Dr. Sun Yat-sen died of liver cancer in Beijing in the 14th year of the Republic of China, namely 1925. Before his death, Dr. Sun Yat-sen signed three documents, namely, the national will, the family will and the letter to Russia.
Among them, in the "National Testament", he summed up his forty years of revolutionary experience and reached a conclusion: we must arouse the people, unite the whole world, treat China equally and fight together.
And issued a slogan that comrades still need to work hard, because the revolution has not yet succeeded. 1929, the body of Dr. Sun Yat-sen was moved from Beijing to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum at the southern foot of Nanjing Purple Mountain.
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On the third day after Sun Yat-sen's death, his body was transported to Peking Union Medical College Hospital for antiseptic treatment, and then put into an American nanmu coffin, which was Sun Yat-sen's first coffin.
Shortly after Sun Yat-sen's body was buried, Kong Xiangxi thought that the nanmu coffins were too small, so he changed them into a big one. The nanmu coffins are oval with square front ends. The coffin is made of glass, and the coffin lid can be opened to pay tribute to Sun Yat-sen's remains.
This is Sun Yat-sen's second coffin, called Nanmu glass coffin. On his deathbed, Sun Yat-sen said that he would like his friend Lenin to preserve his body for future generations to see. So, after his death, the funeral home ordered a crystal coffin from the Soviet Union.
1925 On March 30th, the Soviet Union presented a pair of crystal coffins. The coffin is1.75m long, 0.5m high, 0.65m head and 0.53m tail. The outer cover and outer layer of the coffin are evenly plated with nickel and silver.
But after expert inspection, this kind of coffin is brittle and easy to transfer heat. In addition, long-distance transportation and slight cracks will affect the remains in the coffin, so it was not used later. After that, it was parked in the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall of Biyun Temple in Beiping for people to pay their respects. This is Sun Yat-sen's third coffin.
Sun Yat-sen's fourth coffin was a copper coffin ordered from the United States. The copper coffins are 2.24 meters long, 0.8 meters wide and 0.65 meters high. Exquisite production and beautiful appearance. Value 1.5 million silver. 1.925 It was transported to the funeral preparation office of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in Shanghai in August. Soong Ching Ling was very satisfied after reading it.
1927 In April, the Shanghai Funeral Preparation Office was moved to Nanjing, and the bronze coffins were also transported to Nanjing. 1928 12.30, the bronze coffin was transported to Beiping.
1929 On May 22nd, the National Government held a grand coffin changing ceremony for Sun Yat-sen at Biyun Temple in Xishan, Beiping. Dr Steven from Sun Kerang Union Medical College Hospital led assistant Guo Rongxun and a nurse to wipe and clean Sun Yat-sen's body, wrap it in white silk and have a haircut. Then Sun Ke, Zheng Hongnian and Ma Xiang put on shirts, dresses, shoes and socks and gloves for him.
His mourning clothes are white silk undershirt, white silk underwear, white stockings and black satin shoes, plus plain blue gauze robe, melanin satin coat and white silk gloves. After dressing up, Sun Yat-sen's body was carefully moved into the bronze coffin.
There are white silk cotton pads and white silk cotton bags around the coffin, and the body is covered with brocade quilts. 1929, 1 In June, the bronze coffin was transported to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and was carried into the tomb by eight guards of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum for burial.
The replaced nanmu glass coffin was put into Sun Yat-sen's clothes, shoes and socks and sealed in the stone tower of Biyun Temple in Xishan, Beiping. Hu inscribed the stone tablet of Dr. Sun Yat-sen for it. The first pair of nanmu coffins is stored in Beiping Sino-French Middle School.
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