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Sun
Yat-sen Mausoleum
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As
a famous commemorative structure of Chinese revolution built in
1931, it was designed by the well-known architect of modern China
Lu Yanzhi, who was also The Designer of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
in Nanjing. The building complex is composed of the arch over
the gateway, the auditorium and the stoteyed buildings on its
eastside and westside. The auditorium is octagonal in the shape
of the palace hall.
With big vermilion pillars, yellow bricks and sapphire-blue glazed
tiles, the complex looks splendid and magnificent. There are 4,700seats
in the spacious auditorium, with is beamless and produces no echo.
the interior is decorated with paintings and patterns of strong
national features. In front of it there stands the statue of Dr.
Sun Yat-sen.
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House
of the Chen Family
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The Guangzhou Study is
commonly known as the Ancestral Temple of The Chen Family. It
is now the site of the Guangdong Folk Art Museum. The 100-year-old
temple was once the ancestral temple and study of 72 Chen families
in Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty. It is now the largest and best
preserved and decorated ancient architecture existing in Guangdong
Province. It was designated as an important cultural relic under
the State protection by the state Council in 1986.
Covering an area of 15,000 square meters, the temple, having a
rectangular structure as its main building, comprises 19 buildings.
It is known for its beautiful decoration, which combines wood
carving, brick carving, stone carving, clay sculpture, ash sculpture,
brass and iron foundry, grotto, new year ainting and other art
forms. The special historical, art and scientific values have
made it an important attraction in Guangzhou.
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Yuyin
Mount Garden
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One of the four famous gardens in Guangdong
Province in the Qing Dynasty. In the gardens, pavilions, platforms,
pools and houses are well arranged among corridors, bridges,
paths, rookeries, walls and trees, making it a nice, quite garden
with rich contents.
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