China
In 1929, the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen opened in Nanjing, China. The body of Dr. Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925), considered the "Father of Modern China", is interred beneath a sarcophagus of white marble with a sculpted effigy of Dr. Sun on top, supine and dressed in conservative modern Chinese attire. The park and mausoleum were designed by Chinese architect Lu Yanzhi, though the recumbent effigy was carved by a Czech sculptor, whose name is rendered in various sources as either Gorge or Gorch.
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