Sun Yat-sen honored nationwide
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October 3, 2011, Monday
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FACING the portrait of Mao Zedong hung on the Gate of Heavenly Peace, the main entrance to the Forbidden City, a portrait of Dr Sun Yat-sen stood on the tourist-packed Tian'anmen Square yesterday, eight days ahead of the centenary of the 1911 Revolution, which was led by Sun and toppled China's last dynasty.
Tourists crowded in front of Sun's portrait and took photos on the second day of the National Day holiday. Sun is revered as the forerunner of democratic revolution in China. The 1911 Revolution, which began on October 10, 1911, with an armed uprising, ended 2,000 years of imperial rule by toppling the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and resulted in a republican government, the first in Asia.
As 1911 was called Xinhai in the traditional Chinese way of numbering years, the revolution is named Xinhai Revolution.
In the city of Nanjing in Jiangsu Province, Sun's tomb and presidential office received tens of thousands of visitors at the beginning of the weeklong holiday. Over 50,000 tourists visited the tomb on Saturday, said an official with the tomb administration. The administration expects to see a record-setting 500,000 visitors during this year's holiday, he added.
The newly repaired presidential office, which has been transformed into a museum, staged an exhibition on Sun and the provisional republican government during the holiday. The office attracted many more tourists than at other times, according to the museum administration.
A tourist named Wang Huawen said he chose to visit the presidential office because it was the site of many events that influenced Chinese history.
In Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, a photography show dedicated to the 1911 Revolution started on Saturday in front of the office building of the Hubei Military Government, which was established one day after the Wuchang Uprising that ushered in the revolution.
"The pictures were very precious to me. They vividly showed me how hard the revolutionaries fought," said Wang Mengshi, a college student.
Tourists crowded in front of Sun's portrait and took photos on the second day of the National Day holiday. Sun is revered as the forerunner of democratic revolution in China. The 1911 Revolution, which began on October 10, 1911, with an armed uprising, ended 2,000 years of imperial rule by toppling the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and resulted in a republican government, the first in Asia.
As 1911 was called Xinhai in the traditional Chinese way of numbering years, the revolution is named Xinhai Revolution.
In the city of Nanjing in Jiangsu Province, Sun's tomb and presidential office received tens of thousands of visitors at the beginning of the weeklong holiday. Over 50,000 tourists visited the tomb on Saturday, said an official with the tomb administration. The administration expects to see a record-setting 500,000 visitors during this year's holiday, he added.
The newly repaired presidential office, which has been transformed into a museum, staged an exhibition on Sun and the provisional republican government during the holiday. The office attracted many more tourists than at other times, according to the museum administration.
A tourist named Wang Huawen said he chose to visit the presidential office because it was the site of many events that influenced Chinese history.
In Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, a photography show dedicated to the 1911 Revolution started on Saturday in front of the office building of the Hubei Military Government, which was established one day after the Wuchang Uprising that ushered in the revolution.
"The pictures were very precious to me. They vividly showed me how hard the revolutionaries fought," said Wang Mengshi, a college student.
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