This October I went to shanghai and for the first time, Nanjing. I didn’t have much expectations of Nanjing. Nanjing is a big city in china but it’s not a popular tourist place and the cuisine is not as special like shanghai or Beijing. But I’m really glad I went and I learned more about Chinese history. It’s also beneficial for me to gain more cultural insights in my recent trip to Taiwan.
We visited the Presidential Palace and the Sun Yat-Sen mausoleum. We didn’t have enough time, I would like to visit the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall and the Taiping kingdom history museum next time.
Anyway, first stop was the Presidential Palace. Nanjing was the capital of China in Ming dynasty and under the rule of Kuomintang. President Sun Yat-sen spent a lot of his childhood in Hawaii and speaks fluent English. The palace is not lavish, it’s rather simple that suits the political situation back then and his personality.
This is Sun’s famous saying and its in all the places related to him, it means “the world is for all”
The outside of the palace is under renovation so I didn’t take a picture.
This is the only place in the People’s Republic of China that you could see the Republic of China (Taiwan) flag.
Beautiful garden
Can u believe this is how we communicate before fax and the Internet?
This person was the head of foreign affairs for the Kuomintang government. He was born in Hong Kong and studied abroad in Japan, Europe and received a Phd in law from Yale Univeristy, eventually getting his license of practice in England. I am amazed by people who studied aboard back then. Traveling to the states from Chins takes over a month by ship!!!! And he went to Yale!!!
This person is in charge of finance. He got his master from Columbia and PHd from Yale. I have no idea how these people did it but I really admire and respect them.
This was a very good Chinese history lesson for me.
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