Dr. Sun Yat Sen Mausoleum

Our last Sunday in Nanjing was spent at what I think is the most famous landmark of Nanjing, the landmark that most tourists come to see, since no one seems to know about the Nanjing Massacre, the tomb and mausoleum dedicated to Dr. Sun Yat Sen. He was an educated Chinese man, who had studied in China, Japan and America and caused a revolution in China which took down the Chinese Empire through violence. He introduced democracy to China, the people called him the “Father of Modern China”. He naturally became the President of China but wanted to hold a public election so that the people would decide who should lead. They all voted for him anyway. During World War II his party became weak and the Communist party became stronger, which lead to their take over.

The Mausoleum is situated within the Purple Mountain, our local mountain, which we climbed at New Year. You must walk ‘1000’ steps to get to the top, actually it’s only 392, thank God it was too, when we went there it was 30 degrees hot.

Next to the site of the mausoleum is an open-air music hall. It was very pretty but nothing much to report apart from the hundreds of doves that feed there. We could buy little packets of seeds to feed the birds with, so we were all doing Ace Ventura, ‘Come to me my jungle friends’. Although I didn’t feel too comfortable around them.

Ace

Dave!