Zhang Taiyan Memorial

Zhang Taiyan Memorial

Zhang Taiyan memorial hall was completed in January 1988 at the north foot of Nanping mountain, covering an area of 1900 square meters and a building area of 870 square meters. Behind the memorial hall is the tomb of Zhang Taiyan, with a dome of concrete structure. The seal characters of "Zhang Taiyan's tomb" on the tombstone were written by himself. Zhang Taiyan died in Suzhou in June 1936. Because of the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, Lingshu had to be temporarily buried in the back garden of his former residence. He was moved here in April 1956 and rebuilt in 1981.

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Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), born in Yuhang, Zhejiang Province, was a modern democratic revolutionist and thinker.

Introduction to the memorial

The memorial hall faces north from the south, with the original tomb passage as the axis, connecting the front and back. The layout of the building is a quadrangle courtyard in the north, which adopts the construction method of Jiangnan garden. The building is in the architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties, with white walls and black tiles. Its style is a combination of thick, dignified, smart and exquisite. Zhou Gucheng, a famous historian, inscribed the name of the memorial hall. There are more than 1000 cultural relics and 2000 materials and photos in the museum. Among them, Zhang Taiyan's manuscripts and authentic calligraphic works, such as "revolutionary army" and "Yan Shu" by Zou Rong and "notes of Gao Lan room" by Zou Rong, are the most precious. This museum is the place with the richest collection of Mr. Zhang Taiyan's cultural relics in China.

Couplets of West Lake in Zhang Taiyan Memorial Hall

True knowledge of reform

Revolutionary articles

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