Although Chiang Kai-shek was a political dark horse of the Guangzhou National Government at that time, compared with Wang Jingwei, Liao and Hu, the probability that Chiang Kai-shek would eventually win was very slim. In order to increase his political capital, Chiang Kai-shek was eager to get the support of Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebol.
So, Chiang Kai-shek turned his attention to Song Meiling. 1927 In March, Chiang Kai-shek, as Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Expedition, led his troops into Shanghai, launched a fierce pursuit of Song Meiling, and finally succeeded. It was also because Song Meiling liked it that Chiang Kai-shek planted the French phoenix tree.
City card
During the period of the Republic of China, 20,000 "Fatong" plants covered the main roads in Nanjing. Nurtured by the sunshine and rain in Nanjing and carefully cared for by Nanjing citizens, it has thrived into a towering tree, the oldest of which is over 77 years old and thick enough for two adults to hug. Existing in Zhongshan Avenue, Changjiang Road, Lingyuan Road and other "Fatong" street trees, the trunk is thick, the whole body is neat and beautiful, and the crown is tall.
Covering the whole street, like a "green tunnel", it was praised as a "world-class green city" by compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao and international friends who visited Nanjing in person. At the end of last century, Queen Elizabeth II praised Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum when she visited the scenic spot: "There is a paradise above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below, and Nanjing has a' green corridor'".
In the business card selection of the top ten cities in Nanjing, "Green Nanjing, the city of fraternity" won the first prize, only because the words were too long, it gave up love and chose "the city of fraternity".
As the overall image card of Nanjing, "City of Love" is a symbol of Nanjing's urban spirit and civic spirit.