Chung-Shan Building

Coordinates: 25°9′21.29″N 121°33′10.07″E / 25.1559139°N 121.5527972°E / 25.1559139; 121.5527972

Chungshan Building 中山樓
The Chungshan Building facade
General information
Architectural style	Ming/Qing Dynasty
Location	Yangmingshan National Park, Taiwan
Address	No. 15, Yangming Road, Sec. 2, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan {
Current tenants	Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Construction started	1965
Completed	1966
Design and construction
Architect	Xiu Zelan

Chung-Shan Building
Traditional Chinese	中山樓
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngshān lou

The Chung-Shan Building is part of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall complex. Completed in 1966, the building is located in the Yangmingshan National Park in Taipei.^[1] The building is placed on the reverse of the 100 New Taiwan Dollar bill.^[2] The building serves as a location for hosting ceremonies by the President of the Republic of China for state visits, conferences and was off limits to the general public until 2005.^[3]

History

In 1965, with a view to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen's centennial birthday and to revive traditional Chinese culture, the government of the Republic of China appointed architect Ms. Xiu Zelan to design the Chungshan Hall. Thousands of military veterans finished this construction within 13 months. Chungshan Hall once served as an exclusive convention site for the defunct National Assembly of the Republic of China, and an eminent locale for the state head's receiving distinguished foreign guests or hosting state banquets. Up to present, the hall still preserves many important scenes that witnessed constitutional development and historical events in the Republic of China. The government has designated the Chungshan Hall as a historical monument.

Architecture

Chungshan Hall occupies a field of more than 130,000 square meters, and the building itself takes a dimension of ocer 18,000 square meters and 34 meters in height. Situated in the sulfurous area of Yangmingshan, the structure is firmly founded on a ground base composed of mixtures of soft and hard soil, rocks and mud. The Chungshan Hall is a rarity of large-size edifice in the world that is erected directly at a sulfuric-gas spurting pit.

The interior embellishments such as over 400 hand crafted palace lanterns, mother-of-pearl inlaid furniture, ceiling, design of doors and windows, and color drawings of pillars.

Gallery of Images

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  Zhongshan Building as seen on the New Taiwan Dollar

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  Chinese furniture in one of the rooms

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  Paifang in front of the Zhongshan Building.

See also

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

Zhongshan Hall

References

1. ^ "The Chung-Shan Hall - Preface". National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. 2008-10-16. http://www.yatsen.gov.tw/en/content.php?sort=102&PHPSESSID=8c4ab853edde7e7a7dbacaf5c4572c0b. Retrieved 2008-10-19. 
2. ^ "Currency Issuance - New Taiwan Dollar Notes". Central Bank of the Republic of China. 2005. http://www.cbc.gov.tw/EngHome/eissue/notes.asp. Retrieved 2008-10-19. 
3. ^ Saunders, Richard (2007-04-19). "A ‘new’monument: Chungshan Great Hall". The China Post. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/travel/taiwan-north/taipei/2007/04/19/107536/A-%27new%27monument:.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-19. 

External links

• http://www.yatsen.gov.tw/chungsan/
• http://blog.xuite.net/rita5031/blog/28237632