Huo Qubing died in 117 BC at the early age of 23. After Huo Qubing's death, the aggrieved Emperor Wu ordered the elite troops from the five border commanderies to line up all the way from Chang'an to Maoling, where Huo Qubing's tomb was constructed in the shape of the Qilian Mountains to commemorate his military achievements.天子悼之，發屬國玄甲軍，陳自長安至茂陵，為冢象祁連山。 Huo Qubing was then posthumously appointed the title Marquess of Jinghuan (),謚之，并武與廣地曰景桓侯。 and a large "Horse Stomping Xiongnu" () stone statue was built in front of his tomb, near Emperor Wu's tomb of Maoling.
