Statue of Sun Yat-sen

This bronze statue in Zhongshan Park honours Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary leader regarded as a founder of modern China who helped end imperial rule in 1911. The park itself, adjacent to the Forbidden City, was renamed in his memory. The dignified standing figure rises amid landscaped gardens and cypress-shaded courtyards once part of an imperial altar precinct. As a place tied to the transition from empire to republic, the monument draws visitors interested in that turbulent era.