Zhongshan Travel Guide

While there are many Zhongshan parks round about China (every major Chinese city has one, and they can even be found in Chinese expat communities abroad), there is only one Zhongshan city, namely, the city where Sun Zhongshan - aka Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the military strategist and revolutionary leader who was most instrumental in toppling the Qing (CE 1644-1911) Dynasty - was born. The revered Dr. Sun is nothing less than a national hero to the Chinese people, including the Chinese diaspora (as a measure of the continued reverence shown Dr. Sun, China's research station in Antarctica is christened Zhongshan Antarctic Station). Dr. Sun's contribution to ridding the Chinese people of the yoke of feudalism was also recognized by a later revolutionary, Mao Zedung, or "Chaiman Mao",... [ View Details ]