"In graves with southwest-facing tombstones, lime had been spread all around the coffins, and even inside." Wang Ch'ing-jen, the director of the association, explains that southwest is the direction of China and that lime can prevent rotting.
「墓碑向著西南方，不僅棺材四周鋪滿石灰，連棺木內也是」，中華會館理事王慶仁解釋：不向橫濱市、不向海，而向西南立碑，是望鄉；至於灑滿石灰，則為防腐之用。