Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
It was built mainly to memorial Sun Yat-sen who is a great Chinese revolutionary forerunner and known as the Chinese great father. The Memorial Hall is locatd in Guangzhou city Guangdong province, in Sun Yat-sen's original presidential office. Now it has became a popular tourist attraction in Guangzhou.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is an important historical relic protected by Guangdong province. It was desigened by Mr. Lu Yanzhi, a great architect of China. The construction work was finished in 1931.
The building with gorgeous octagonal structure and strong national features, and has solemn and magnificent looks. The designer smartly applied the structural theory of architectural mechanics and adopted the mixed structure of reinforced concrete. The construction space with the span of up to 71 meters is pillar-less, much to its grandeur.
The memorial hall and the courtyard cover an area of six hectares. The principal building with 47 meters high and covers an area of 12,000 square meters. The stage measures 15 meters at the front and 20 meters in depth, together with 3,238 seats. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is the most symbolized building of Guangzhou, and a key venue for the city's large-scale meetings and performances as well.
Tours in Guangzhou:
Chimelong Paradise Park Chime International Circus
Chimelong Water Park Xiangjiang Safari Park
One day Guangzhou tour One day Foshan tour One day Zhaoqing tour
Especially recommended as it has long been looked upon as the ultimate in Cantonese construction of the past.
It is also called Guanyin Hill, as Guanyin, Goddess of Mercy, was found during the Yongle years in the Ming Dynasty.
