昭君博物院位于呼和浩特市以南的大黑河畔，距市区9公里。墓高33米，墓前有平台及阶梯相连，远望陵墓呈青黛色。当地传说，每年“凉秋九月，塞外草衰”的时候，唯有昭君墓上草色青青，因此，昭君墓又称为“青冢”。“青冢拥黛”被誉为呼和浩特八景之一。王昭君（约前52年—约15年），名嫱，字昭君，汉族，南郡兴山人，西汉元帝时和亲宫女，中国古代四大美女之一。汉元帝建昭元年（前38年），王昭君被选入宫，成为宫女。竟宁元年（前33年）正月，时为匈奴单于的呼韩邪第三次朝汉自请为婿，王昭君奉命嫁与其为妻，号为宁胡阏氏。
The 132,000-square-meter Zhaojun Museum was built to memorialize Wang Zhaojun, a famous ancient Chinese beauty of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220). She volunteered to leave the imperial court in Chengdu and marry a ruler of a Hun tribe in order to establish friendly relations between the tribe and the Han Dynasty. Zhaojun was eventually buried in Hohhot, the capital of present-day Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The museum incorporates the site of Zhaojun's tomb and a museum of Hun culture. [Photo by Wang Yanfang/China.org.cn]