an unimportant official attending the emperor; previously, he had been a Duwei (officer in charge of a prefecture’s troops), Changshi (assistant prefect) and magistrate. His highest rank was Shishijie Huwuhuan Xiaowei (an official in charge of the affairs of Wuhuan, Xianbei and other nationalities living along the Great Wall). His office was situated in Ningcheng, or today’s Wanquan County, Hebei Province.
In his surveys of northern Hebei, Willem Grootaers found an average of 6.8 temples per village in Wanquan County and 4.5 per village in neighboring Xuanhua.
Gujiagou is a small hamlet in Wanquan County in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province. Hao, born in the village in 1981, lived there until he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy in 2001.
