16-540: Common park name in China For the metro stations of “Zhongshan Park”, see Zhongshan Park Station (disambiguation) . Zhongshan Park ( traditional Chinese : 中山 公園 ; simplified Chinese : 中山公园 ; pinyin : Zhōngshān Gōngyuán ; Jyutping : Zung saan Gung jyun ) is a common name for Chinese parks, in honour of Sun Yat-sen , better-known in Chinese as Sun Zhongshan, who
32-515: A leader of the Republican revolution of the early 20th century, was remembered in China with great fervor after his death in 1925, and especially after his Kuomintang party re-unified China in 1928. As a result, numerous monuments were erected in his honor throughout China, and a large number of streets, parks and schools, and even his birth city ( Zhongshan , Guangdong ) were renamed in his honor. When
48-401: A political leader, except for Sun Yat-sen. In mainland China today, Sun Yat-sen remains the only modern politician commemorated in road names: no Communist leader, such as Mao Zedong or Deng Xiaoping , shares this privilege. In Taiwan, Zhongshan (more commonly and locally spelled as "Jhongshan" or "Chungshan") Roads are as ubiquitous, if not more, compared to mainland China. In recent years,
64-856: A station on the Shanghai Metro in Shanghai Zhongshan Park station (Wuhan Metro) , a station on the Wuhan Metro in Wuhan, Hubei Zhongshan Park station (Qingdao Metro) , a station on the Qingdao Metro in Shinan District, Qingdao Zhongshan Park station (Xiamen Metro) [ zh ] , a station on the Xiamen Metro in Siming District, Xiamen Zhongshan Park station (Shenzhen Metro) ,
80-522: A station on the Shenzhen Metro in Shenzhen See also [ edit ] Nakayama Station (disambiguation) Zhongshan Station (disambiguation) Zhongshan (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about railway and public transport stations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
96-484: Is a common name of Chinese roads, usually in honor of Sun Yat-sen , better known in Chinese as "Sun Chungshan (Zhongshan)", who is considered by many to be the "Father of Modern China". In Chinese cities, "Zhongshan Road" is often one of a city's principal roads. As a result, the road is often very long and divided into numbered sections. In Guangzhou , the Zhongshan Road is separated into eight sections, identified as
112-2358: Is considered by many to be the " Father of modern China ". Currently there are more than 40 Zhongshan Parks in China, and some in overseas areas. List of Zhongshan Parks [ edit ] [REDACTED] Sun Wen Memorial Park, Zhongshan, Guangdong, PRC People's Republic of China Nanjing Zhongshan Park, Nanjing , containing the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum . Zhongshan Sun Wen Memorial Park, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen's birthplace, later renamed after him) Beijing Zhongshan Park , Beijing Shanghai Zhongshan Park , Shanghai Shenyang Zhongshan Park, Shenyang Jinan Zhongshan Park, Jinan Memorial Park of Dr. Sun Yat Sen , Macau Ningbo Zhongshan Park, Ningbo Dalian Zhongshan Park , Dalian Qingdao Zhongshan Park, Qingdao Hangzhou Zhongshan Park, Hangzhou Wuhan Zhongshan Park, Wuhan Xiamen Zhongshan Park, Xiamen Shantou Zhongshan Park, Shantou Shenzhen Zhongshan Park , Shenzhen Foshan Zhongshan Park, Foshan Huizhou Zhongshan Park, Huizhou Wuzhou Zhongshan Park, Wuzhou People's Park (Ürümqi) , formerly Zhongshan Park Republic of China (Taiwan) Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall with attached Memorial Park, Taipei Hsinchu Sun Yat-sen Park, Hsinchu Tainan Sun Yat-sen Park, Tainan Taichung Sun Yat-sen Park , Taichung Chiayi Sun Yat-sen Park, Chiayi Yilan Chongshan Park, Yilan Chongshan Memorial Park, Kinmen Luodong Chongshan Park, Luodong, Yilan County Hong Kong Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park (formerly Western Park), Sai Ying Pun , Victoria City Hung Lau , Tuen Mun , New Territories Canada Parc Sun Yat-sen, Montréal , Québec Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden , Vancouver , British Columbia Singapore Zhongshan Park References [ edit ] See also [ edit ] Zhongshan Road Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zhongshan_Park&oldid=1209433661 " Categories : Parks in China Sun Yat-sen Parks in Taiwan Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
128-432: Is different from Wikidata Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text Pages using template Zh with sup tags Zhongshan Park Station (disambiguation) (Redirected from Zhongshan Park Station (disambiguation) ) Zhongshan Park station may refer to: Zhongshan Park station (Shanghai Metro) ,
144-755: The First Zhongshan Road to the Eighth Zhongshan Road . In Shanghai , Zhongshan Road stretches around the whole city, the road is divided into numerous sections, identified by a direction and a number, such as the East-1 Zhongshan Road . In some exceptional cases, a "Zhongshan Road" can have other significance. Zhongshan Road in Shijiazhuang , for example, is named after the Zhongshan state and later commandery , not Sun Yat-sen. Sun Yat-sen,
160-471: The Republic of China government took over Taiwan at the end of World War II , the practice of naming streets and parks after Sun, and erecting monuments in his honor, spread to the island as well. Between 1928 and 1949, in a move designed to parallel the adulation of Sun, a number of roads and institutions were named " Zhongzheng ", after Chiang Kai-shek , also known as "Jiang Zhongzheng", who saw himself as
176-524: The administrative merging of neighboring towns have sometimes resulted in duplicate Zhongshan Roads within the same locality, and as a result some such roads have been renamed. Yixian (逸仙), another name of Sun Yat-sen equivalent to the common English version of "Yat-sen", is also a popular road name. In Shanghai, Yixian Road connects the Inner and Outer Ringroad expressways. Two roads in Macau SAR were built in
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#1732845528241192-448: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zhongshan_Park_station&oldid=1125538341 " Category : Station disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Zhongshan Road Zhongshan , Chungshan , or Jhongshan ( Chinese : 中山路 )
208-501: The name of Sun Yat-sen , in honor of Sun, who lived in Macau during his lifetime. One road is called Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-sen ( Chinese : 孫逸仙大馬路 ; lit. 'Sun Yat-sen Avenue'), located at the southern part of Macau Peninsula. The other road has the same name Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-sen ( Chinese : 孫逸仙博士大馬路 ; lit. 'Dr. Sun Yat-sen Avenue'), located in Taipa. While
224-614: The official Portuguese name of the two roads are the same, the Chinese names are different. There is also a traffic roundabout, called Rotunda Dr. Sun Yat-sen (孫逸仙博士圓形地) joins two sections of the Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-sen (Taipa) as well as the Avenida de Guimarães (基馬拉斯大馬路). A street in Medan , Indonesia also named in honor of him, named as Jalan Sun Yat-Sen . There is a 16-floor hotel nearby called Citi International Sun Yat-Sen Hotel , named after
240-519: The street itself. "Sun Yat Sen Street" in central Calcutta of West Bengal, India , is also named in honor of Sun. The street is located in the part of Calcutta known as the Old China Town. The area once hosted nearly 20,000 ethnic Chinese residents, and although the ethnic Chinese population has drastically declined to 1–2,000, the area remains popular among Bengalis because of its unique street market and Chinese breakfast hub, Tiretta Bazaar . There
256-580: The successor to Sun. In 1949, the Chinese Communist Party took control in mainland China and founded the People's Republic of China . Over the following years, streets and institutions named "Zhongzheng" were renamed, but Zhongshan Roads were not renamed, and survived "revolutionary" name changes in the Cultural Revolution . A conventional practice developed where no streets would be named after
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