The bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou has completed conservation and maintenance
Maintenance of the bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen has been completed, and it will be open for visits and paying respects at the Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall starting on National Day. See the restored bronze statue and the 1931 pedestal, and experience the city’s memory and the charm of cultural relics.
On September 30, the Guangzhou Sun Yatsen Memorial Hall Management Center said that the special conservation and maintenance work on the Sun Yatsen bronze statue and its pedestal had been completed ahead of schedule, and that it would be open for the public and visitors to view and pay respects starting from the National Day holiday.
This bronze statue is located on the south side of the main building of the Sun Yatsen Memorial Hall. Its pedestal was built in 1931, using granite masonry, and the upper section is inlaid with white marble inscriptions engraved with Sun Yatsen's "Outline for National Reconstruction." The bronze statue itself is a work by sculptor Yin Jichang and has long borne the city's memory of Guangzhou.
This maintenance was carried out in strict accordance with the principles of cultural relic protection. The stone material of the pedestal was cleaned and repaired, and gold leaf was reapplied to the inscription lettering; the bronze statue underwent cleaning, rust removal, structural restoration, and surface sealing, restoring its original luster.