- Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
The National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (zh-tp|t=國立國父紀念館|p=Guólì Guófù Jìniànguǎn;
POJ : Kok-uivague|-lip? Kok-hu Ki-liam-koan) is located inTaipei City ,Taiwan ,Republic of China . It is a memorial to theRepublic of China 's National Father, Dr.Sun Yat-sen , and was completed onMay 16 ,1972 . As the hall was opened in the very beginning, its main displays were revolutionary events of the national father at the end of theQing Dynasty . Recently it became a multi-purposesocial ,educational andcultural center for the Taiwanese public.History
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The Memorial Hall was affiliated to Taipei City Government originally. In June 1986, it became part of the Ministry of Education, together with Chung-shan Hall in Yang Ming Mountain. Its official name was changed from "the Administrative Bureau of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall" to "the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall".
In the early time, the Memorial Hall primarily functioned as a place to display the historical relics of Dr. Sun's life and lead in the revolution. Later, it opens to exhibitions and performances. Now, it has a world-class performance hall, and elegant exhition center with an area of around convert|10000|sqft|m2|-3. It also has a multi-media theatre with the newest facilities, an audio-visual center, lecture halls, Chung-shan Symposium, a professional library with a collection of over three hundred thousand books, Lake Tswei exhibition and performance area, and Chung-shan park.
The Memorial Hall is committed to the promotion of Dr. Sun's philosophies - universal love, an egalitarian society, and the "goal of life to help the others" and to refresh the people's memory of Dr. Sun and pass on his beliefs. The first director Shih Chun-wen set up a solid foundation for the Memorial Hall. succeeding directors, Frank C.C. Tong, Wang Ching-po, Kao Chung-yun and Tseng Chiang-yuan let the Memorial Hall come of age. The present director, Chang Jui-pin, has taken it into the stage of prosperity. Now, the Memorial Hall advances towards internationalization, localization, life-time education, and renovation of hardware facilities. The aim is to integrate Dr. Sun's beliefs with more attributes of contemporary Chinese culture.
Shortly after the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall was built, President
Chiang Kai-shek died of pneumonia in Taipei. His funeral was held in the main hall of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. Tens of thousands of people turned out to view President Chiang's body. His body was moved to Chihu, Taoyuan County in a slow motor procession. Thousands of people lined up on the streets to view Chiang's open casket.Exterior
The exterior of the hall contains some gardens, and decorative historical walls. It has many wide open spaces where the people of Taipei often go to spend some time relaxing.
Interior
The interior of the hall includes a main hall entrance with a statue of Sun Yat-sen and many exits to other parts of the hall, containing historical artifacts.
Every hour, there is a formal changing of the guards that is a common tourist attraction.
Transportation
More than thirty bus routes have stops at or near Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall; the
MRT Kunyang-Tucheng-Banqiao Line also stops at Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall Station. Charter buses are also available during special events. There is also a parking lot at the entrance, and more parking lots can be found in the nearby Shin-Yi district.Other halls by the same name
There are other Sun Yat-sen memorial halls, for example, in
Guangzhou ,People's Republic of China .ee also
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National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
*Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
*Sun Yat Sen Memorial House
*Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall External links
* [http://www.yatsen.gov.tw/english/index.php National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Official Website]
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