Also known as the Three Sages and the Four
Sages tomb, the cemetery is 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.