The Museum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen is located in Cuiheng Village, Zhongshan, Guangdong, surrounded by mountains on the south, north and west, facing the Pearl River estuary on the east, 20 kilometers away from the urban area of Zhongshan City, 90 kilometers away from the urban center of Guangzhou and 30 kilometers away from Macao, and opposite to Shenzhen and Hong Kong across the Pearl River estuary. Founded in 1956, our museum has a management area of 1956, a workforce of 135, and is a National Class 1 museum and the core area of a national AAAAA scenic spot.

According to the functions of collection, exhibition, education and scientific research defined by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), and the National Cultural Heritage Administration for museums, and our operations, our museum has three approved organization names – "Museum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen", "Zhongshan Folklore Museum" and "Zhongshan Institute for Sun Yat-sen Studies".

The Zhongshan Folklore Museum carries out research on Cuiheng Village and the Pearl River Delta’s folk culture, the collection of folk relics, the exhibition of civil residences and folklore, and the rescue and protection of folk relics and folk culture, thereby preserving and reinforcing the historical and cultural atmosphere of Sun Yat-sen and his former residence.

The main operations of the Zhongshan Institute for Sun Yat-sen Studies are: 1) research on the social environment in which Sun Yat-sen was born and grew up (including the folklore of the Pearl River Delta); 2) research on Sun Yat-sen’s life experiences; 3) research on Sun Yat-sen’s family background, relatives and descendants; 4) research on Sun Yat-sen and his contemporary figures (especially of Zhongshan origin); 5) research on cultural relics related to Sun Yat-sen; 6) research on Sun Yat-sen’s thoughts; 7) research on relevant museum operations and visitor services; and 8) organization of relevant scientific research on.

As an extension of our functions, we have also established Yat-sen Library to collect and preservehis works, research monographs, relevant literatures and research information, and set up relevant databases to lay a foundation for our operations and research. The library currently keeps over 80,000 books, and 10,000 gigabytes (10,000G)of electronic data including Sun Yat-sen’s databases and periodical databases, forming the Sun Yat-sen Research Information Center that combines collected cultural relics, files, books and other traditional literatureswith modern electronic data.

While preserving the national key protected cultural relic – Sun Yat-sen’s former residence, we manage Cuiheng Village – a historically and culturally famous village of China, Yang Yin’s former residence and Lu Haodong’s former residence – protected cultural relics of Guangdong Province, and over 20 protected cultural relics around Cuiheng Village.

We stick to the goal of “preserving cultural relics and their environments to pursue development”, the philosophy of “vitality based on characteristics”, andthe “traditions”byprotecting values, memories, history and culture, and carry out operations and management with modern and innovative management concepts and measures. Since the introduction of the ISO9001 quality management and ISO14001 environmental management systems in February 2001, we have been managing our operations, cultural relic environment and natural ecology with modern system theory and globally recognized standard systems.

Our exhibition system is always themed “Sun Yat-sen andthe social environment in which he was born and grewup”,and combines historical memorials and folklore, and tangible and intangible cultural heritage based in the historically and culturally famous village of Cuiheng, making our museum a diversified, interactive, characteristic and rich modern ecology museum.

What is open and to be open to the public includes:

1.Sun Yat-sen Memorial Exhibition Area: including Sun Yat-sen’s former residence, the display of Sun Yat-sen’s experiences and relics, the display of Sun Yat-sen’s relatives and descendants, other temporary exhibitions related to the theme, and relevant cultural relics and memorial sculptures;

2.Cuiheng Civil Residence Exhibition Area: displaying Sun Yat-sen’s childhood living environment using some old civil residences in Cuiheng Village, including the restored ancestral house of Sun Yat-sen, the Cuiheng folklore exhibition, and the exhibition of old civil residences and folk customs of Cuiheng Village;

3.Farming Culture Exhibition Area: displaying the farming culture of Sun Yat-sen’s hometown, including a paddy rice cultivation area, a crop cultivation area, a stockbreeding area, a mulberry fishpond area of traditional ecological agriculture, a modern agriculture pilot area, a farm tool exhibition, etc. on the farmland on which Sun Yat-sen worked;

4.Yang Yinand Lu Haodong Memorial Exhibition Area: displaying featuring key followers of the revolutionary movement led by Sun Yat-sen, and including Yang Yin’s former residence, Yang Yin Memorial Exhibition, Lu Haodong’s former residence, Lu Haodong Memorial Exhibition, etc. in Cuiheng Village;

5.Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Area: exhibiting intangible cultural heritage included in the national and provincial lists of protected intangible cultural heritage using some old civil residences in Cuiheng Village;

6.Others: including activity relics of Sun Yat-sen in Cuiheng Village; historical buildings of certain value; the Yang Heling Memorial Exhibition; former residences of Yang Xinru, Yang Rizhang, Yang Rishao, Chen Xinghan, etc.; Yang Jianshan Shine etc.; other sculpture works at our museum; a garden of over 400 plant species; other temporary exhibitions, etc.