The CGTN Channel recently did a nice 48 minute Video feature of the 600-year old Tomb of the East King of Sulu named Paduka Pahala in the City of Dezhou located in the Shandong Province of China.
The King visited China back in the 14th Century with a Delegation of over 300 People for a Cultural, Political, Economic, etc. Exchange with the Chinese Kingdom then ruled by the Emperor Yongle.
Unfortunately, after almost a month there he died of an unknown Disease, but he was deemed important enough for the Emperor to build a Tomb Monument for him.
This just shows how far back international relations between China and the Philippines has been. China now still has over 3,700 descendants of the King’s Delegation that stayed there after the King's death.
The Show also interviewed one of those descendants who still holds the Title of a Princess. There is a Museum near the Tomb that showed more details about King Pahala’s trip to China.
REFERENCES:
* Live: Witness of an ancient friendship – Tomb of the East King of Sulu {Archived Link}
* Chow: The long lost friendship between a Sulu King and the Emperor of China {Archived Link}
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