The Sun Yat-sen or Zhongshan Memorial Hall is an octagon-shaped building in Guangzhou, capital of China's Guangdong Province. The hall was designed by Lu Yanzhi and was built with funds raised by local and overseas Chinese people in memory of Sun Yat-sen. Construction work commenced in 1929 and completed in 1931. The hall is a large octagonal structure with a span of 71 metres (233 ft) without pillars, housing a large stage and seats 3,240 people.
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| Location | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
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| Type | Memorial |
| Material | Steel and Concrete |
| Height | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Beginning date | 1929 |
| Completion date | October, 1931 |
| Dedicated to | Sun Yat-sen |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中山纪念堂 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中山紀念堂 | ||||||||||
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History
editThe memorial hall stands on the site of Guangzhou's Presidential Palace during the Constitutional Protection Movement, when the Nationalists operated a rival "Chinese" government to the Zhili Clique's Beijing regime.[citation needed] The palace was damaged during Ye Ju's 16 June 1922 attack on Sun Yat-sen, during which—though he had already fled—his wife narrowly escaped shelling and rifle fire before meeting him[1] on the gunboat Yongfeng,[2] where they were joined by Chiang Kai-shek.[3] The hall itself has been severely damaged and repaired several times until 1998, when it was comprehensively upgraded to its present-day condition. A statue of Sun Yat-sen was erected in front of the main entrance.
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Transportation
editThe memorial hall is accessible from Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Station of Guangzhou Metro.
See also
edit- Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing
- Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall in Singapore
References
edit- ^ Pakula (2009), p. 95–97.
- ^ "CPC History in Pictures: Nationalist Revolution", CPC Encyclopedia, China Daily, 3 August 2011.
- ^ Beck (2007).
Bibliography
edit- Beck, Sanderson (2007), Republican China in Turmoil 1912–1926.
- Pakula, Hannah (2009), The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China, New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 9781439154236.
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