Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, formerly known as the Tibetan Scripture Building, is located in the dense forest between Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and Linggu Temple. This is a classical building that imitates the Lama Temple in Qing Dynasty. The main building is 20.8 meters high, with green glazed tiles on the top and yellow glazed tiles on the roof. The center of the main ridge is decorated with copper eaves, and the beams, columns and foreheads are decorated with colorful paintings. There are precious historical materials such as Dr. Sun Yat-sen's classic works and Feng 'an photos in the building. There is a 2.6-meter-high bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in the center of the square in front of the building. There is a125m long stele gallery behind the building, engraved with the full text of the Three People's Principles written by Dr. Sun Yat-sen..
In the middle of Lin Hai, east of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and west of Nanjing Linggu Temple, a classical building imitating the Lama Temple in Qing Dynasty is hidden among the green trees in the stream. It is built on the mountain and has a magnificent momentum. Here is the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, a museum that preserves and displays the historical relics of the great man Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, formerly known as Buddhist Scripture Building, is one of many memorial buildings in Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. Originally donated by the Chinese Buddhist Association, it was originally used to collect Buddhist scriptures. The building consists of three parts: the main building, the monk's room and the stele gallery, covering an area of more than 3000 square meters. It was designed by famous architect Lu and completed in the winter of 1936.
Buddhist architecture is full of historical vicissitudes. Before the Anti-Japanese War, the Tibetan Scripture Building had collected a number of precious cultural relics and Buddhist scriptures. After the building was completed, it was presented or recommended by people from Buddhist circles all over the country. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Buddhist scriptures buildings were severely damaged, monasteries and steles were destroyed by Japanese artillery fire, and cultural relics and Buddhist scriptures were also missing. After the founding of New China, the local government allocated funds for many times and gradually built the main building, monk's room and stele gallery. 1986165438+10. In order to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's birth/kloc-0, a rich exhibition of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's historical books and works was held here. For the first time, the Tibetan Scripture Building received large overseas delegations from all walks of life in Hong Kong and Macao and experts and scholars attending academic seminars. Sun Suiying, Sun Suihua, Dai Chenggong, relatives of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and many famous people at home and abroad have been here successively. 1On May 7, 987, the Nanjing Municipal People's Government officially approved the transformation of the Buddhist Scripture Building into the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. 1989 On the eve of the 60th anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Feng 'an, the museum was officially opened to the public.
In front of the main building of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is an oval square surrounded by flowers and trees. On the two stone steps on the north side of the square is the main building. In the middle of the first stone steps stands a bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, which is 2.6 meters high and weighs more than one ton. It was presented by Zhuang Ji Maywood, a Japanese friend of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. The bronze statue has stood in the center of Xinjiekou Square for 24 years and is familiar to many Nanjing citizens. On the second stone platform stood a pair of bronze dings, which were donated by Nanjing Chemical Industry Corporation 1989 when it opened. The main building is a palace building, with double eaves and a mountain-resting style. The eaves ridge is paved with yellow glazed tiles, and the main ridge coincides with the vertical ridge with the head of a dragon and a phoenix lion. The center of the ridge is decorated with a copper rotating canopy, and the beams, columns and foreheads are decorated with colorful paintings. The whole building is resplendent and magnificent.
In the middle of the third floor, there is a straight forehead with the words "Tibetan Scripture Building" written in gold by Wu Zhongqi, a famous contemporary calligrapher, on a black background. On the horizontal plaque of the lintel, there are six Chinese characters "Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall" inscribed by Wu Qu, the late vice chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and honorary chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee.
The Buddhist Scripture Building has three floors, with mezzanine and four floors in the middle. In the basement hall, the video of the Prime Minister's Feng 'an ceremony is constantly playing. This video is recorded according to the live film taken when Dr. Sun Yat-sen died of illness and was buried, which truly reproduces the whole process of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's death, public sacrifice, mausoleum building, funeral and Feng 'an, and has many precious historical shots.
The four walls of the hall are inlaid with huge plaques of the full text of the Outline of the Founding of the People's Republic written by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and the front wall is engraved with the suicide note written by Hu himself, and the couplets inscribed by Dr. Sun Yat-sen on both sides are engraved with "Human evolution, world harmony".
On the third floor, a large-scale photo exhibition of "Eternal Commemoration" is set up on the four walls of the outdoor cloister to show the historical footage of leaders and celebrities visiting Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. Books about Dr. Sun Yat-sen are displayed in the showcase.
