Do Gravestones Face The Same Way UK?
Publish Time: 2021-12-19 Origin: Site
There are 5 Gravestones in The UK, all facing east, are these 5 Gravestones related to China?
In what is now England, in the north of England, the gravestones of five graves face differently from the gravestones of other graves, because the gravestones of these five graves face east. And the east is the direction of our country, that is to say, these five Memorial Gravestones have a lot to do with our country, in fact, the people buried in the five graves are Chinese. These five Chinese went to England during the Qing Dynasty, but they all suffered from diseases that were difficult to treat and died in England. They were eager to return to their homeland, but they did not return due to the incompetence of the Qing government.
In the 19th century, because of foreign invasion of China, the Qing government knew that it was not invincible, so some intellectuals at that time let some young people go to study in other countries, and many of them went to The UK at that time, such as Deng Shichang. Although most of them did come back, some did not, because they became seriously ill while in England and died there. They were supposed to be sent back to their homeland, but the Qing government decided to leave the dead unattended and buried them in Britain.
The five tombs in England are Chen Shoufu, Gu Shizhong, Chen Chengkui, Lian Jinyuan and Yuan Peifu. They went to Britain because the Qing government bought several warships from Britain at a high price, so the government sent these five people to Britain to bring the warships back. But after they arrived in Britain, it is unknown what caused all five of them to die in Britain. Finally, the Qing Government bought five tombs for them in Britain and buried them there.
Until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, no one cared about their graves until 2016, when an overseas student found Chinese characters on the tombstone and the tombstone faced east, so he contacted the local embassy. It was later discovered that the five men were Chinese and that the graves were the property of our country, so the five graves were repaired.