Tomb of Matteo Ricci and Foreign Missionaries

🌟Highlights: The Tomb of Matteo Ricci and Foreign Missionaries is located in the Beijing Administrative College on Chegongzhuang Street in Xicheng District, Beijing. It was built in 1611 during the 39th year of the reign of the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. ❤Recommended reason: The Tomb of Matteo Ricci and Foreign Missionaries is divided into two north-south facing cemeteries connected east-west. The eastern cemetery is a forest of steles for 60 foreign missionaries from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The western cemetery is for the missionaries Matteo Ricci, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, and Ferdinand Verbiest. Matteo Ricci's tomb is in the center, with Johann Adam Schall von Bell's and Ferdinand Verbiest's tombs on the right and left, respectively. 👍Most recommended: This was once the cemetery for Western missionaries, known as the "fence," and a place where Eastern and Western cultures met. For a long time, this was the cemetery for Western missionaries who served in the imperial court. They worked for the court as astronomers, mathematicians, geographers, painters, musicians, and doctors. They were respected scholars who built bridges connecting Eastern and Western cultures starting in the 17th century.