"China’s Zhongshan Gunboat – a splendid restoration" Topic

"I was in Singapore three years ago and on my way from the airport to the hotel I saw a large banner-like announcement for an exhibition entitled "The Zhongshan Warship" and its treasures. I had not previously heard of this vessel but I was very keen to learn more. I found it of great interest, relating as it does to China's Zhongshan Gunboat, which played a significant historical role, and in this blog I'd like to share something of it.

The exhibition – a traveling one – was organised by the Zhongshan Warship Museum of Wuhan, China, and was held in the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall Museum. This was formerly the residence of one of Singapore's most successful Chinese merchants and philanthropists in the late 19th and early 20th Century. The museum covers not only the life of Sun Yat Sen (1866-1925), the revolutionary who brought about the fall of the Manchu (Qing) Dynasty in 1911 and who created the Chinese Republic that followed, but it also tells the story of the rise of the great Chinese business empires centred on Singapore. Sun's story is dramatic in the extreme and I was not previously aware just what a large role was played in the revolution by the Overseas Chinese communities as regards funding and provision of support for political exiles and activists. The museum is splendidly housed and the organisation and range of exhibits make it a model of its kind. It is a must for any historically-minded visitor to Singapore.

The presence of the Zhongshan exhibition at the museum was explained by the fact that the vessel, named after Sun Yat Sen (his name in Mandarin being Sun Zhongshan), was strongly associated with him, as well as with a number of other significant events in the years 1911-1937…"

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Armand

Cool!

Glad you like it my friend!.

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Armand

I am glad when an effort is made to restore and maintain historical ships. This summer after Historacon I plan on seeing the BB New Jersey (saw it from the PC Olympia a few years ago). I have models of both ships but it is different when you walk through a ship and see it for real.

Glad you like it too my friend!.

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Armand