Early years of a young patriot(1866---1894)(1)

1. A scene of Cui Heng Village.
Sun Zhongshan (registered as Deming in the clan records, called Dixiang as a child, and named Wen, also Yat-sen when attending schools) was born to an ordinary peasant family in ;Cui Heng village, Xiangshan (now Zhongshan) County, Guangdong Province on November 12, 1866. This is a scene of Cui Heng Village in the 1920s.


2. Sun Yat-senĄ¯s parents
A portrait of Mr. Dacheng, SunĄ¯s father, and Madame Yang, SunĄ¯s mother.

3. A photo of Sun Yat-sen and family
A photo of Sun Yat-sen and his family taken at Honolulu in 1901. Sitting in the middle is Madame Yang, SunĄ¯s mother, standing on the left is Sun Ke, fourth from left on the back row is Sun Mei, second left is Madame Tan, wife of Sun Mei, fifth from left is Sun Yat-sen, and sixth from left is Lu Muzhen, SunĄ¯s first wife.

4. FengĄ¯s Ancestral Hall.
Sun Yat-sen started his schooling at a village school located in FengĄ¯s Ancestral Hall at 10.