The Former Site of the Wuhan National Government

Wuhan National Government Former Site Memorial Hall (Hankou Nanyang Building), located at No. 708 Zhongshan Avenue, Hankou, is the office building of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co., Ltd. invested by the patriotic overseas Chinese Jian brothers. It is the only central government location where the Chinese Communist Party cooperates.

This attraction is right next to the People's Paradise, above Zhongshan Avenue. The 3rd floor of Dahua Hotel. There is only one floor exhibition area. There is no air conditioning, now it is a little hot. There are many units to visit.

The old site of the National Government of Wuhan (Nanyang Building in Hankou), located at 708 Zhongshan Avenue in Hankou, is the office building of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co., Ltd. invested by Patriotic Overseas Chinese Jane Brothers, and is the only existing central government seat for cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The building was built in 1917 and 1921. Nanyang Building is a cement reinforced structure, strong and magnificent, rich and elegant, rich in European architectural style. It is the landmark building of Wuhan's famous historical and cultural city. It is also called one of the three famous buildings with Yellow Crane Tower and Red Mansion. Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company was founded in 1905 by Jane Brothers, a Japanese overseas Chinese in Foshan, Guangdong Province, and has become one of the fresh forces of national capital against foreign capital. The company's "White Crane", "Pegasus" and "Shuangxi" cigarettes compete with the "British", "Old Knife" and "Three Fortresses" cigarettes produced in the United States, Britain and the United States. In 1917, after several ups and downs, we finally embarked on the stage of rapid development. As a long-term strategic decision, we invested a lot of money to build this building in the downtown area between Minsheng Road and Minzu Road at the head of Liudu Bridge on Zhongshan Avenue in Hankou. The old site of Wuhan National Government was designed by a civil engineer from Berkeley, USA. It was constructed by Hanheshun Construction Plant and built in 1920. The building used a very small number of reinforced concrete structures in that year, but also a very few buildings with elevators in that year. There are five layers in the middle and six layers on both sides. They are symmetrical and magnificent. The exterior wall of the building is 36-60 cm thick brick wall, the front is washed stone flour, the roof is built with corridor, dome, arch, bell tower shape and balcony, full of European architectural style, covering 885 square meters, the main building area is 4740 square meters, and the attached building is 2000 square meters. The first and second floors of the building are business premises, and the second and more floors are guest rooms. There are dance halls and cinemas in the building, which are decorated and equipped with luxury. The old site of the Wuhan National Government condensed the course of Chinese national capital and occupied a very important position in the modern history of China. In September 1926, the Northern Expeditionary Army occupied Hankou. In December of the same year, the National Government moved its capital from Guangzhou to Wuhan. Nanyang Building was chosen as the office address. At that time, the important leaders of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Wang Jingwei, Xu Qian, Song Qingling, Deng Yanda, Chen Youren, Mao Zedong, Dong Biwu, Li Hanjun, Yun Daiying, Wu Yuzhang, He Xiangning, and so on, had been active here. According to the introduction of the book "Wuhan Revolutionary Scenic Spot", more than 200 important resolutions were made here in that year, covering the reorganization of transportation, finance, handling labor disputes, punishing local tyrants and evil gentry, etc. The most important thing is to lead the Chinese people to recover the Hankou and Jiujiang English Concessions, and to determine the capital of the country, with Wuhan, Hankou and Hanyang as Jingzhao districts, and to name Wuhan. It has made important contributions to stabilizing the revolutionary order and promoting the development of the national revolution.

Located in Hankou Nanyang Building, during the northern expedition, the National Government moved from Guangzhou to Wuhan when the office was formerly located.

It is a historic building. I passed by the train station on the day I left Wuhan. I saw it at a glance. The building is very beautiful.

This is also Nanyang Building. It was built by Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company Jianzhao Nan and Jian Yujie Brothers. Free attractions. Zhongshan Avenue in Jianghan District. The attraction is not very big, you can play in an hour. More the characteristics and style of the Republic of China.

The former site of the Wuhan National Government is located on the third floor of Nanyang Building, Zhongshan Road. I thought that the former site of the Wuhan National Government was a relatively large site like the Nanjing Presidential Palace, but in fact, the former site of the Wuhan National Government was only a small floor, and it was easy to ignore it, because there was no significant signboard of the Wuhan National Government at the door. It's just that a small sign of Wuhan cultural relics protection unit hangs on the wall. It's been renovating recently and it doesn't seem to be open. Article picture 3 in the Republic of China buildings on Jianghan Road and Zhongshan Avenue, this Nanyang Building is easy to be ignored, if not follow the navigation to here, how can not think of this upstairs is the former site of the National Government.