Sun Yat-sen was born in a peasant family in Cuiheng Village, Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province. The former residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a national key cultural relic protection unit, is located in Cuiheng Village, nanlang town, with an area of 500 square meters and a construction area of 340 square meters. It was built by Dr. Sun Yat-sen after his eldest brother Sun Mei remitted money from Honolulu in 1892.
There are many scenic spots in Zhongshan, all of which are related to commemorating Dr. Sun Yat-sen: Sun Wen West Road Pedestrian Street, Zhongshan Park, Zhongshan Memorial Hall, Zhong Xing Road, Sun Wen Park, Zhongshan Zhanyuan, Sun Yat-sen's former residence, Xinhai Revolution Memorial Park, World for the Public Memorial Park and Zhongshan Hot Spring? , Zhongshan Cuizhulin Drifting Paradise, Zhongshan City, Zhongshan Niutoushan Ecological Park and so on.
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Zhongshan was called "Xiangshan" in ancient times, with fairy flowers everywhere, so it was called Xiangshan. In the Neolithic Age more than 5,000 years ago, Zhongshan was just an island on the Lingdingyang River in the Pearl River Estuary. At this time, Guyue people had been fishing and living here. In recent ten years, many Neolithic sites of ancient life have been discovered in Zhongshan.
Including the painted pottery site of Longxue in Nanlang town, Baishuijing site in Shi Qi district and Lu Quan site in Dachong town. A number of cultural relics such as painted pottery, ground stone tools and sand-mixed pottery have been unearthed. Among them, the Longxue site in Nanlang Town is still a dune site from the Neolithic Age to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and bronze wares and cast bronze stone models are also found in the later remains.
At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, under the pursuit of the Yuan Army, Song Duanzong fled to Xiangshan to escape. After the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, a large number of descendants and officials of the Southern Song royal family lived in Xiangshan. In the Ming Dynasty, the northern part of Xiangshan began to deposit into land, and then it was connected with the mainland.
In the Qing Dynasty, the Pearl River Delta began to gradually build flood-proof and moisture-proof embankments, and more and more land was reclaimed in Xiangshan County, and the agricultural output was also increasing. During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, due to the development of agriculture, Xiangshan changed from an inferior county to a big county alongside Nanhai, Panyu and Dongguan.
After the Revolution of 1911, it belonged to Guangdong Province. 1925 (14) April 15 In memory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Zhongshan County was renamed 1983 12.22. With the approval of the State Council, Zhongshan County was changed from county to city (county level) and managed by Foshan City. 198865438+1October 7, upgraded to a prefecture-level city.
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