A Bronze Statue of Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall of Sun Yat-Sen
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011Guangzhou has expanded since the opening of China’s special position has always been and continues to grow with the island states of Hong Kong and Macao into a single large center for domestic trade and export. Not without reason therefore takes twice a year, China’s largest and most important export trade fair held in Guangzhou. To the status of a thriving industrial city is built there to further expand as a prestige item in the next few years, the highest TV tower in the world. In addition to the numerous temples of Guangzhou City, however, also offer would be otherwise a lot of culture and nature – too much even for a short visit, so you should think carefully about what you want to look at during the stay in this city.
Memorial Hall of Sun Yat-Sen: South of the Yuexiu Park is the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Memorial Hall of Sun Yat-Sen who in 1931 in honor of the great democratic revolutionary Dr. Sun built Yat-Sen with financial support from the Guangzhou people and overseas Chinese. He is the only Chinese politicians, who enjoys both in Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China enormously high regard. In Taiwan it is considered the father of the Republic of China and his image is present in almost all public places. In the People’s Republic of China, he is seen as a Chinese nationalist and champion of socialism. A bronze statue of Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in front of and in a small side hall an exhibition on his life and work. The memorial hall was renovated after 1949, seven times at great expense. Today’s majestic building with its blue roof is a reinforced concrete and is considered a masterpiece of architectural style of the palace, for the whole construction has not a single supporting column. So you can see without obstruction from any place in the entire stage without having to give up a successful acoustic. The memorial hall is 49 meters high, consists of 3700 m² and is now a theater which can accommodate 5,000 people on two floors of space. (more…)


