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The Warlord Era and the First United Front
Sun Yat-Sen’S State funeraL proCeSSion in nanJing
June 1, 1929
willys ruggles peck papers, hoover institution archives
1929年6月南京市區孫中山奉安典禮遊街圖
on March 12, 1925, Sun Yat-sen died of liver cancer at the age of fifty-nine in Beijing. on March 19, Sun’s body was
moved from peking union Medical College hospital to the city’s central park for public viewing. on april 2, following
memorial services throughout China, Sun’s coffin was moved to the temple of azure Clouds in xiangshan, a western
suburb of Beijing.
Soon after Sun’s death, a committee met to plan a mausoleum in nanjing in accordance with Sun’s wishes. the
committee held a public competition for the tomb; the design, by architect Lu Yanshi (who had been trained in the
united States) was chosen, in part, for its similarity to the Lincoln Memorial.
in 1929, a state funeral was held in nanjing in honor of Sun Yat-sen, with the nationalist party identifying itself with
the heroic narrative of the revolution of 1911. planned and organized by the highest echelons of the party, it was
intended to involve the entire population of the country.
(detail)
iteMiZed BiLL and reCeipt for SerViCeS rendered, March 18, 1925
h. h. kung papers, hoover institution archives
1925年孫中山逝世前後於北京協和醫院開銷單據
軍閥割據與第一次國共合作
as Sun lay dying in Beijing, he told h. h. kung, “Just as Christ was sent by god to the world, so also did god send me.” he had two wishes: that his body
rest in nanjing and that it be embalmed and displayed like that of his respected friend, Lenin. in accordance with Sun’s wishes, a replica of Lenin’s coffin
was ordered from the Soviet union; however, it did not arrive until after the funeral.
the coffin used instead, provided by the peking union Medical College, was of solid wood and thus thought to be more suitable for preserving the embalmed
body. the college was reimbursed for the coffin, as well as for expenses such as beef juice.
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