The
mausoleum is situated at
the foot of the second
peak of Mount Zijin.
Construction of the tomb
started in 1926, taking
three years. On first
July 1929, Dr. Sun was
buried there. Sun has
been respected as Father
of Modern China since he
fought unyieldingly
against the corrupt Qing
government and led the
1911 revolution to end
feudal system and found
Republic of China,
leading Chinese people
into a new era. He died
in 1925 in Beijing.
Reclining on mountain
slope, the mausoleum
looks majesty and
sublime. Lying at the
mountainside, the vault
is more than 700 hundred
meters away from the
Paifang on the square
below, which is the
entrance of the
mausoleum. There is a
three-tier stone stand
on which a huge bronze
Ding, an ancient Chinese
vessel symbolizing power
perches. To the north of
the square, the Paifang
towers high. Beyond is
the 480-meter-long and
50-meter-wide stairway
which has 392 stairs,
leading to the vault. On
both sides, high pine
trees, cypress trees and
gingko trees guards the
way alongside. At the
end of the stairway is a
gate which is
16-meter-high and
27-meter-wide. The
tri-arched marble gate
is inscribed with four
Chinese characters
written by Dr. Sun,
which means "the nation
is people’s nation and
everyone shall serve the
nation selflessly".
Inside of the gate,
there is a pavilion in
which a 9-meter-high
stele is set, which is a
memorial monument set by
Kuomintang. A few stairs
up, is the sacrificial
hall and the vault. In
front of the sacrificial
hall there stands a pair
of Huabiao, ancient
Chinese ornamental
column, which is
12.6-meter-high. The
sacrificial hall is
actually a palace of 30
meters in length, 25
meters in width and 29
meters in height. In the
center of the hall a
4.6-meter-high statue of
Mr. Sun sits. The statue
was sculptured out of
white marble produced in
Italy. Visitors will
learn Mr. Sun’s glorious
life in the hall. North
of the hall lies the
vault. In the bell
shaped vault, Dr. Sun
falls asleep. A statue
of him rests in a white
marble coffin, under
which the great man
lies.
There are many other
structures built in
memory of Dr. Sun
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