Sun Yat-sen, one of the outstanding leaders of the Chinese nation, he eliminated the feudal traditional absolutism that existed in our country for more than two thousand years, and established the Republic of China, one of the most important leaders in the modern history of our country, so how much did it cost to build the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum for him after the death of the Republic of China at that time, and who bore this cost at that time?
In 1925, Sun Yat-sen died of illness, posterity will be in that in the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, the overall architectural style of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum belongs to the architectural style of the Republic of China period, began construction in the spring of 1926, after three years of construction in 1929, the entire cemetery was built on the mountain, of which the main buildings are on a straight central axis, the mausoleum is built with Zhongshan Academy, Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and other buildings, these buildings are tightly around the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, looking imposing, different flavor, so there are " The first mausoleum in the history of modern Chinese architecture".
So how much did it cost to build such a grand cemetery? Some people have said that it cost nearly four million, and some people say that the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum was built with donations from overseas Chinese, so is it correct to take a statement? According to historical records, the construction of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum was completed in three steps, the first step was to build the tombs, shrines, platforms, walls and other buildings in the cemetery, these costs were contracted by the Shanghai Yao Xinji Construction Factory at that time for 443,000 silver dollars, the second step was the construction of stone steps, stone slopes under the wall, chengbi and ditches, etc. These costs were contracted by the Shanghai New JinjiKang Construction Factory with 268084 silver dollars, and the last was to build the mausoleum gate, stele pavilion, archway, etc. The cost of the Guards' Room was contracted by the Shanghai Fuji Construction Factory 419706 Silver Dollar, and then the construction of the tomb road foundation in order to welcome sun Yat-sen's coffin. In this way, the total construction cost of the cemetery is 1273640 two silver dollars.
But what we need to pay attention to is that in the Republic of China period, our country's currency system is very messy, in addition to silver dollars, there are silver two, and the types of silver dollars are various, so the specific cost of building the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum at that time and the reported cost should still have a certain gap, listen to the descendants of the construction of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum recorded, the total cost of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum at the completion of the year is about 2.4 million yuan now.
In the process of building the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, the Kuomintang Northern Expedition was set in Nanjing before, so the project funds for the construction of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum should be borne by the Guangdong National Government, and after the Northern Expedition, it was allocated by the Nanjing National Government for construction, and among the overseas Chinese donations, overseas donations were received before the Northern Expedition War, and overseas Chinese donated more than 80,000 yuan in the late Northern Expedition, and these donations were basically used for the construction of commemorative buildings of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, but very little was used for the mausoleum building.