ARRIVING AT THE PURPLE MOUNTAIN—The obsequies of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, father of the Chinese Republic, who died four years ago, were carried out with unprecedented splendour on the summit of the Purple Mountain at Nanking, China, where a decisive battle was fought in the final stages of the 1911 revolution. A magnificent mausoleum had been constructed to receive the casket. Over 200,000 persons attended the ceremony and a salute of 101 guns was fired. Photograph shows the highly ornate catafalque being drawn up the slopes of the mountain by devoted Chinese adherents to the republican cau se .
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 738, 10 August 1929, Page 23
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97ARRIVING AT THE PURPLE MOUNTAIN—The obsequies of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, father of the Chinese Republic, who died four years ago, were carried out with unprecedented splendour on the summit of the Purple Mountain at Nanking, China, where a decisive battle was fought in the final stages of the 1911 revolution. A magnificent mausoleum had been constructed to receive the casket. Over 200,000 persons attended the ceremony and a salute of 101 guns was fired. Photograph shows the highly ornate catafalque being drawn up the slopes of the mountain by devoted Chinese adherents to the republican cause. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 738, 10 August 1929, Page 23
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