Loke Yew Graveyard - 54100 Kuala Lumpur

Courage and talent, dominate the troubled times Lu You There is an old saying: "Ye Ya will build the state capital, and Lu You will build Kuala Lumpur." A few simple sentences have summed up Lu You's significant contribution to Kuala Lumpur. Although Lu You passed away nearly 100 years ago, the rapid development of Kuala Lumpur still left many of his footprints, and the embryonic form of Kuala Lumpur has its shadow. This is the cemetery of the Lu You family. The entire cemetery covers an area of ​​more than 3 acres. It was originally the 1,900-acre rubber plantation owned by Lu You, Haodaodeng Rubber Plantation. (Hawthornden Estate) Later the lot was requisitioned by the government, and the Ministry of National Defense built military quarters. The location is Desa Tun Hussein Onn, Setia Wangsa. Therefore, the entire Wangsa Maju and Setiawangsa are owned by Lu Gong. Ladang Hawthornden: Dari Ladang getah ke Bandar Moden Wangsa Maju Ladang Hawthornden merupakan nama asal bagi Wangsa Maju sebelum ditukar oleh pihak kerajaan pada 1984. Ladang ini dimiliki oleh hartawan cina yang bernama Loke Yew di atas nama syarikatnya yang bernama Hawthornden Rubber Estate Company Ltd. Loke Yew merupakan seorang pendatang daripada Cina pada asalnya dan menjadi hartawan selepas melibatkan diri dalam perniagaan lombong bijih timah dan ladang getah di Malaya pada sekitar awal tahun 1900 an. Beliau telah banyak berjasa kepada kemajuan Kuala Lumpur dan seorang yang dermawan dimana antara jasa beliau yang sangat diingati adalah beliau telah mendermakan bangunan milik beliau untuk menjadi sekolah di tengah-tengpurkan sekolah di tengah-tengpurkan Institution sekolah di tengah-tengpurah sekolah Institution Victoria. Atas jasa beliau yang banyak berjasa kepada Kuala Lumpur, nama beliau telah diabadikan pada nama jalan di Pudu yang sebagai Jalan Loke Yew sebagai mengenang sumbangan beliau ke atas pembangunan awal Kuala Lumpur. The entrance to Lu You's cemetery has been blocked by the authorities. To enter the cemetery, you must know how to take a trail and enter from the back fence. There is a simple barbed wire fence around, There is no archway that usually pays attention to the cemetery. What you see is the Lujiaxiang Pavilion and the Cuilan Memorial Hall, and then down the hillside, there are tombs and bronze statues of the Lu You family arranged east and west. When Lu Gong visited the rubber plantation in 1917, he was suspected of being bitten by a black-spotted mosquito and infected with dengue fever. Passed away in 1917.