Foochow Mission Cemetery
Foochow Mission Cemetery (Chinese: 洋墓亭; Pinyin: Yángmùtíng; Foochow Romanized: Iòng-muó-dìng) was a Protestant cemetery once located on the north and south side of a hill at the west end of Maiyuan Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou, China. Covering an area of about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), Foochow Mission Cemetery had been the burial ground for the Western Protestant missionaries, medical practitioners and consuls who died in Fuzhou (then known as Foochow) since the founding of the Mission in 1847. Until 1949 there were more than 400 burials, with all tombs 2 by 1 metre (6 ft 7 in by 3 ft 3 in) in size and neatly aligned. The cemetery was demolished during the Cultural Revolution.
 Foochow Mission Cemetery, by G. E. Morrison | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1847 |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Type | Foreign residents (no longer extant) |
| Size | 2 square kilometres (490 acres) |
| No. of graves | 400 |
Notable interments
Gallery
Illustration of Foochow Mission Cemetery, ca. 1858, by Erastus Wentworth
Tomb of Nathan Sites
Tomb of Robert Warren Stewart and other victims of Kucheng Massacre
Tomb of Charles Hartwell
American Cemetery
References
- Fuzhou City Records (in Chinese)
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