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Name: Zhong
Shan Gong Yuan (Sun Yat-Sen Park), Nantou, Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PRC
This park is dedicated to the great national
hero known to the West as Sun
Yat-sen, who has been called "China's most famous revolutionary."
He was born near Zhuhai, across the Pearl River from Shenzhen and next to
Macao, so he's something of a "local boy made good." The park
also has statues of at least seven other heroes, all found in an area translated
on a signboard as "Elite-Gathering." They are: Wen Tianxiang
(1236-1283); Wang Hong (early 1500s); Liu Wen (late 1500s); Guan Tianpei
(1781-1841); Lai Enjue (1795-1848); Chen Yu (1904-1974); and Zeng Sheng
(1910-1995)
As it is located next to Xinan
Old City, one can't help but wonder how much of the "Old City" was
razed to create this huge park.
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The "Gathering
of Heroes" |
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Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283)
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Wang Hong (early 1500s)
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Liu Wen (late 1500s)
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Guan Tianpei (1781-1841)
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Lai Enjue (1795-1848)
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Chen Yu (1904-1974)
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Zeng Sheng (1910-1995)
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| Getting there:
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From Guan Gong
Temple (see link below), walk out the west gate and turn right (north)
into Xinan Old Town. Turn left within the large fortified gate,
and you will come out near the park entrance.
Alternatively, the park may be entered
further west on Shennan Road, or north on Zhong Shan Road, which runs
north-and-south to the east of the Nantou bus stop.
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| Located near: |
Guan
Gong Temple, Nantou
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| About
the photos: |
All photos on
this page are copyright 2004 by James
Baquet
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