宋庆龄故居英文导游词
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Former Residence of Soong Ching Ling
The Former Residence of Soong Ching Ling, late Honorary Chairman of the
People's Republic of China, is situated at 46 North Rive Street in the Rear
Lake area of the West City District. The residence was once a garden of one of
the Qing Dynasty princes' mansions. The area along the banks of Rear Lake is
quiet and beautiful, with shady willow trees lining the streets. Water from
Rear Lake has been diverted through an underground channel into a stream that
winds its way through the garden.
This lovely Beijing garden is elegantly laid out with rockeries and ponds set
off by pines, cypresses and flowers. Winding corridors links traditional-style
halls and pavilions in the garden. The tasteful layout gives the garden an
atmosphere of elegant antiquity.
Originally, the grounds of the mansion contained numerous buildings: the front
hall, called Happiness on the Hao River Bridge, after a story from Zhuang Zi;
the Pavilion for Listening to the Orioles; and the eastern hall, called the
Hall for Gazing at Flowers. Linked to the South Building by a winding corridor
was the Waves of Kindness Pavilion. Exquisite large rockeries were dotted with
structures such as the Fan Pavilion and the Room for Listening to the Rain.
Ponds, fine rocks, shady trees, flowers and lawns all added to the enchantment
of the garden. But over the years the whole garden fell into disrepair.
After the founding of New China in 1949, the Party and government made plans to
build a residence for Soong Ching Ling in Beijing, and decided to renovate one
of the princes' gardens for the purpose. New buildings wee constructed to the
west of the mansion's main hall to create a quiet secluded courtyard as it
stands today. Soong Ching Ling moved into the mansion in 1963 and worked,
studied and lived here until she passed away on May 29, 1981.
A short way inside the main gate is a grape arbor, and by it in a flowerbed
stands a wooden tablet carved with a brief introduction to the history of the
mansion.
Walking northeast form the grape arbor, one comes to the exhibition halls. The
auxiliary exhibition hall served as a guest room where Soong Ching Ling
received guests from China.
The first exhibition hall is divided into eight sections, each representing a
period of Soong Ching Ling's life. The exhibits include large numbers of
photographs, documents and objects of interest depicting her childhood and
student days, her marriage to Sun Yat-sen, her participation in political
activities, he organization of the Association to Safeguard the Rights of the
Chinese People and her support of the advocates of resistance to the Japanese
invasion. Also on display is a copy of one of Soong Ching Ling's most famous
saying, taken from her essay"Sun Yat-sen and His Cooperation with the Communist
Party of China."
"Sun Yat-sen's 40 years of political struggle for the Chinese nation and people
reached their peak in the last years of his life. The high point of his
development came with his decision to cooperate with the Communist Party of
China and work for the Chinese revolution."
The second exhibition hall is divided into seven sections with the following
titles: Invitation to Come to the North; One of the Founders of New China;
Close Comrade-in-Arms of the Party, Beloved Leader of the People; Pioneer in
Safeguarding Peace-Envoy of the Chinese people; Study; Life and Work; Great
Communist Fight; and the Grief of a Nation, the Sorrow of the World.
The third exhibition hall is the Children's Hall, reflecting Soong Ching Ling's
great affection and concern for the youth of China. She once said: "Children
are our future, our hope; they are our country's most valuable asset." Included
in the exhibition is a painting of a basket of longevity peaches, presented to
Soong Ching Ling by the affection which the children of New China feel for her.
The fourth exhibition is a small two-story building. The ground floor contains
a small drawing room and a dining room, while Soong Ching Ling's study, office
and living quarters are on the second floor. The bedroom, study and dining room
are all arranged as they were when Soong Ching Ling lived there. The layout is
simple and tasteful. Formerly, Soong Ching Ling would spend her time here
playing the qin (Chinese zither), doing embroidery and writing poems and prose.
