A girl in a red shirt stood alone in the corridor of the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall

girl leaning against pillar of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Girl leaning against a pillar of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hal
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An imposing building called the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall stands in Zhongshan Park. The “Father of the Nation” here refers to Sun Yat-sen, and the name “Zhongshan” is his nickname. When he was living in exile in Japan, he happened to see a nameplate of a mansion with the name “Zhongshan” written on it, which he liked so much that he started using it as his own name. He is a rare person who is respected both in Taiwan and mainland China, as he initiated the Xinhai Revolution. The hall commemorating Sun Yat-sen in Taipei is surprisingly large and surrounded by spacious corridors.

The corridors seemed like the perfect place to do some exercise. I had hoped to see some locals doing tai chi here, but it seems I was wrong. The corridor was deserted, and there were no tai chi practitioners to be seen anywhere.

In its place was a lone girl in a red T-shirt. She was leaning against a thick pillar, fiddling with her phone and seemed absorbed in something. Her red T-shirt stood out vividly in the silence. It was a strangely impressive sight for me, as I had come expecting to see a tai chi class.

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Jun 2017 PEOPLE TAIWAN

PHOTO DATA

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10174

Shooting Date

Sep 2016

Posted On

June 12, 2017

Modified On

November 29, 2024

Place

Taipei, Taiwan

Genre

Street Photography

Camera

SONY ALPHA 7R II

Lens

EF85MM F1.2L II USM

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