The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-21
NANK|NG NATIONAL
PARK TO BED $4,000
OF KUOMNTANG WAR
Bones and Ashes Will Rest Not
Far From Tomb of Leader
Sun Yat-Se7.
GREAT TEMPLE IS PLANNED
Hall of Purest Chinese Architec-
ture Towering Over All
to House Records

Eanking.-H9-A memorial cernc-
terry to contain the bones and ashes
of $4,000 men who fell In China's rev.
olution, is being planned by the gov
eminent which these men helped TO
create.
This national shrine is to be built
no far from the Sun Yat-Sen tomb,
on the south slope of Purple noun
tain. the National governments me-
mortal park on the outskirts or the
capital and overlooking the Yangtse
river. The undertaking is said 10 DC
receiving the personal attention OF
General Chang Kai-Shek. head OF
the Nationalist government.
Sun Yat-Sen Highway to Join 1t
The Chung-san memorial highway,
connecting the Marking railway sta
ton and the base of the mountain
and opened for the state burial OF
sun Yat-Sen last June, IS to be eX-
tended to the site of the revolution
lists cenotaph. -,
The site selected for the memorial
Is that of an old Buddhist temple,
said to be more than 600 years old
The temple lies to the east OF the
mausoleum, thus forming with the
tombs Of the ancient Ming emperors,
which are about the same distance
to the west, a symmetrical three-point
shrine. -,
The principal feature of the old
temple Is a famous all-masonry
.beamless hail. which is to be re-
stored for the central portion OF the
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ruin centuries ago and. in its central
portion q tree sixty feet high stands
as a witness to its years Of disuse.
Marble Tablets for Names
When the over-heayy brick vaults
have been replaced by the lighter re-
inforced concrete Of modern science,
and rooted with glazed tile of yellow
and green. this fine old building will
stand forth in semblance Of its orig
inal state of six centuries ago. 1t Will
house 100 marble tablets on which Will
he inscribed the names OF 24,00O
heroes whose remains will. as far as
possible. be buried on the slopes about
the old temple.
The cemeteries Tin three parts will
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shoe shape, each part enclosing abou
two acres. In these plots will be
placed the bones and ashes OF the SOL
diers, each to be in an urn. These
remains are now being gathered from
the battlefields over which the Ma
tionalist armies fought on their his
toric march from Canton to Piepins.
Historic Documents to Be Housed
Immediately behind the central
cemetery, higher up the slope OF the
mountain, is to be a memorial hall OF
the purest Chinese architecture which
will contain historic documents n
records of the revolution. This is ex-
pected to serve as an inspiration to
present day and future China to fur
Their the tenets OF the Kuomintang. or
Peoples Party. which is the guardian
Of China's Nationalism.
At the head of the whole group.
still higher on the mountain. will be
a new ninc-story pagoda. which IS
to be known as a revolutionary tower.
It viii overlook the silent city Inn
mediately below it and will be visible
for many miles through the Yangtse
valley. Crews Of river craft will have
an unhampered view of the structure.