Terrific, must watch video courtesy of Shanghai List, about the Song Qing Ling Memorial, a little known cemetery in western Shanghai. The cemetery plays host to Song, who is amongst China’s most significant political figures of the early 20th century, but also scores of other Chinese historical figures.

As the documentary (which was produced by Daedalum Films) also points out the cemetery was originally established for foreigners who came to the city during its early boom years of the mid-1800s and early 1900s. As the footage shows many of these graves are identified only with simple gravestones, and some are even anonymous. The clip ends with a sobering question for expats, or, really, anyone who will be dying in the future.

Shanghai Memorial from Shanghaiist on Vimeo.