The Muslim Cemeteryis located at the southern foot of Linshan Hill, east of Quanzhou City, Fujian Province.
Also known as the Three Sages and the Four Sages tomb, thecemeteryis halfway up Lingshan Mountain on the banks of East Lake. According to the book "Annals of Fujian," from 618 to 626 during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), four disciples of Mohammed came to China to do missionary work in Guangzhou, Yangzhou and Quanzhou. Two of them were buried at Lingshan Mountain. Covering an area of two square meters, the two side-by-side graves are made of granite and have a square stone pavilion. Behind the tombs is a diabase tablet erected in 1323 that bears an Arabic inscription describing the events of the two disciples' lives. According to another tablet, in 1417, the 15th year of the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), when Zheng He began his fifth voyage to the west, he came to pay homage to the Muslim Cemetery.
In front of the tombs, east of the lawn, is a huge rock called Swaying Rock in the Wind, which is a famous scenic spot in Quanzhou.
The man-made East Lake, which was constructed during the Tang Dynasty, blooms with lotus flowers in the summer. The over 700,000-square-meter area ranging from East Lake to Lingshan Mountain has been designated as a concentrated place of Islamic culture.
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