Sun Yat-Sen was a physician and Chinese revolutionary who, depending upon which of my hosts you were listening to at the time, is considered the National Father of China, or the Father of Taiwan. Turns out both, really. Sun was involved in the processes that resulted in the end of two millenia of Chinese imperialism. After the overthrow of the Qing emperor, Sun was elected provisional president of the Republic of China.
Sun spent time in Hawaii in his early years, and before his post-imperialist return to China, spent time in exile in Europe, the U.S., Canada and Japan.
His mausoleum is on Mt. Zijin (Purple Mountain), along with the Ming Xiaoling Tomb.
We visited the good doctor's mausoleum after we finished at the tomb.
The mausoleum is set at the top of hundreds of steps, and the view is striking. "Very good feng shui," observed C. Indeed.
This photo was taken about halfway up to the mausoleum, looking down. I keep thinking how gorgeous this must be in the fall.
This was taken looking up. (Duh.) That building at the top is the mausoleum.
These schoolkids were hilarious. I was also using my pro gear on this composition with the tripod, and they were having fun mugging and waving at me while I took the shot.
I was spending most of my time with the pro gear with C as a diligent assistant. (Incidentally, C is driving --driving! -- to Tibet to shoot this summer. That sound you just heard? My grunt of pain from the gut punch of envy.) Because I didn't have the point-and-shoot in hand, I'm expecting O to e-mail me with more images of the mausoleum. I'll update this post after he sends them.
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