Zhongshan monument

Zhongshan monument

Built in 1929, the Zhongshan monument was designed by the famous architect LV Yanzhi. Not only is it a monument, but the Zhongshan Memorial Hall and the Nanjing Zhongshan Mausoleum, as you all know, are also created by Mr. Lu Yanzhi. The monument and the Zhongshan Memorial Hall were integrated at that time. They were both built on the central axis of the old urban area of Guangzhou, forming the majestic momentum of the front hall and the back monument. The body of the stone is made of granite, 37 meters high, with a square and pointed top. In addition, the main height of the monument is made of 59 bricks, which coincides with the birthday of Dr. Sun Yat Sen.

When climbing the stele, you can enter from the stone arch on the first floor. Inside, there is a spiral ladder leading to the top of the stele. Outside the first and second floors, there are corridors. You can look down on the four sides by relying on the railing. There are windows on each other floor. Let's take a look at the four sides of the base of the stele. There are 26 stone carvings of sheep's head carved on it, symbolizing the city of sheep.

In addition to the stone carving of the sheep's head, there is a granite about 7 meters high on the front of the stone tablet, on which Dr. Sun Yat Sen's "will of the premier" is engraved. Its height is just at the level of the 15th brick, which is consistent with Dr. Sun Yat sen's "ruling" years; and its width occupies 5 bricks, which means the symbol of the "five power constitution" at that time.

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Built in 1929, the monument was designed by famous architect Lu Yanzhi. The body of the stele is made of granite, 37 meters high. The bottom of the stele is square, gradually smaller and sharper upward. There are steps in the stele that can be rotated to the top. The first and second layers can be viewed from all sides. Higher, with windows on each floor. There are 26 stone carvings of sheep's head on all sides of the upper layer of the stele base, which symbolizes the city of sheep.

On the front of the stone tablet is a huge granite about 7 meters long and 4 meters wide, on which is inscribed the will of the premier written by Li Jishen in official script. The full text of the will is as follows: Yu devoted himself to the national revolution for 40 years, whose purpose was to seek freedom and equality in China, accumulating 40 years of experience. He knows that to achieve this goal, we must arouse the people, and unite with the nations in the world waiting for us to work together Fight. Now that the revolution has not yet been successful, my comrades must continue to work hard to implement it in accordance with the general plan for the founding of the people's Republic, the outline for the founding of the people's Republic, the three principles of the people and the declaration of the first National Congress. Recently, the LORD opened the national assembly and abolished the unequal treaties, especially in the shortest period of time!

The platform where the monument is located has iron railings, and the surrounding trees are lush. The Sun Yat Sen Memorial and the Sun Yat Sen Memorial are located on the central axis of the traditional city of Guangzhou. They are united as a whole and have become the symbols of the modern city of Guangzhou.

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In addition to his real name and the names in the table below, Sun Wen also used a large number of pseudonyms and pseudonyms in Chinese, English and Japanese. Most of them were taken to get rid of wanted or hidden identity, and some of them were to promote revolution or express life expectations. After the 1911 Revolution and the founding of the Republic of China in 1912, sun was no longer pursued by the Qing Dynasty, and all his private and public archives were signed by Sun Wen. In Europe and America, Sun Yat Sen is famous for his name "Yixian" or full name "Sun Yat Sen".

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