The Tomb of General Chang Hsueh Liang and Edith Chao Chang — Attraction in Oʻahu

Zhang Xueliang was the leader of a military clique in Manchuria prior to the Japanese invasion in the early 30's, following the assassination of his father by the Japanese. After relocating to Nationalist China, he's best known for kidnapping his President and forcing him to sign an alliance with the Communists to face the Japanese, in what was known as the Xi'an Incident. Despite being loyal to the KMT, most Communists regard him as a hero, and he was invited many times to visit the mainland that many Chinese believe he helped to save.

His resting place is located across from a beautiful Japanese Buddhist temple that welcomes all faiths. I cannot help but wonder if his Christian conversion helped him forgive his enemy, or if in death he hopes to stand watch against Bishamonten. Maybe a...

I found out about General Chang Hsueh-liang when I visited the nearby temple. I found it peculiar that he, a Chinese General and former Warlord of Manchuria, would be buried in a cemetery of predominantly those of Japanese decent. After a little reading up online, I discovered that this man had indeed lived a very complex and interesting life, which lead him to immigrate to Hawaii, where he passed away at the age of one hundred years old. This tomb and final resting place are fitting to such a...

he is such an important historical figure in Chinese modern history, without him, we might not have the PRC. On one side he is a hero, on another side he is a traitor. But end of the day, the king of the north China chose to buried with many Japanese next to his tomb, and being Christian buried so close to a Buddhist temple, tho he believed in Buddha once. Here, you can feel him and the power of the...