Cuiheng

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History

The village was established in the latter half of the 17th century by the Feng and Mai families, who were later joined by the Yang and Lu (陸) families.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Lu surname became most numerous. At the time of Sun Yat-sen's birth in the 1860s, there were about sixty households with ten surnames. In addition to Sun, Lu Muzhen, Sun's first wife and Lu Haodong (1868–1895), an early revolutionary martyr, were also born in Cuiheng.

Administration

Cuiheng is administered by Nanlang Township.[4] For a time, Cuiheng village was elevated to the township level and became the town of Cuiheng Village (Script error: No such module "Lang".). However, in 1998 it was downgraded and reintegrated inside the town of Nanlang. On 31 March 2013 Cuiheng was upgraded into a "New Area".

Tourism

Cuiheng is home to the Former Residence of Dr Sun Yat-sen (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and the Sun Yat-sen Residence Memorial Museum (Script error: No such module "Lang".), which was built next to the residence in 1956.[3] The residence and museum complex was classified as a Major Site Protected at the National Level of China in 1986 by the State Council of China. There is also a Polaris Temple (Script error: No such module "Lang".) dedicated to the Polaris Emperor (Script error: No such module "Lang".).

Transportation

Cuiheng can be accessed by Zhongshan Bus 12 and 212.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The village is a 30–40 minutes by bus from Zhongshan city centre on Bus 12, and 50-minutes from the Zhongshan Passenger Ferry Dock on Bus 212. The township of Nanlang, about 10 minutes to the north by bus on both routes, has a station on the Guangzhou–Zhuhai Intercity Railway.

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