Hong Kong is short of land resources and it is not easy to find land for cemeteries. There are currently about 40 cemeteries in Hong Kong***, more than a quarter of which are public cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (formerly the Urban Council or Regional Municipal Bureau), and the rest are run by different religious and racial groups. Among the private cemeteries under management, 4 are under the direct jurisdiction of the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries Management Committee, including Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery, Tsuen Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery, Chai Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery and Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery.
On June 16, 1913, a group of enthusiastic Chinese received nearly 100,000 square meters of land allocated by the government in Aberdeen, Hong Kong, and immediately raised funds to build the first Chinese permanent cemetery. The cemetery was officially opened on October 17, 1915, and was named the Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery for the burial of Chinese Hong Kong permanent residents. In order to properly plan and manage matters related to the cemetery, this group of Chinese established a Cemetery Management Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee), and received the approval of the then Chinese Secretary for Civil Affairs to serve as the chairman. The Committee operates on a self-financing financial model. Serving the Chinese people in Hong Kong for nearly a century, the Chinese Wing Association has entrusted Hong Kong historian Mr. Ko Tim-keung to conduct in-depth research and collect and organize information on historical celebrities buried in the Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery (Aberdeen Cemetery) in order to trace its founding history. The famous historian Dr. Ding Xinbao wrote the introduction, and Huayong will publish the research results. "High Mountain Scenery - The Establishment of the Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery and Related Figures" is published by the Chinese and English versions of the Chinese Permanent Cemetery. It introduces the establishment process of the Aberdeen Cemetery and the related figures, as well as the people who played a role in this cemetery. Many celebrities were buried at the site, such as Cai Yuanpei, the deeply admired former president of Peking University, Tang Shaoyi, an important political figure in modern Chinese history, and Zhou Shoushen, who served as an official in the mainland and a member of parliament in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s status and role.