BeijingMan: Chinese Cemetery

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Chinese Cemetery

Above: TianShou LingYuan Cemetery in Beijing. Photo gallery below.

TianShou LingYuan Cemetery, Beijing
PICTORIAL - Beijing Way of Respect

It was Saturday morning in October. After one hour drive on Badaling Expressway, West of Ming Dynasty tombs, I arrived to TianShou LingYuan Cemetary. Area belongs to Changping county which now is part of Beijing.

Three bridges at cemetery entrance lead to the main gate. Over the bridges, a white stone monument with waterfalls, steps on both sides lead up to the square and service buildings.

TianShou is private, known for actors , writers, and crosstalk personalities. There is Chinese actress Chen XiaoXu who was Lin DaiYu from famous novel Red Mansion. There can be found crosstalk personality Hou YaoWen. His statue is outside a pavillion where his parents, statues, sit. His father Hou BaoLin was also famous for crosstalk.

Cemetary had 6000 places, later maybe more, mostly small groups in the park which surrounds a small pond. There are 16 family trees, each with 16 places. In 2022 price of one square meter was 89KUSD, for a few tens of years.

This was not my first visit to TianShou Yuan Cemetery. My Beijinger friend died a year ago and this trip was to visit his final place again. His funeral started early Sunday morning. Car caravan drove from hospital to crematorium. Viewing, speeches, orchestra, a lot of flowers. White flowers. Black armbands with red dot. Black-framed photo. Two hours later we drove to TianShou Cemetery. Burial, sealing. White flower burning. The process was timeless and respectful.

Mood music covers the whole cemetery area. Slow, harmonious rhythms by saxophone, Kenny G's Going Home, familiar from Chinese trains and shopping centers.

-- BeijingMan

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Pictures by Canon 40D with EF-S 10-22mm and zoom. Click to enlarge.

Above-1: Towards TianShou Cemetery in Beijing.
Badaling Expressway.

Above-2: TianShou Cemetery in Beijing. Bridges.

Above-3: TianShou Cemetery in Beijing. Main gate.

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Actress Chen XiaoXu was Lin DaiYu in Red Mansion.

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Crosstalk personality Hou YaoWen. His parents are inside pavillion. His father Hou BaoLin was also famous for crosstalk.