Wuzhou Zhongshan Park

　　      Zhongshan Park was originally known as Beishan, anciently called Chashan, and is located in the city center. In the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925), it was converted into a park and named "Zhongshan Park," making it the first park established in Wuzhou.       The earliest built Zhongshan Memorial Hall in the country is situated atop Beishan and is a cultural relic protection unit of the autonomous region. It was initiated in March 1925 by Li Jishen.       The memorial hall prominently features the story of Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s three visits to Wuzhou between the end of 1921 and the beginning of 1922, during which he guided the people of Wuzhou in building their hometown and managing the navigation of the Xijiang River. The memorial hall is grand in scale and consists of front and rear sections. The central part of the front section is a four-story tower with a domed roof, flanked by two two-story buildings serving as exhibition rooms. The rear section is a thousand-person auditorium. The front of the memorial hall features layered steps, totaling over 340 steps from the foot of the mountain to the main gate; in front of the gate is a wide plaza with a lotus pond in the center, surrounded by stone benches shaded by banyan trees — a truly scenic spot.

　　 Wuzhou City, Guangxi

　　Sun Yat-sen (1866～1925)　　Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925), given name Wen, courtesy name Zaiyi, also known as Risshin and Yixian, childhood name Dixiang, alias Zhongshan Qiao, often used the name Zhongshan. He was born into a farming family in Cuiheng Village, Xiangshan County (now Zhongshan City), Guangdong Province. In his youth, influenced by the revolutionary spirit of the people of Guangdong, he admired the cause of the Taiping Rebellion. He was a pioneer of China’s modern national democratic revolution, a great forerunner of the democratic revolution, the 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, “establishing a republic and ending two thousand years of imperial rule.” 19...... Details+