There is a two-way street lined with houses and villas some of which are two or three stories tall.
These houses are actually tombs, but they are not mere facades.
Relatives would often visit the dead in their homes during weekends, and offer food and light incense sticks.
To reflect their increasing economic prosperity and growing presence they built the grandest of all cemeteries.
Today, aside from non-catholic Chinese, many Chinese Christians are also buried in this cemetery.
Not all buried here can afford grand houses.
The cemetery has a poorer section with regular-sized tombs and mausoleums.
These are located along narrow by lanes away from the entrance.
