Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Memorial Hall

Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Memorial Hall is located at Dongfeng Road(Middle), Guangzhou City.

Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Memorial Hall, a national major cultural relic of Guangdong Province, was designed by Mr. Lu Yanzhi, a reputable Chinese architect, and sponsored by the local people of Guangzhou and overseas Chinese to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the great forerunner of Chinese revolution. The Hall saw its const-ruction started in 1929 and completed in 1931 at where the Presidential Pa-lace had been.

With an area of 12,000 square meters,it is a steel frame and steel concrete structure with red pillars, yellow walls and sapphire blue glazed tiles. The inner audience hall comprises two stories with a total of 4,729 seats. The coping is in round shape, and is a big suspended ceiling enchased by glass. There is no single pillar in the hall, which is a masterpiece in architectural art.

Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is one of most symbolic buildings of Guangzhou, and it is also a major site for great convention and performance, a tourist attraction to visitors from home and abroad.

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