Former Site of the Guangdong Advisory Bureau

Former Site of the Guangdong Advisory Bureau

The Former Site of the Guangdong Advisory Bureau is a cultural relic protection unit of Guangdong Province.

The Former Site of the Guangdong Advisory Bureau in Guangzhou is located on Zhongshan 3rd Road, Guangzhou. It was built in the first year of the Xuantong era (1909). The site consists of a group of buildings that blend Chinese and Western architectural styles. The complex faces south and is arranged from south to north as follows: the main gate (a hall-style building, now destroyed), a stone arch bridge over a lotus pond, the main building modeled after the ancient Roman parliamentary style in the West, and a two-story brick-and-wood rear building (now destroyed). On both the east and west sides of the main building, there were also brick-and-wood auxiliary structures (now destroyed). The main building is round in front and square at the back, with a hemispherical roof on the main hall supported by eight pillars, creating an open space with inner and outer corridors. The corridors are two stories high. The main entrance gate was rebuilt in 1948 with four grand Roman-style columns, giving it a majestic appearance. The building features a mixed structure of brick, wood, and steel beams and columns.

After the Wuchang Uprising in October 1911, on November 9, representatives from various sectors in Guangzhou solemnly declared Guangdong's independence from the Qing government at the Advisory Bureau and established the Provincial Government. It later served as the meeting place of the Extraordinary National Assembly. In May 1921, Sun Yat-sen took the oath of office as the Extraordinary President here. From October 1925 to January 1927, this was the location of the Kuomintang Central Party Headquarters. Mao Zedong served here as the acting head of the Central Propaganda Department and edited the Political Weekly. The Second National Congress of the Kuomintang, the Third National Labor Congress, and the Joint Conference of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee and Representatives from Various Provinces and Regions, all held in 1926, took place here. The Kuomintang Political Training Class, Women’s Movement Training Institute, and Overseas Chinese Training Institute were successively established here. After the Kuomintang Central Committee moved north to Wuhan, this site became the location of the Guangdong Provincial Party Department of the Kuomintang. In the 1950s, preparations were made here to establish the Guangdong Revolutionary History Museum. In 1957, Ye Jianying inscribed the name of the museum. The museum opened to the public in 1959.

In 1999, the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government designated it as a cultural relic protection unit. On July 17, 2002, it was included in the fourth batch of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relic Protection Units.

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Further Reading:

· Fourth Batch of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relic Protection Units

· Sixth Batch of National Key Cultural Relic Protection Units