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National Key Protected Cultural Relics - the Former Residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen exhibited in original state
The Former Residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen is located in Cuiheng Village, Nanlang Town, facing west, with a floor area of 500 square meters and a building area of 340 square meters.
The main building is a two-storied masonry timber building with three bays designed and supervised by Dr. Sun Yat-sen with the fund remitted from his eldest brother Sun Mei from Honolulu in 1892. Compared with the other residences in the village, it is characterized by a combination of Chinese and Western styles, facing west, and having many doors and windows to form multiple-loop connection. While Dr. Sun Yat-sen practiced medicine in Macao and Guangzhou, he often lived, studied and practiced medicine in his hometown. He wrote the Statement to Li Hongzhan, and discussed strategies to save the nation with Lu Haodong here. After the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising, Sun was in exile for 16 years. In May 1912, Sun returned home to visit his family after resigning from the office of Provisional President, and lived here for three days. The furnishings of the main building reproduce those when Sun lived here during 1892-1895.
On the right of the courtyard in front of the main building is the relic of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's ancestral residence, where Sun was born on November 12, 1866. The family demolished this residence, and dug a well here after 1913. There is a tamarind on the left of the front courtyard, which is said to be planted here by Sun with a seed brought back from Honolulu in 1883.
There is a kitchen, a toilet and a utility room in the rear courtyard, which was built by Sun Mei around 1913.
On October 18, 1986, the State Council listed the Former Residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen as a national key protected cultural relic.
