Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum - Nanjing 2026
For many Westerners, the name, "Sun Yat-sen" may not mean very much. However, to millions of Chinese people, Sun Yat-sen is a name that is revered by all as he is considered the, "Father of Modern China."
It would take way too long to list all of Sun Yat-sen's accomplishments here but one only need to do a quick Google search on the name to begin to understand the scope of who he was and what he accomplished.
In a nutshell, he ended the over 2,000-year-old Imperial rule in China and created the blueprint by which China has become a modern super power.
He passed away from cancer in 1925 and his final wish was for his body to be moved from Beijing and buried in Nanjing as Nanjing was the birthplace of China's provisional government that overthrew the Qing Dynasty in 1911.
A mausoleum was completed in 1929 at the foot of the Purple Mountains overlooking Nanjing and it is here that we visit in this video.
Arguably this is one of the most important cultural and historic sites of modern China and it's beautiful, entertaining and immensely educational. A visit to the mausoleum, and it's nearby Sun Yat-sen museum, is essential to anyone who wants to understand the history of China and how it became the powerhouse it is today.
And just to put it all in perspective, outside of Asia there are memorials and statues of Sun Yat-sen all over the world including places like, New York City, Vancouver, Hawai'i, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Toronto, Melbourne and even a hill on Mars was named by NASA after him.
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