The Commemoration of Sun Yat-sen and Municipal Improvement:The Creation of Zhongshan Parks in Modern Lingnan Area
In the 1920s and 1930s,Chinese governments combine the commemoration of Mr.Sun Yat-sen with municipal construction,and a series of Sun Yat-sen commemorative buildings or spaces,including Sun Yat-sen Parks,Sun Yat-sen Memorial Halls,Sun Yat-sen Libraries,and Sun Yat-sen Museums,emerged in large numbers all over the country,with Sun Yat-sen Parks being the most widely distributed,and the Lingnan region being particularly prominent.59 Zhongshan Parks in Lingnan region are selected as the research objects,and through the literature research,the origins of the creation of Zhongshan Parks are retraced,and their construction characteristics are discussed in three aspects,namely,the preparation and selection of the site,the construction of the space,and the diversification of the functions.The study shows that:1)Zhongshan Parks have gone through the process from commemorating Mr.Sun Yat-sen to combining with municipal governance;2)Zhongshan Parks are built with the participation of both the government and the citizens;most of them are situated in scenic spots and some of them are located in the city's central axis;3)Zhongshan Parks actively promote the symbol of Mr.Sun Yat-sen through the spatial construction,which gives the city's public space a new connotation;4)Zhongshan Parks have adopted a functionalized spatial configuration method.The results of this study help people today to understand the logic of the construction of Zhongshan Parks and the modernization of Lingnan gardens,and also provide ideas for the construction of monumental parks today.
landscape architecturehistory of modern Chinese gardenLingnan gardenZhongshan Parkmunicipal improvement
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