The Chinese Cemetery in Manila

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CHINESE CEMETERY

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The Manila Chinese Cemetery is the second oldest cemetery in Manila after La Loma Cemetery and was designated as the resting place for the Chinese citizens who were denied burial in Catholic cemeteries during the Spanish colonial period. The cemetery was witness to many executions during World War II. Among them were Girl Scouts organizer Josefa Llanes Escoda, Boy Scout of the Philippines founder Vicente Lim literary geniuses Rafael Roces and Manuel Arguilla, star athlete-turned-guerrilla spy Virgilio Lobregat, and Chinese Consul General Yang Guangsheng. Apolinario Mabini was also buried in the cemeterybefore his remains were transferred to Batangas. – wikipedia.org

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The Chinese has long been an active and influential community in the Philippines.

Currently the Chinese number from 750,000 to one million, or roughly between 1.2% and 1.5% of the Philippine population. Of this number 90% are native-born and belong to either the second, third, or fourth generation. They mainly stay in Metro Manila, where they make up 52% of the total ethnic Chinese population in the country.

There is a Chinese Cemetery which was founded in the mid-1850’s by Lim Ong and Tan Quien Sien for Chinese who were not permitted, at that time, to be buried in the Catholic cemeteries. The cemetery covers 54 hectares of land. API fengshui went to Manila last month to uncovers the secret of this Chinese Cemetery, whereby it is said that the living standard of the dead are comparable, or even better than that of the living. Toilets, sinks, chairs, tables, chandeliers, aircon, bar and even karaokes can be found in some of the mausoleums.

How to Get There

From Manila centre, take a Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 station and alight at Abad Santos. From there you can take a tricycle to the cemetery south gate. Alternatively you can walk through the winding and fascinating alleys to observe first hand the life of ordinary Filipinos.

Upon entering the south gate, you will see the main alley. This is the where the richest dead stays. – api.sg

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