Bukit Cina (Malay: "China hill") is a hillside of historical significance in the Malaysia state of Malacca near its capital, Malacca Town. The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who are native to the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Singapore and parts of Sumatra. ... State motto: Bersatu Teguh Capital Malacca Town Governor Tun Datuk Seri Utama Mohd. ... Malacca Town (Malay: Bandar Melaka) is the capital of the state of Malaysian state of Malacca. ...

In the mid-15th century, Hang Li Po, the great grandaughter of the Chinese Yongle Emperor, the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was sent to be married to the sultan of Malacca, Sultan Mansor Shah, to seal relations between the two countries. She brought with her a vast retinue (500 sons of ministers and a few hundred handmaidens). The hill Bukit Cina, a gift from the sultan, was established as their residence. Marine archeology of shipwreck (Royal Nanhai wreck about +/-1460 AD) suggest royal gifts shipped around Sultan Mansor Shah's reign from China (link: http://www.maritimeasia.ws/exhib01/pages/p015.html and Royal Seal as Ming gift: http://www.maritimeasia.ws/exhib01/pages/p011.html). (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... The Yongle Emperor (May 2, 1360–August 12, 1424), born Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424. ... The Ming Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644. ... Sultanate of Malacca was a Malay sultanate founded by Parameswara in 1402. ...

Hang Li Po’s Well, which is next to the Sam Po Kong Temple in the nearby town of Malacca, was constructed by Hang Li Po's followers for her personal use but was also a prime source of water for much of the town. It was also a prime target for opposition forces, which either poisoned it or tried to hold it for their own use. It was reputed never to have dried up even during droughts. Today, the well has acquired the reputation of a wishing well and it is believed that anyone who throws a coin into the well will return to Malacca. For the Scottish football team, see Motherwell F.C. The Whole Earth Lectronic Link (or The WELL) is one of the oldest virtual communities still online. ... Malacca Town (Malay: Bandar Melaka) is the capital of the state of Malaysian state of Malacca. ... A Wishing Well is a term used in European folklore to describe wells that a person could, at the location of one of these wells, have a wish granted if he or she spoke it. ...

Bukit Cina and two adjoining hills today form a Chinese graveyard covering over 250,000 square metres. With over 12,000 graves, some of which date to the Ming Dynasty, it is said to be the largest Chinese graveyard outside China. Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ...