Monument to Feng Ru's Plane Crash Site

Monument to Feng Ru's Plane Crash Site

The Monument to Feng Ru's Plane Crash Site is a cultural relic protection unit of Tianhe District.

The Monument to Feng Ru's Plane Crash Site is located at Huashengliao, Shahe, Tianhe District. Feng Ru, a pioneer of aviation in China, successfully developed aircraft in the United States. To "strengthen the nation’s prestige and reclaim economic rights," he returned to China to establish the aviation industry. On August 25, 1912, while performing a flight demonstration at Yantang, Guangzhou, he unfortunately died in a crash. At that time, Sun Yat-sen, the provisional president of the Republic of China, ordered the governor of the Guangdong Military Government to erect a monument at the site of Feng Ru’s crash. However, due to Yuan Shikai’s attempt to restore the monarchy and the failure of Sun Yat-sen’s anti-Yuan campaign, among other factors, the monument was not built. It was not until 1988 that the Shahe Cultural and Museum Association of Guangzhou constructed the “Feng Ru Plane Crash Site” monument.

The monument faces east and is square-shaped, consisting of the main body and the base, standing on a pedestal that is 0.40 meters high, 3.74 meters deep, and 3.30 meters wide. The front of the pedestal has three steps, with low walls surrounding the left, right, and rear sides. The main body is made of white granite, tapering from bottom to top, standing 7 meters high with a pointed top. The base of the main body is 0.27 meters on each side, and the front is inscribed with the five characters “Feng Ru Plane Crash Site.” The base is built with brick, lime, and sand mortar, coated with stone finish, and is 0.645 meters high. The front and back edges at the base measure 0.89 meters each, while the left and right edges measure 0.59 meters each. It tapers upward, and the front is inlaid with a marble plaque engraved with a 47-character inscription: “Feng Ru, China’s aviation pioneer, crashed and died here during a flight demonstration at Yantang on August 25, 1912. He is buried at Huanghuagang. Erected by the Shahe Cultural and Museum Association.”

On October 19, 2012, it was announced as part of the second batch of cultural relic protection units in Tianhe District.

Huashengliao Community: Huashengliao Community is located at the northwest corner of the Linhe Subdistrict area, west of Guangzhou East Railway Station. It stretches from Linhexi West Road in the east to Guangzhou Avenue—Yuxidong Road in the west, from Linhexi West Cross Road in the south to the small railway path next to Jianli Building—Lihong Hotel in the north, covering an area of 1 square kilometer. Key sections of the community include: No. 22 Yuxidong Road (Third Outpatient Clinic of the Provincial Military Command), No. 30 (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China dormitory), No. 34, No. 36, No. 38 (Military Sports Academy), No. 40 (Sports Team); No. 1342 Guangzhou Avenue Middle (Baiyun Retired Cadres’ Home); odd-numbered buildings from No. 89 to No. 161 on Linhexi West Road; Huasheng... Detailed information about Huashengliao Community++

Further Reading:

· Second Batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units in Tianhe District