孙中山故居英文介绍

The Former Residence of Dr. Sun Y at-sen
This is the former residence of Dr. Sun Y at-sen. It was built in 1892. From 1892 to 1895, Dr. Sun lived here. And in May 1912, Dr. Sun stayed here for three days after he resigned from his presidency. It was the last time he stayed here.
The main part of the house was designed by Dr. Sun himself. It is a distinctive two-story house with three characteristics. First, it faces west which differs from the others. Second, the outside appearance of the house is in western style while inside is in traditional Chinese style. And the last one is that the house has many doors and windows __ more than 30 doors, in fact. Each year these doors and the stairs provide convenient walkways for thousands of visitors to take a general view of the whole house.
This way, please.
This Tamarind Tree was planted by Dr. Sun Y at-sen in 1883. The seed was brought back by Dr. Sun himself from Honolulu, Hawaii. Its shape like this was caused by a typhoon in the 1930’s.
This is the very place where Dr. Sun was born. Beside this well stood the actual house where Sun Yat-sen was born on November 12, 1866, measuring 4 meters in breadth and 8 meters in length. It was torn down by Sun’s family after 1913.
This way, please.
This couplet was written by Dr. Sun himself. It means that though this house is very simple, we still can live comfortably.
This is the living room of Sun’s family. The photos on the walls were Dr.
Sun’s parents. The kerosene lamp on the long table was brought back by Dr. Sun from Honolulu. All the furniture here is in original.
This is Dr. Sun’s elder brother, Sun Mei’s bedroom. This house was built on the money sent by him from Honolulu in 1892. When he was 15, he left for Honolulu and worked as a hired laborer. Later he became a storeowner, then a cattle-rancher and a businessman. He made great contributions to the revolution led by Dr. Sun.
Now let’s go upstairs.
This is Dr. Sun’s study room. The picture on the wall was Dr. Sun Y at-sen when he was 17 years old. Dr. Sun Y at-sen used to discussed national affairs with his friends and pracised medicine here.
Just now I told you that this house have three characteristics. From here we can see the first characteristics clearly. Look, most of the folk houses face east, but this house faces west.
(From here we can see the difference between this house and the other folk houses. This house faces west while most of the folk houses face south.) This is the guest room of Sun’s family.
This is the bedroom of Dr. Sun Y at-sen’s mother.
This is Dr. Sun Y at-sen and his wife Lu Muzhen’s bedroom.
This is the kitchen of Sun’s family. It was built in 1913. These are tools for processing grain used by Sun’s family.
This is the bathroom and over there is the washroom.
Outside this gate is the exhibition of Cuiheng Folk Houses. From this
exhibition we will learn more about the historical background of Dr. Sun Y at-sen’s growth in the early days and realize part of the folk customs in the Pearl River Delta District.
This is a partially reproduced home of a wealthy family in the old Cuiheng village. Some members of the family were officials while others were overseas businessmen. They were the richest family in the village.
This is the living room of the family. The furniture is in original. The pictures on the walls were ancestors of the family.
This is the study of the host and this is an opium bed. These are tools for drawing opium.
This is the bedroom of the host. These exquisite and well-designed furniture are in original.
This is the exhibition of the native culture in this village. The exhibits here show the vivid and colourful daily-life events or festivities such as worship, birthday and wedding celebrations in Qing dynasty.
These are model foods used in traditional Chinese festivals such as mid-autumn day, Tomb-Sweeping Day, dragon boat festival and spring festival. Etc.
These are tools and instruments for spring festival.
These are models of best dishes for big events such as birthday or wedding celebration in the old days.
This is a model scene of wedding. This is a wedding carriage and these are gifts from the bride and bridegroom’s relatives and friends.
This watchtower was erected for the purpose of time reporting during night as well as the prevention of theft in the village. Dr. Sun Y at-sen’s father once served as a night watchman.
This house was owned by a family who makes bean curd (Tofu).
This is the replica of the Sun’s original home. This particular house was owned by the Lu Family. It is now remodeled to show the original appearance of the Sun’s home at the time Dr. Sun Y at-sen was born. It was under such conditions that Dr. Sun had grown up.
This is a house of a poor family in Cuiheng village. This house is in original.
This is a house of a middle-class farmer. Besides farming, its owner had worked hard and involved in some side business such as fishing and raising pigs to support his family.
This house was owned by an overseas Chinese family. Some members of this family had migrated abroad to make their living, those who were fortunate enough to have succeeded in their struggling would usually send back some money. The other members would mainly rely on this money to support their family.
This is ZhongShan Tripod. It was casted in November 1999. Dr. Sun Y at-sen was born in 1866 while the diameter of the Tripod is 1866 millimeter. Dr. Sun passed away in 1925 at the age of 59 while the height of the Tripod is 1925 millimeter. Dr. Sun overthrew the Qing Dynasty in 1912 with the establishment of the Republic. Dr. Sun then became the first President. Coincidentally, also the length of the square base of the Tripod is 1912 millimeter, to acknowledge his
triumphant victory.
This is the site where Dr. Sun Y at-sen used to listen to an old man, telling stories about Hong Xiu-quan’s rebellion against the Qing Dynasty.
This is the South Gate of Cuiheng village. In 1892, Dr. Sun Y at-sen conducted an explosive test nearby this gate with his friend, Lu Hao-dong. The explosion caused the cracking of the stone-inscribed board on this Gate.
中山故居纪念馆
2001年7月17日。