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Stories Behind Epitaph of Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery

Stories Behind Epitaph of Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery

Date: 2025/12/7 (Sunday)
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Lockhart Road Public Library (Extension Activities Room)
Speaker: Mr. George WAN
Organiser: Hong Kong Public Libraries
Remarks: Talk conducted in Cantonese. Limited seats. Free admission by phone at 2879 5560 from 23.11.2025 (Sunday).

Hybrid mode.
Interested parties can watch the live broadcast via Hong Kong Public Libraries YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/hkplgovhkchannel)

If Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 or above or a Black Rainstorm Warning Signal or "extreme conditions" announced by the Government is in force 3 hours before the event commences, the event will be cancelled or postponed.
Enquiry Telephone Number: 2879 5560

Built by a group of Chinese leading figures on land granted by the Government in 1913, the Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery opened two years later and became the first permanent and non-religious Chinese cemetery in Hong Kong. Quite a number of famous Hong Kong people in the early days were buried here, including former president of Peking University Cai Yuanpei, eminent philanthropist Fung Ping Shan and renowned calligrapher Feng Shihan. For those who were buried here at that time, their headstones would usually be engraved with epitaphs written by reputable scholars, detailing their life stories and giving the epitaphs another level of meaning. This talk will explore the stories behind the epitaphs and discuss the historical landscape of Hong Kong in depth.

This talk series is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has long been promoting Chinese history and culture through organizing an array of programmes and activities to enable the public to learn more about the broad and profound Chinese culture. For more information, please visit https://ccpo.gov.hk/en.