MAUSOLEUM OF SUN YAT-SEN

After the death of Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), Nanjing, faithful to his last wishes, welcomed his remains. Five years were needed to build its imposing tomb. The young architect Lu Yanzhi was the masterpiece. We had to build a building worthy of this illustrious man, the founder of the nationalist party, artisan of the construction of the first Republic of China and the fall of imperial power. Today, its mausoleum attracts thousands of Chinese tourists to pay tribute to him every day. Indeed, both Taiwanese and Chinese people in China regard it as the Father of the nation.

The monument sets out the form of an alarm to the old reminiscent of Sun's role as sun, which in the masses. It is inspired by the Chinese classical architecture Ming.

The mausoleum was raised on the southern slope of Zhongmao Pic, Zijin Shan, with a very favourable géomancie. A 400 m drive leads to the mountain, then an imposing staircase, long 392 m wide and 70 m wide leads to the tomb. We used Fujian marble and glazed tiles in blue ceramics, with the colors of the nationalist party. After crossing the memorial portal (Paifang), the entrance hall (Ling Men), the memorial hall (Ji Tang), which houses the "three principles of the people" formulated by Sun Yat-sen (nationalism - Minzu, democracy - Minquan, the people's well-being - Minsheng), one accesses the tomb at the third level. The crypt of the crypt, stripped, sheltering the fortified casket of the statue of the general, is probably inspired by Napoleon's tomb, installed in Invalides. Indeed, French democratic principles (although in contradiction with Napoleon's empire) were a source of inspiration for the young Republic.

Sun Yat-sen (Sun Zhongshan Jinian Guan) is located a little east of the mausoleum. The building houses many documents documenting the life of the famous statesman.