Zhongshan Lu

avenue, Guangzhou, China

Also known as: Sun Yat-sen Avenue

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Zhongshan Lu, also known as Sun Yat-sen Avenue, is one of Guangzhou, China's main thoroughfares. It runs east-west and intersects with the north-south Jiefang Lu (Liberation Avenue) in the Yuexiu district, which is the city's commercial and financial center.1

This area was historically significant as the center of Guangzhou during the Ming dynasty. Today, it is lined with skyscrapers and features important landmarks such as the Huaisheng Mosque, the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, and the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Sacred Heart. The avenue is named after Sun Yat-sen, a pivotal figure in modern Chinese history who was born in the nearby city of Zhongshan.12

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…(Liberation Avenue) and the east-west Zhongshan Lu (Sun Yat-sen Avenue)—was enlarged with the addition in 2005 of the former Dongshan district to the east. The Peasant Movement Training Institute, which flourished in the mid-1920s under the leadership of Mao Zedong, is on Jiefang Lu just east of that intersection. Also…
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…(Liberation Avenue) and the east-west Zhongshan Lu (Sun Yat-sen Avenue)—was enlarged with the addition in 2005 of the former Dongshan district to the east. The Peasant Movement Training Institute, which flourished in the mid-1920s under the leadership of Mao Zedong, is on Jiefang Lu just east of that intersection. Also…
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