Tomb of Song Jiaoren

Tomb of Song Jiaoren

The Tomb of Song Jiaoren is a Shanghai Municipal Cultural Heritage Conservation Unit and a patriotic education base.

The Tomb of Song Jiaoren is located at 1555 Gonghexin Road (western part of Zhabei Park). Song Jiaoren (1882–1913), courtesy name Dunchu, also known as Yufu, was a native of Taoyuan, Hunan. He was involved in organizing the Huaxing Society, later joined the Tongmenghui, and served as a contributor to the Min Bao newspaper. In the second year of the Xuantong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1910), he joined the Minli Bao newspaper in Shanghai, where he helped organize the preparatory work for the Central China Branch of the Tongmenghui. After the Wuchang Uprising, he actively promoted uprisings in Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, as well as the establishment of a provisional government. In 1912, he served as President of the Legislative Yuan of the Nanjing Provisional Government, and in May, he went to Beijing to assume the post of Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. In August, when the Tongmenghui was reorganized into the Kuomintang, he became its acting chairman. On the eve of the opening of the National Assembly in March 1913, he was assassinated in Shanghai by agents sent by Yuan Shikai. The cemetery was originally named Song Park, also called Jiaoren Park. It was constructed in June 1913 by Wang Yiting, Tan Renfeng, and others, and upon its completion in 1914, covered an area of about 6,000 square meters. In 1959, the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government allocated funds for renovations and expanded Song Park into Zhabei Park. In 1980, the municipal government funded another comprehensive renovation. In the autumn of 2011, the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage and the then Zhabei District People’s Government further restored the cemetery. The cemetery faces south and is roughly square-shaped, covering approximately 257 square meters. At the center of the memorial area stands a full-body seated statue of Song Jiaoren on a four-tiered white marble base, reaching a total height of 4.4 meters. The statue is carved from marble, with the Chinese character “Yufu” (Fisherman) on the front of the base inscribed in the handwriting of Zhang Binglin, and the back engraved with an inscription written by Yu Youren. In the northern corner of the cemetery is the tomb chamber. The platform is about 1 meter high with eight steps leading up to it. The burial vault is cylindrical with a domed roof, topped by a bronze sculpture of an eagle fighting a snake, standing 2.93 meters tall. In front of the tomb is a gravestone 1.62 meters high, inscribed with “Tomb of Mr. Song Jiaoren,” using calligraphy derived from Sun Yat-sen’s handwriting. The ground and pathways of the cemetery are paved with granite, and the surrounding area is planted with various trees and flowers such as dragon juniper, magnolia, camphor trees, and roses.

The Tomb of Song Jiaoren is a Shanghai Municipal Cultural Heritage Conservation Unit.

Address: Intersection of Gonghexin Road 1555 and Luochuan Road, Postal Code: 200072

Tel: 56652678 Fax: 56652678

Opening Hours: 8:00–17:00

Public Transport: Metro Line 1, Bus Routes 46, 95

Song Jiaoren (April 5, 1882 – March 22, 1913), courtesy name Dunchu, also known as Yufu, was a Han Chinese from Taoyuan, Changde City, Hunan. Alongside Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen, he is recognized as a leading figure in the first reorganization of the Kuomintang. A great pioneer of democratic revolution and one of the main founders of the Republic of China, he was the first politician in the early years of the Republic to advocate for a cabinet system. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry under the Tang Shaoyi Cabinet of the Nanjing Provisional Government and was a key figure in establishing the Kuomintang.

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