Thursday, November 26, 2020

Rediscover Singapore - Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall

Wan Ching Yuan also knew as Sun Yat-Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall from the former Sun Yat-Sen Villa is a two-storey colonial villa located in Balestier. It is now a museum commemorating Su Yat-Sen (1886 - 1925) the founding father of the Republic of China between 1900 - 1911 and played a crucial part in then 1911 Xinhai Revolution by serving as the Tongmenghui's in Nanyang, (South East Asia) in the 20th Century, there is a long list of history regarding about the villa.  The current status of the museum had a collection of nearly 400 artefacts of calligraphy works, photographs, old books, paintings and sculptures spanning five galleries.