NanJing 3 - NanJing Presidential Residence

It was our last day in NanJing and early in the morning, small rain drops were falling which eventually turned into heavy rain. Our initial plan of visiting another ancient park was forced to change. The presidential residence was built during the Qing Dynasty for a government officer. During era of Emperor Dao-Guang, a significant historical event made its way into history. A man named Hong-Xiu-Quan (洪秀全) by the name of God launched a revolution against the Qing government. He and his comrade successfully influenced alot of man following their path and they conquered quite a large area include NanJing which he made his capital city. However, soon after his death, the Qing government uprooted their force pretty quickly. After the revolution lead by Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen succeeded, he was sworn in as the temporary president in this place.

It was raining, and quite soaked by the time we reached here from the MRT

It was now a museum with multiple exhibitions

Student rate 50% off~

Dr. Sun's writing

Thanks to the rain, visitors are less~

But then, not a very suitable weather to walk around touring~

The officers who successfully pacify the rebels of Hong-Xiu-Quan~ (The right front figure is my great great great grandfather~ Awesome right?~ =P)

An exhibition hall showing the rebels and whole story of Hong-Xiu-Quan

Tai-Ping which means peace and secure~

A statue of Hong.....quite some man eh?~ Too bad he died before bringing down the corrupted Qing's government~ His body was digged out and burnt by the Qing's soldier~ What a barbaric era~

The original view of this place~ After they eliminates the rebels, they burnt down this place and later rebuilt it for some other government officers~

On the way to meeting room~

This is where the president meets their guest~

Waiting room

Few exhibition room depicting the modern history of China. This picture showed Cheang-Kai-Sek returned to NanJing after Japanese surrendered~

The administrative building

This is whole of the presidential residence

Lift~

Air-raid Shelter?~

It goes very very deep down~

Kinda cooling down here~

Another exhibition hall showing the temporary government after revolution

Wax figure showing the sworn in~

The original document showing Dr. Sun's sworn oath 

After that, we took the high speed train leaving NanJing to Beijing. Thats all for JiangNan and we started our 5 days Beijing Trip and so stay tune for more~!
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