The Captain in the Cellar

It is isolated, almost covered by buildings. The gravestone of Captain Souw Beng Kong (1580-1644) can be seen underneath a wooden staircase in a densely populated village, quite unlike a conventional Chinese tomb. There is a Chinese-style gravestone but only half of it remains, a relic some 50 centimeters high. It is dull white in color. The very left of the gravestone is covered by the wooden steps.

Only 1 square meter of the tomb of Sou

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