Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Memorial building in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, China.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is an octagonal building in Guangzhou rising about 49 meters with a footprint around 3,700 square meters. Its roof features distinctive blue glazed tiles arranged across multiple tiers.
Fundraising for a memorial to Sun Yat-sen began in 1925, and the hall was designed by Lü Yanzhi with engineers Li Keng and Feng Baoling. Construction started in 1929 on the site of the former presidential palace, which Ye Ju's troops shelled in June 1922, and the hall was completed in 1931. It was damaged by Japanese bombing in 1938 and hosted the Japanese surrender in Guangdong on 16 September 1945.
The hall's name honours Sun Yat-sen, whose bronze statue stands before the entrance; the pedestal dates from 1931. The building is used for concerts and gatherings, and Cantopop singer Roman Tam gave the first solo concert by a Hong Kong artist in mainland China here. Near the north gate stands a roughly 300-year-old kapok known as the King of Kapok.
The hall sits at 295 Dongfeng Middle Road in Yuexiu District, backed by Yuexiu Hill and facing the Guangzhou People's Congress building. The park opens free from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., but the hall interior and exhibition rooms require a ticket and close at 6 p.m. The site is served by Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Station on the Guangzhou Metro.
The main hall spans 71 meters without internal supporting columns, achieved through an innovative combination of steel and concrete structures. This engineering solution represented an advanced achievement for its time.
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