Manila Chinese Cemetery

Manila Chinese Cemetery
華僑義山
Tombs at the Manila Chinese Cemetery
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Established1843
Location
Santa Cruz, Manila
CountryPhilippines
Coordinates14°37′57″N 120°59′05″E / 14.63251°N 120.98466°E / 14.63251; 120.98466
TypeChinese
Owned byPhilippine-Chinese Charitable Association, Inc.
Websitehttps://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2410775

The Manila Chinese Cemetery (simplified Chinese: 华侨义山; traditional Chinese: 華僑義山; pinyin: Huáqiáo Yìshān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-kiâo Gī-san; lit. 'Overseas Chinese Cemetery'; Spanish: Cementerío chino de Manila) is the second oldest cemetery in Manila after La Loma Cemetery. The cemetery includes Christian, Buddhist and Taoist burials. The present-day cemetery is a vaguely trapezoidal area of about 54 hectares (130 acres) with an irregular network of roads its old pre-war part along Rizal Avenue Extension, reflecting its gradual evolution and expansion. Meanwhile, the post-war portion has three major roads bisected by minor roads, aligned northwest to southeast. Matandang Sora, coming from the main entrance in Felix Huertas going towards Chong Hock Temple, is the main road today. Before the Pacific War the main entrances faced Avenida Rizal. This northwestern is the oldest and most historically significant part of the cemetery.[1] The cemetery was witness to many executions during World War II. Among them were Girl Scouts organizer Josefa Llanes Escoda, Filipino Brigadier General and hero during World War II and Boy Scouts of the Philippines charter member Vicente Lim, literary geniuses Liling Roces and Manuel Arguilla, star athlete-turned-guerrilla spy Virgilio Lobregat, and Chinese Consul General Yang Guangsheng. Apolinario Mabini was also buried in the cemetery before his remains were transferred to Batangas on July 23, 1956.

  1. ^ Akpedonu, Erik (2016). "The Manila Chinese Cemetery: A Repository of Tsinoy Culture and Identity". Archipel (92): 111–153. doi:10.4000/archipel.288. Retrieved November 20, 2020.