Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Memorial Hall in Guangzhou
The museum, now a national base of patriotism education, was founded in 1956 and in 1986 it was listed as a national protected cultural site. The museum has been working hard for many years on protecting the former residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and the cultural relics it housed.
English Name:Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Memorial Hall in Guangzhou
Chinese Name: 广州孙中山纪念堂 (Sun Zhongshan Ji Nian Tang)
Season:Spring and Autumn
Recommended Visiting Time: 1 or 3 hours
Opening Hours:8:00 am to 6:00 pm. For the park area around it, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Tickets: CNY10
Address: 259 Dongfeng Middle Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, China
Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Memorial Hall
The Sun Yat-sen or Zhongshan Memorial Hall is an octagon-shaped building in Guangzhou, capital of China’s GuangdongProvince. 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 meters without pillars, housing a large stage and seats 3,240 people.
Introduction of Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Memorial Hall
History
The 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 wifenarrowly escaped shelling and rifle fire before meeting him on the gunboat Yongfeng, where they were joined by Chiang Kai-shek. 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.
Layout and Main Attractions
Now the museum covers a total of 120,000 square meters, 70,000 square meters open to the public. Attractions include: the former residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Statue of Sun Yat-sen listening to stories about the Taiping Uprising against the Qing Dynasty, the site where Sun Yat-sen experimented on explosives, Cuiheng Folk Houses, Cuiheng Farming Exhibition, Yat-sen Tripod and Jingshi Bell. The museum, themed on Dr. Sun Yat-sen and the social environment of his early childhood, is a comprehensive exhibition reflecting Dr. Sun’s patriotism, his revolutionary ideas and practices. The museum also takes responsibility for protecting some key cultural relics protection units in Guangdong province, such as the former residence of Yangyin, the former residence of Lu Haodong, as well as some key cultural relics protection units in Zhongshan, like the tomb of Lu Haodong, the tomb of Sun Cang, and the former residence of Shuai Fu.
Where is The Sun Yat-sen or Zhongshan Memorial Hall
The museum, featuring the formal residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, is situated in Cuiheng Village, near the main road from Guangzhou to Zhuhai. Seated against the hills and close to the sea, the museum is in a convenient location, with agreeable climate and surrounded by green trees, fragrant flowers and singing birds.
- 17.6 km southeast to urban districts of Zhongshan
- 100 km north from Guangzhou, 20 km south from Macau
How to Get There
- Subway: Note that subway transport is convenient since the Sun Yat-sen Memorial has a station near it. Subway Line 2goes to the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Station. This is especially useful if you are taking the subway directly from Guangzhou Station or if you are interchanging or getting on at the large Gongyuanqian hub station with Line 1.
- Take bus No.2, 27, 42, 56, 62, 74, 80, 83, 85, 185, 133, 204, 209, 224A, 224, 229, or 261 and get off at Jiniantang Station.
- Taxi: From the Tianhe area, it is much easier and quicker to just take a taxi (10 minutes, 6 USD).
