Foochow Mission Cemetery, by G. E. Morrison |
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| Year established | 1847 |
| Country | China |
| Location | Cangshan District, Fuzhou |
| Type | Foreign residents (no longer extant) |
| Size | 2 square kilometres (490 acres) |
| Number of graves | 400 |
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 km2, 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 had been more than 400 graves, and all tombs were 2 by 1 meters in size and were neatly lined up. The cemetery was demolished during Cultural Revolution.
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