To commemorate the 160th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the Jin Ye's tomb ceremony was held in Beijing
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- A ceremony to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the birth of Dr.
- Sun Yat-sen was held at the Biyun Temple in Xiangshan, Beijing on the 12th.
- Representatives from various parties and Taiwanese people attended the ceremony and presented flower baskets.
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Sun Yat-sen died in Beijing on March 12, 1925. In 1929, the coffin was moved to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, and the replaced clothes and hats were put back into the original nanmu coffin and sealed in the Vajra Throne Tower of Biyun Temple in Xiangshan.
China News Service, Beijing, November 12. A ceremony to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Sun Yat-sen was held on the 12th at Biyun Temple in Xiangshan, Beijing.
At 11:30, the first ordination ceremony was presided over by Zheng Jianbang, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee. All personnel stood in silence and observed three minutes of silence in front of the statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. The General Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Central Committee of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee, the Beijing Municipal People's Government, and representatives of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's relatives, overseas Chinese and international friends presented flower baskets to the statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in turn and bowed three times to the statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Then the second enthronement ceremony was held. Representatives of Taiwanese people presented flower baskets to the statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Everyone observed three minutes of silence and bowed three times to the statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen passed away in Beijing on March 12, 1925, and his coffin was parked in Biyun Temple in Xiangshan. After the coffin was moved to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing in 1929, Mr. Sun Yat-sen's clothes and hats that were replaced during the transfer were put back into the original nanmu coffin and sealed in the Vajra Throne Tower behind the current Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
He Baoxiang, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Executive Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, relevant responsible persons from the General Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, the Central Committee of the Kuomintang and the Beijing Municipal People's Government, representatives of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's relatives and overseas guests attended the ceremony.
