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{{Short description|Villa and museum in Balestier, Singapore}}
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|location = [[Balestier]], [[Novena, Singapore|Novena]], [[Singapore]]
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[[File:Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall Logo, Dec 05.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Logo of Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall]]
The '''Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall''', also known as '''Wan Qing Yuan''', and formerly as the '''Sun Yat Sen Villa''', is a two-
Located at 12 Tai Gin Road off Ah Hood Road in Balestier, the villa occupies an area of approximately
== History ==
The villa was designed in 1900 and built in 1901 by Boey Chuan Poh (梅春輔; 1874-1926), a businessman
In 1905, rubber magnate Teo Eng Hock (張永福; 1872–1957) bought the villa
After Teo
During the [[Japanese occupation of Singapore]] (1942–1945), the Japanese military used
On 28 October 1994, the [[Government of Singapore|Singapore government]] gazetted the villa as a [[National Monuments of Singapore|National Monument]]. Two years later, the SCCCI renamed the villa to "Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall" and announced its plans to expand the place. The villa closed in November 1997 for restoration works at a cost of S$7.5 million. It was reopened to the public as a museum on 12 November 2001.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 November 2001 |title=SPEECH BY SENIOR MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW AT THE OPENING OF THE SUN YAT SEN NANYANG MEMORIAL HALL, MONDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2001 |url=https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/2001111204.htm |access-date=14 August 2019 |via=[[National Archives of Singapore]]}}</ref> In 2009, the SCCCI appointed the [[National Heritage Board (Singapore)|National Heritage Board (NHB)]] to manage the museum, and redevelopment works took place in October 2010.<ref name="Pang2015">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=imrFCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA18|title=50 Years Of The Chinese Community In Singapore|date=23 October 2015|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=978-981-4675-42-0|editor=Cheng Lian Pang|page=19}}</ref> One year later, the villa was reopened to the public on 8 October 2011 by then [[Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore|Deputy Prime Minister]] and [[Minister for Home Affairs (Singapore)|Minister for Home Affairs]] [[Teo Chee Hean]] to commemorate the centenary of the Xinhai Revolution,<ref name="Pang2015" /> who is also the grandnephew of Teo Eng Hock.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sun Yat Sen Villa at Tai Gin Road |url=https://www.roots.gov.sg/Collection-Landing/listing/1190389 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=www.roots.gov.sg |language=en}}</ref>
▲During the [[Japanese occupation of Singapore]] (1942–1945), the Japanese military used Wan Qing Yuan as a communication base and many of the original artefacts and furniture of the hall were destroyed. After the war, the Nationalist Government funded the restoration of Wan Qing Yuan and set up the [[Kuomintang]]'s Singapore branch in the villa. However, following the establishment of the People's Republic of China in October 1949, the British colonial government in Singapore prohibited the establishment of an overseas Kuomintang branch, so in 1951, the villa was handed back to the SCCCI and became known as the "Sun Yat Sen Villa" after renovations in 1964.
[[File:Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall.jpg|thumb|Aerial photograph of Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall in Singapore]]
== Current status ==
[[File:Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall 13, Aug 06.JPG|thumb|Sculpture of
The villa
=== Highlights ===
* A two-metre tall bronze wall mural which spans 60 metres to the back of the building and depicts Singapore's history from the 1840s to the 1940s. It was sculpted by artists from China between 1999 and early 2005 at a cost of around S$1 million.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} It depicts scenes of Singapore as a fishing village in the 1840s and the [[Sook Ching|Sook
* Bronze statues scattered around the garden, including those of persons who helped Sun Yat
* Oil and watercolour paintings and calligraphy works by Singaporean and Chinese artists, such as painter [[Liu Kang (artist)|Liu Kang]], Buddhist monk and
* Photograph of Sun Yat
* ''Nanyang and the Founding of the Republic, the Memoir of Teo Eng Hock'', a book by Teo Eng Hock, providing a detailed record of the Tongmenghui's activities in Southeast Asia.
* ''Wan Qing Yuan and the Chinese Revolution, a recollection by Tan Chor Lam'', a book printed in the 1940s, containing records of the Tongmenghui's activities in Singapore.
* A work of Chinese calligraphy, bearing the Chinese characters ''bo ai'' (博愛; "universal love"), presented by Sun Yat
* Seal belonging to Tan Chor Lam, engraved with the Chinese characters ''jie ai guo yuan'' (結愛國緣; "love for country and fellow countrymen").
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*[[Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall]]
*[[Sun Yat Sen Memorial House]]
* [[Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park]]
==References==
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*[http://www.wanqingyuan.org.sg/ Official website of the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall]
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{{Major tourist attractions in Singapore}}
{{National monuments of Singapore}}
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[[Category:Biographical museums in Singapore]]
[[Category:Houses completed in 1880]]
[[Category:National monuments of Singapore]]
[[Category:Novena, Singapore]]
[[Category:Sun Yat-sen]]
[[Category:19th-century architecture in Singapore]]
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