Chinese Cemetery

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  • Address
    S of Grace Park, along Rizal Ave Extension and Aurora Blvd, Chinatown
  • Transport
    rail: Abad Santos is the closest LRT station

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As in life, so it is in death for Manila's wealthy Chinese citizens, who are buried with every modern convenience in the huge Chinese Cemetery . There are mausoleums with crystal chandeliers, air-con, hot and cold running water, kitchens and flushing toilets (in case the interred are caught short on the way to paradise).

The guards are well versed in local lore and offer tours of the more ostentatious tombs for a fee (set the price beforehand). On 1 and 2 November (All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day), hundreds of Chinese-Filipino families gather here to offer food and flowers to their ancestors, and have a family reunion themselves.

To get to the cemetery from Ermita and Malate, take a 'Monumento' jeepney to Aurora Blvd (where Rizal Ave becomes Rizal Ave Extension), and walk east to Heurtes St, which runs up to the gate. Abad Santos is the nearest LRT station.