Kunshan Zhongshan Memorial Hall

Kunshan Zhongshan Memorial Hall

Constructed on April 15, 1936 (the 25th year of the Republic of China), and completed on December 5 of the same year. The total construction area is 800 square meters, with a cost of 23,000 yuan. At that time, it was the largest public building in Kunshan. It was bombed by Japanese forces during the War of Resistance and was restored in the 37th year of the Republic of China. From 1949 to 1966, it served for a long time as an assembly hall. It was damaged during the Cultural Revolution and was renovated in 1987. In 2003, the Kunshan Municipal People's Government invested 1.5 million yuan to renovate the Zhongshan Hall and its surrounding environment, upgrading the landscaping of the garden. It has since become an important venue for activities of the Kunshan CPPCC and for veteran cadres. In 1991, it was designated as a municipal cultural relics protection unit by the Kunshan Municipal People's Government.

Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925), also known as Wen, courtesy name Zaizhi, art names Jixin and Yixian, childhood name Dixiang, alias Zhongshanqiao, commonly referred to as Zhongshan. Born into a farming family in Cuiheng Village, Xiangshan County (now Zhongshan City), Guangdong Province. Influenced by the revolutionary traditions of the people of Guangdong during his youth, he admired the revolutionary cause of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He was a pioneer of modern China’s national democratic revolution, a great forerunner of China’s democratic revolution, a founder of the Republic of China and the Kuomintang, an advocate of the Three Principles of the People, and the creator of the Five-Power Constitution. He was the first to raise the banner of thorough anti-feudalism... More details about Sun Yat-sen ++