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Chinese Cemetery
It was founded in the mid-1850s by Lim Ong and Tan Quien Sien to accommodate the many Chinese who were not allowed to be buried in Spanish cemeteries. The cemetery covering 54 hectares has streets lined with mausoleums which are richly adomed with marble and wrought iron, some with stained glass windows. Imposing mausoleums serve the dual purpose of honoring the dead and exhibiting the socioeconomic status of the family. The crematorium is opposite the temple. A nearby building houses ashes on 2 floors and the 3rd floor, the bones of those who will be returned to mainland China. The poor are buried in terraces to the left of the Buddhist Temple.
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