- the Beautiful Island -
featuring the capitol
Taipei
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The Memorials
The National Dr. Sun Yat
Sen Memorial Hall
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The Chung-shan park in the
middle of Taipei.
Take note of the tall building
to the left, disappearing in the clouds. It is the "Taipei 101",
- one of the tallest buildings in the world.
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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The Chung-shan park, - with
Lake Cui, - the "Emerald Pond".
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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The Chung-shan park, - with
the National Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall in the background
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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The main entrance of the National
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
There are a couple of memorial
halls for Sun Yat Sen, - the father of modern China. A new one, -
and rather small -, which I have not yet had time to visit, has just been
built in Singapore, - and an old, big one, - which I have visited -, is
in Guangzhou, and furthermore there is a memorial park in Hong Kong.
I find, that the most appropriate
memorial hall to Dr. Sun Yat Sen is this one in Taipei, because it is here
in Taiwan, that a free and democratic China developed freely and with great
success according to his ideas, and under leadership of Kuomintang, -an
offspring of his original political party.
Hong Kong and Singapore are
both former British colonies, and China became a communist dictatorship,
that hardly would have amused Dr. Sun.
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Side entrance to the National
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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Park section with statues in
front of the side entrance to the National Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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National Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial
Hall, - with the "Taipei 101" building behind.
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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Interior of the National Dr.
Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
The memorial hall contains a
lot more than just the memorial itself. There are several exhibition halls,
lecture halls, a library,- and displays relating to Dr. Suns life and his
revolution.
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And here it is, - the great
hall with statue and guard in honour of Dr. Sun Yat Sen.
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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The great Memorial Hall.
Take note of the two honour guards.
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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Bronze statue of Dr. Sun Yat
Sen, - and guard.
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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A soldier of the "Honor guard
of R. O. C.".
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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The great Memorial Hall.
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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Dr. Sun Yat Sen, - the Father
of Modern China.
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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A soldier of the "Honor guard
of R. O. C.".
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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Soldiers of the "Honor guard
of R. O. C.".
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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Changing of the guard.
Every hour the guard changes, involving an interesting show of great skill
and discipline.
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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The "Honor guard of R. O. C.",
- looking highly disciplined and determined.
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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An immaculate soldier
of the "Honor guard of R. O. C.".
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
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A final look at the "Honor
guard of R. O. C.".
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
This "Honor Guard" is a ceremonial unit where all three branches, - army, air force and navy -, is represented. Therefore you will see slightly different uniforms at the various places where they are deployed, - all depending on which branch they belong to. This guard is also used at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, - which will follow these pages -, and at the Martyr's Shrine, of which I also have displayed some old pics, that hopefully soon will be replaced with bigger and considerably better quality scans.
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Page initiated: Jan.25.2013
Page updated: Jan.26.2013