Zhalan Cemetery
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Zhalan Cemetery is a former Jesuit burial ground in Beijing. It is the oldest Christian cemetery in China.
Portal of Zhalan Cemetery with the tombstone of Matteo Ricci in the background
Jesuit tombstones re-erected at Zhalan Cemetery
Tombstone of Matteo Ricci, early 17th century, with surrounding brickwork as added in the early 20th century
Rubbing of Ricci's bilingual epitaph in Latin (left) and Chinese (right)
Ferdinand Verbiest
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Ferdinand Verbiest was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. He was born in Pittem near Tielt in the County of Flanders. He is known as Nan Huairen in Chinese.
Portrait of Ferdinand Verbiest
An engraving from a French book about the Chinese empire, published in 1736. Represented from left to right: Top: Matteo Ricci, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Ferdinand Verbiest Bottom: Xu Guangqi, colao or Prime Minister of State; Candide Hiu, grand-daughter of Colao Paul Siu.
Instruments in the Beijing Observatory. Some of them were built by Verbiest.
The Verbiest instruments on the terrace of the observatory. Photograph by Thomas Child, c. 1875.