Zhongshan Road
Zhongshan, Jhongshan or Chung Shan (Chinese: 中山路) is a common name of Chinese roads, usually in honour of Sun Yat-sen, better-known in Chinese as "Sun Zhongshan", who is considered by many to be the "Father of modern China".
In Chinese cities, Zhongshan Road is often one of the city's principal roads. As a result, the road is often very long and divided into numbered sections. In Guangzhou, the Zhongshan Road is separated into eight sections, identified as the First Zhongshan Road to the Eighth Zhongshan Road. In Shanghai, Zhongshan Road stretches around the whole city, the road is divided into numerous sections, identified by a direction and a number, such as the East-1 Zhongshan Road.
In some exceptional cases, a "Zhongshan Road" can have other significance. Zhongshan Road in Shijiazhuang, for example, is named after the Zhongshan state and later commandery, not Sun Yat-sen.
Read more about Zhongshan Road: History, List of Zhongshan Roads, Roads Named After Other Names of Sun Yat-sen, Literal Meaning of Characters
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