The Apakhojia Cemetery         The visitor is not only amazed by the artistic shape and beautiful decorations of the structure but also keenly interested in stories behind the cemetery. It is said to have been the eternal place of 72 people belonging to five generations of one family,but only 58 burial mounds have survived from weathering. These people were descendants of Hojiayusupu, father of Apakhojia, but Apakhojia enjoyed a better prestige and a higher religious status than his father- hence the name of the cemetery.        In 1807 the cemetery was expanded and renovated. Before 1949,Kuomintang plundered it and the cemetery was dilapidated. In 1956 the local government allocated a large sum of money to renovate this cemetery, and ithas taken on a completely new look. The cemetery has another name after Princess Fragrance (Xiangfei), who was a favourite concubine of Qing Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795). This amorous romance has cast a my sterious and beautiful ceil over the cemetery.        In Beijing perhaps more than other capital with a shorter story, almost every ancient building tell a story. A case in point is the Xinhua (New China) Gate which guards the Eternal Peace Boulevardentrance to Zhongnanhai (Middle-South Sea), now the working quarters of the Chinese Communist Party leaders and the State Council. The visitor to Beijing is bound to pass the gate-it lies on the west of Tian'anmen Square-but few will be aware of the romantic tale behind its construction in the 18th century. Legend goes it that Qing Dynasty troops went to the aid of a tribe of Uygurs in the far northwest region of Xinjiang and in return for help in winning a civil war against neighbouring tribes, the Uygurs presented Emperor Qianlong with a pretty, 22-year-old concubine named Mamlizhimo. She became a great favourite of the emperor, who christened har his "Fragrant Concubine." But Mamlizhimo never ceased to pine for her native land;therefore, the emperor had a tower constructed so that she could indulge her nostalgia by ascending it and gazing towards her birthplace. That tower was the Xinhua Gate. When Mamlizhimo died in 1763, after only seven years in beijing, the emperor ordered her remains to be carried back to Xinjiang in a sedan chair and placed in this ornate A pakhojia Cemetery in her home town of K ashgar, where it stands to this day.