The famous stone carvings around Tan Kah Kee's tomb, the Sea Turtle Garden (Aoyuan), were deliberately smashed by students from other areas, who nearly came into armed conflict with local members of the Chen clan who "swore to defend the Sea Turtle Garden with their lives."
著名的陳嘉庚墓園石雕，也曾被外地來的學生蓄意破壞，差一點和「誓死保衛鰲園」的本地陳氏族親發生武鬥，最後還是由周恩來出面，才將墓園搶救下來。