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Nanjing Presidential Residence

Members tourists: now we will visit the famous tourist site in Nanjing——the Presidential Palace and understand its history.

The Presidential Palace is located at 292 Changjiang Road. Up to now it is over six hundred years old. It was constructed as the Marquis Guide’s Residence and then Prince Han’s Residence in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. It successively became the Official residences of Liangjiang Viceroys in the Qing Dynasty. The Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong often used here as their temporary Dwelling Palace when they made inspection tours of South China.

During the period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan erected a large-scale Heavenly King’s Palace in the compound of the Liangjiang viceroy’s Official Residence.

On 1 January 1912, Dr Sun Yat-sen was sworn in as the Provisional President here. It successively became the Official Residence of the Jiangsu Military Governors, the Vice-President’s Office and so forth in the following fifteen years. In 1927, the Nanjing Nationalist Government was established and here became the offices of it. After the occupation of Nanjing by Japanese troops in December 1937, the offices of the Nationalist Government served in turn as the Headquarters of the 16th Division of Japanese Troop. On 23 April 1949, Nanjing was liberated. The People’s Liberation Army occupied the Presidential Palace on 24 April.

The scenic area of the Presidential Palace covers a space of 80000 square meters.

The Presidential Palace

It comprises three pieces of scenery: the former Nationalist Government and the Presidential Government in the center; the former Provisional President Sun Yat-sen's Office Building, the Office of the Secretary General, the West Garden and the General Staff Headquarters in the west; the Executive Yuan, the Tao Shu and Lin Zexu Memorial Temple, Stable and the Exhibition of the Material on the Liangjiang Viceroy's Official Residence in the east.

The presidential Palace has a heave historical culture, unique historical materials and beautiful natural environment with classical constructions. Now it was opened to the world as the Nanjing Museum of Modern Chinese History.

Now, please follow me to visit the Presidential Palace.

Opposite to the gate of the palace across the street is the Screen Wall. Built in 1930, the Gate Tower is a two-storeyed building with three arch-gates in an imitation of ancient Rome style. It used to be the guardroom during the period of the Republic of China.

The Palace of Heavenly King, surrounded by the two walls, is found right at the entrance of the gate. The area within the outer wall was called “The City of Sun”，while that within the main inner wall was called “The city of the Golden Dragon”.There were many grand buildings within the two walls. On both sides of the main hall were gardens. The palace is newly restored, including the study, throne and imperial harem. In addition, the history of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is on exhibition here.

The complex in the east of the count was the yamen of Governor general of Multi-province. Yamen is the government office in feudal China.

The building is the Presidential Palace. The first floor was the office of secretariat. The second