GPC in Nanjing: Week 2: Last Thursday, we took a tour of the Zhong Shan scenic area on the northeast side of Nanjing. There are many impressive sites there, including an expansive and hauntingly beautiful memorial garden and an ancient Ming tomb/burial mound, now covered with a mysterious and misty canopy of rainforest. This photo to the left was taken just in front of the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat Sen (1866-1925), founder of the Republic of China. The more than 300 steps one must climb to reach the top are symbolic of China's population at the time of its construction--300 million. The photos on this blog are clickable if you want to see them in a larger size, which I especially recommend doing in this case if you want to get the feeling of being at Dr. Sun's burial site. Dr. Sun's mausoleum was one of the most beautiful and best kept up sites that we've visited, and though it was magisterial, it had a very intimate and human feeling about it as well, befitting the spirit of the noble man whom it was designed to honor.