The third floor is the history exhibition room of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, which is the basic exhibition of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. There are four exhibition halls, including 378 historical pictures of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and objects, handwriting and books. All the exhibits are divided into nine parts: young people's ambition, running for the revolution, establishing the Republic of China, seeking Yuan's asylum, a new journey, building a mausoleum after death, welcoming the funeral, the cemetery past lives, and the heroic spirit will last forever.
The exhibition hall on the fourth floor is used to hold various temporary exhibitions.
Behind the main building is a large stele gallery, which is 125m long and symmetrically surrounds the main building. There are five monk's rooms on the central axis, and the corridors on the two wings are connected with two stone pavilions. The stele gallery is inlaid with 138 pieces of Henan Songshan bluestone tablets presented by General Feng Yuxiang, each with a height of 1.9 m and a width of 0.9 m, on which the full text of the Three People's Principles written by Dr. Sun Yat-sen is engraved, with the word 16. Inscriptions were written in block letters by Zhang Naigong, Chen Tianci, Ye Gongchuo, Deng Sanmu and other calligraphers of the Republic of China 14, with different styles. Among them, the stone carvings of the Tang Dynasty, especially the treasures with excellent books, have been designated as second-class cultural relics.
The Sun Yat-sen College, which was built with donations from Antigua Chinese in North America, Mr. Zhang Jian, Chairman of Hong Kong Yilihui Investment Co., Ltd., and Mr. Ming Jiang, Director, was completed on the 70th anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's death on March 1995, and officially opened to the public at home and abroad, becoming another important part of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
Sun Yat-sen Academy is located on the west side of the Tibetan Scripture Building, covering an area of 2,800 square meters. Outside the building are lawns and various famous flowers and trees. The main building is a two-story antique building, and the whole building is elegant and beautiful, which is pleasing to the eye. The Academy is mainly used for commemorative activities, academic research and cultural exchanges about Dr. Sun Yat-sen. There are three exhibition halls downstairs, which display photos of party and state leaders and foreign heads of state, and exhibitions of Sun Yat-sen's works and academic research achievements. In addition, the East Hall also held an exhibition of fine paintings and calligraphy collected by Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, and exhibited fine paintings and calligraphy collected by famous painters such as Lin Sanzhi, Xiao Xian, Wu Zhongqi, Fei Xinwo and Huang Yanghui.
Celebrity Wax Museum of the Revolution of 1911 is one of the subordinate institutions of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. It is located in the 600-year-old Wuliangtang in Guling Park and displays 57 wax figures of celebrities before and after the Revolution of 1911. These wax figures form 22 groups of scenes, which vividly reflect the major historical events before and after the Revolution of 1911 and show the historical features of the Revolution of 1911. The wax figure is made according to the physical size 1: 1, and the shape is accurate and realistic.
Since its establishment, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall has received millions of guests from home and abroad. It has become an important window for Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and even Nanjing to communicate with other countries. It has been named as the patriotism education base of Nanjing, the patriotism education base of young officers and men of Nanjing Military Region and the youth moral education base of Nanjing.
In recent years, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall has made many achievements in historical materials display, literature and history research and inter-library exchanges. He has published Selected Historical Materials of Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, History of Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, Celebrities and Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum in the Republic of China, Inscription in Sun Yat-sen's Handwriting and Inscription of Wu Jingheng, etc. And published the literature and history of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum to communicate with colleagues from all over the world. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall has established extensive exchanges and cooperation with memorial sites of Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling at home and abroad. Large-scale networking activities and academic exchanges are held every year. It has also established contacts and exchanges with Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taiwan Province Province and Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Kobe.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is one of the best scenic spots in Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. In March in the south of the Yangtze River, plum blossom, apricot blossom, peach blossom and camellia blossom for the second time. The flowers here are full of flowers, and the fragrance is floating, which is beautiful. There is a fire in July, where the trees are everywhere, the streams are gurgling, and the long cicadas are accompanied by a gentle breeze, which brings unparalleled comfort; In the golden autumn when sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, the memorial hall in Wanguiyuan exudes fragrance, which makes people linger and cannot bear to leave. What's more, the maple grove in late autumn makes you sing a beautiful sentence: "Stop and sit in the maple grove late, and the frost leaves are red in February." After the snow, the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is covered with snow, which makes visitors more interesting.