Introduction to the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou, the history of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou was built to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and was financed by Guangzhou people and overseas Chinese. It took 2 years to complete. After another 25 years, the 5-meter-high bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen stood in front of the Memorial Hall, which shows how much people respect him. So in this issue of Guangzhou Culture, let's learn about the history of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.

Historical Development

This was originally the presidential palace in 1921 when Dr. Sun Yat-sen was the very president, and it was razed to the ground by artillery fire in 1922 when Chen Jiongming rebelled. 1928, Li Jishen organized the preparations for the construction, and the construction started in January 1929, and finally completed in October 1931 after Chen Jitang gave full support to the project financially, and the overall layout is in the style of a Chinese palace combined with modern Western graphic design techniques. The general layout is a combination of traditional Chinese palace style and modern Western graphic design techniques, designed by the famous architect Lu Yanzhi.

The building covers an area of 3700 square meters, 49 meters high, four sides of the four heavy eaves hermitage hold building, the arch of the central octagonal pointed roof. White granite for the base and steps, light blue marble for wainscoting, cream-colored veneer bricks for the wall body, fuchsia water-worn columns covered with blue glazed tile roof, overlapping scroll, appearing extraordinarily graceful and luxurious, rich and magnificent. The front gable under the horizontal plaque hanging high Sun Yat-sen hand "the world for the public" 4 big words, powerful.

Guangzhou Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is one of the most iconic buildings in Guangzhou, and is an important venue for large-scale gatherings and performances in Guangzhou. It has witnessed many historical events in Guangzhou: in 1936, people from all walks of life in Guangzhou held an anti-smoking march here;

In September 1945, the Japanese invasion forces in Guangzhou signed the surrender here after liberation, and every year various activities to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, important gatherings and cultural performances of the province and city are held here, such as the Education Fund Million Walk, Guangzhou International Collective Marriages, the 100th anniversary of the birth of the leader, the anniversary of the Red Cross, and the anniversary of the birth of the leader. The 100th anniversary of the birth of the leader, commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Red Army's Long March, commemorate the 50th anniversary of the victory in the war of resistance and the victory in the world anti-fascist war and so on.

On the eve of liberation, the Memorial Hall was seriously damaged due to lack of maintenance. After liberation, the people's government from the early fifties to 1988 had seven times to allocate special funds to repair and improve the facilities. 1998 again allocated 60 million yuan, the Memorial Hall for a comprehensive comprehensive maintenance, replacement of the central air-conditioning, lighting, sound, seating, re-modeling of the VIP room, dressing rooms, the stage, adding a fire sprinkler system and the security monitoring system, in front of the Hall, the statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen was cast in bronze, and the statue was replaced with a bronze casting. The statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in front of the hall was cast in bronze, and the square and environment were further beautified.

People who built the hall

Guangzhou Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is a memorial hall built by the people of Guangzhou and overseas Chinese to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, which was started in January 1929 and completed in November 1931, which was originally built in 1921 by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. It was the former site of the presidential palace when Dr. Sun Yat-sen became the provisional president in Guangzhou in 1921. Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is an octagonal palace-style building, with a total floor area of more than 3,700 square meters and a height of 49 meters, which is a famous architectural masterpiece in modern Guangzhou.

Inside the hall is a nearly circular assembly hall with a diameter of 71 meters, divided into upper and lower floors, *** with more than 4,700 seats. The designers used four large columns (the columns are located in the surrounding walls), supporting four large-span steel trusses, like an open umbrella, to form a huge arched roof. The arched roof holds up eight main trusses to form an octagonal pavilion. This was designed by architect Lu Yanzhi (1894 - 1929).

He also designed the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing and the Sun Yat-sen Monument on Yuexiu Hill. He died prematurely at the age of 35, without being able to see the magnificent memorial hall he had designed himself, and in 1956, a recast bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, five meters high, was erected in front of the hall, which was extensively renovated in 1963, with blue glazed tiles on all roofs.

An iron fence was added around the 60,000-square-meter park, and many trees and flowers were planted in the park. The Memorial Hall has become a venue for important gatherings and cultural performances in Guangzhou. After the founding of New China, the government has allocated huge sums of money seven times to repair and maintain the surrounding environment of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, making it more quiet and comfortable, and it is a resort for Chinese and foreigners to visit.