Located in the south of the highland of Hanyi Slope, 10 km in the south of Hancheng, Sima Qian's Tomb was founded in the fourth year of Yongjia’s reign of the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 310) and is the national key cultural relic protection unit. There is a Sima path in the way to Sima Qian's Tomb, which is said to be found in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was originally a soil slope, but was built in stones in the Northern Song Dynasty. The Sima Qian's sculpture in the ancestral hall looks dignified, facing north. It is said that he is overlooking Li Ling, who was in far north, and his friend Su Wu, hoping that they would come back to explain the truth to Emperor Wu of Han.
Sima Qian wrote the first general history of China by chronology, which describes the history of more than 3,000 years. In 99 BC, during the battle between Han Dynasty and Xiongnu, an ancient nationality in China, Li Ling, the famous general Li Guang's grandson, led five thousand picked troops to penetrate deeply into the heart of Xiongnu, and killed tens of thousands of Xiongnu's cavalry, but finally surrendered due to foods and aid shortage. Emperor Wu of Han was very angry and wanted to punish him, but the majority of officers dared not to intercede for him. Sima Qian is the only person to intercede for him, however, he angered Emperor Wu of Han. And Sima Qian was subjected to humiliation and sentenced to castration after driven into prison for one year.