TheMausoleumofDr.SunYat-sen(中山陵)issituatedatthefootofthesecondpeakofMountZijin(PurpleMountain)inNanjing,China.ConstructionofthetombstartedinJanuaryof1926andwasfinishedinspringof1929.ThearchitectwasLuYanzhi,whodiedshortlyafteritwasfinished.Recliningonmountainslope,themajesticmausoleumblendsthestylesoftraditionalimperialtombsandmodernarchitecture.Lyingatthemountainside,thevaultismorethan700hundredmetersawayfromthepaifangonthesquarebelow,whichistheentranceofthemausoleum.Thereisathree-tierstonestandonwhichahugebronzeding,anancientChinesevesselsymbolizingpower,perches.Tothenorthofthesquare,thepaifangtowershigh.Beyondisthe480-meter-longand50-meter-widestairwaywhichhas392stairs,leadingtothevault.Onbothsides,pine,cypress,andgingkotreesguardtheway.Attheendofthestairwayisagatewhichis16metershighand27meterswide.Thetri-archedmarblegateisinscribedwithfourChinesecharacterswrittenbyDr.Sun,"TianXiaWeiGong"whichmeans"Whatisunderheavenisforall".Insideofthegate,thereisapavilioninwhicha9-meter-highsteleisset,whichisamemorialmonumentsetbytheKuomintang(KMT).Afewstairsupisthesacrificialhallandthevault.