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The Monument is situated in the southernmost part of Yue
Xu mountains main hill called Yue Jing and it was built in 1929.
A famous architect, Lu Yan Zhi, designed it. The monument is
made up of marbles and its height is 37 metres. It is square
in shape with a pointed tip. You have to climb from the bottom
of the arc gate. The first and second steps at the base of the
monument, fences it using marbles with flowery design. In order
to view the beauty of the monument, visitors have the choice
of viewing it, either from the fences or from the top but one
has to climb the curly stairways to reach it. In every storey
inside the monument, it has windows to view distant places.
Around the base of the monument there are 26 sculptures of rams
symbolising Five Rams City ( Guangzhou). In front of the Monument
there is a marble of size 7m high and 4m wide, which portrays
Dr. Sun Yat Sen¨s beliefs and convictions about China engraved
in Golden Chinese letters. It was written by a calligrapher,
Wu Shao Fu. The letters shines under sunrays. The monument and
its 100 steps together with Zhong Shan memorial hall complete
the historical sites in the Yuexu Park. Every morning many people
frequent this park to do exercise.
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