This publication, co-edited by Father Edward J. Malatesta, S.J., founding director of the Ricci Institute, and Gao Zhiyu, a professor from the Beijing Administrative College, documents carefully the four hundred years of history about the first Christian cemetery in Beijing. First known as the Portuguese cemetery, and then as Zhalan (Shala), the cemetery was provided as a burial ground by the Chinese emperor Wanli in 1611 for Matteo Ricci, and later, many other missionaries who followed Ricci in the imperial service or dedicated more intensely to direct pastoral ministry of various kinds.

Included in the book are numerous photos and charts that illustrate the above history, and the reproduction of the rubbings of sixty-three tombstones that can still be found at the cemetery today.

Published by Instituto Cultural de Macau, Macau and Ricci Institute, University of San Francisco. 315 pp. with 135 illustrations and the reproduction of 83 gravestones/ISBN 972-35-0213-5.

Softcover edition: USD $16.00 • Hardcover edition: USD $21.00 • Airmail postage per volume:
USD $18.00

To order, please contact:

Instituto Cultural · Praceta de Miramar · 87-U · Edício San On · Macau Telephone: (853) 700-391 · Fax: (853) 700-405