Kah Kee Park, Memorial park and tomb in Jimei, China

Chen Jiageng's tomb stands in Ao Garden, south of the Jimei Liberation Monument. The tomb faces south, with a turtle-shaped mound of 13 terrazzo panels measuring 0.48 m high, 2.1 m east-west and 2.35 m north-south. A white granite tombstone, 0.87 m high and 2.2 m wide, bears gilded clerical-script inscriptions. North of the tomb, a horseshoe-shaped retaining wall carries bluestone reliefs of Chen's life; south of it are an offering table and a square worship hall with a Roman-columned, traditional-style roof.

The site was established to honor an entrepreneur who lived from 1874 to 1961 and transformed the region through massive investment in education. His efforts converted a small fishing village into a center with numerous schools and colleges.

The tomb's north wall is a horseshoe-shaped screen of bluestone reliefs that narrate Chen Jiageng's life, from his private school days and oyster and peanut harvesting to his pineapple and rubber plantations, his 1913 Jimei schools and 1921 Xiamen University. Flanking the screen is a couplet presented in May 1949 by the Singapore Fujian Association on the occasion of his return to China.

The tomb lies within Ao Garden, south of the Jimei Liberation Monument in Jimei District, Xiamen. The grave faces south, with the stele on its south side and the horseshoe-shaped grave wall to the north; the worship hall stands in front of the tomb. Look for the gilded clerical-script inscriptions on the white granite stele.

The tomb's horse-shoe-shaped retaining wall carries bluestone reliefs of episodes from Chen Jiageng's life, among them his 1893 return home to marry, his pineapple-canning and rubber plantations, the 1913 founding of the Jimei schools and the 1921 founding of Xiamen University. Flanking the wall is a 1949 couplet presented by the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan to mark his return to China.