Site for Former Whampoa Military Academy【On the way to the Academy】-【At the Main Entrance】-【At the Academy Gate】-【At the Office of the Political Department】-【President’s General Office】-【President’s Reception Chamber】-【Former Residence of Sun Yat-sen】-【Monument to Sun Yat-sen】- 【Its Club】-【Its swimming Pool】-【Martyr’s Cemetery in Memory of Eastern Expedition】【On the way to the Academy】 Whampoa Military Academy is the cradle of Chinese military strategists, and a holy land of the national revolution. It is known as one of the four prestigious military academies together with the west point in the United Stages, the royal Military Academy in Britain and Frunze Military Academy in former Russia. After Xinhai revolution in 1911, China stood the test such events as the First National Revolutionary War, the land reform, War of Resistance against Japan and the War of Liberation. Graduates and staff from Whampoa Military Academy starred during the war or peace times in the different ways.Among the ten generals of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, five of them were its graduates. They are Ye Jianying, Nei Rongzhen, Chen Yi, Xu Xiangqian and Lin Biao. Its staff members include Zhou Emlai, Tao Zhu, Liu Zhidan and Zuo Quan. They were awarded their titles as the first group of generals of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. They have made great contribution to the victory of the War of Liberation. The generals of the Nationalist Army are graduates of Whampoa as well. Li Jishen, Du Yuming, Hu Zongnan, Deng Yanda, Song Xilian and Chen Cheng, to name a few. Some people commented that the wars in the modern time of China were actually battles among its former staff and graduates. This is a snap conclusion but to some degree it is true if we look at the name lists of the generals of the two parties: the Communist Party and the Nationalist Party. Many historical documents and facts shadow the Whampoa Military Academy with a mysterious veil. This myth attracts people from all walks of life come to pay a visit or to conduct related research. With the assistance of the Communist Party of China and the former Soviet government, Sun Yat-sen founded a new-style military and political academy. “To establish a revolutionary army to save China form all risks” was the aim he brought forth at its opening ceremony on June, 16th, 1926. This academy was under the leadership of Premier Sun Yat-sen, President Chiang Kai-shek and the Communist Party representative Liao Zhongkai. It ran seven enrollments on end before it was relocated to Nanjing in 1930 and later to Chengdu and Taiwan.【At the Main Entrance】 Inscribed on the plaque at the top of the main entrance are six Chinese characters “陆军军官学校”(General Academy of Army), written by Tan Yankai, the patriarch of the Nationalist Party. The academy was renamed for a few times, but they never put the four Chinese character “黄埔军校”on the plaque. It is called so just because it was located at Whampoa, in Changzhou Island, Guangzhou. Now we come back to the topic why Sun Yat-sen wanted to found a military academy? He devoted himself to the national revolution for more than two decades, but he did not have an army loyal to the revolution. This led to the failure in revolution from time to time, he concluded. He felt extremely sad in 1922 when Chen Jiongmin betrayed him and bombarded the Office of the President. After deep refection, he was determined to establish a general academy of army to cultivate leading generals and well-trained soldiers in order to succeed in the revolution. Mottos and couplets were posted inside the Academy. We can find the last words of Premier Sun Yat-sen here: “The work of revolution is not yet done, let all our comrades strive for its success.”Behind the main entrance is the site of the academy. It used to be the Canton Army Primary School in the late Qing Dynasty. After the Academy was established, the president’s office, departments’ offices, classrooms, dormitories and the dining hall were all here. But all the buildings on the campus were destroyed by Japanese fighter planes in 1938. It was really a pity. In May, 1998, Guangzhou municipal government decided to have the academy rebuilt. Its reconstruction cost more than 20 million yuan. It was completed on November 12th, in 1998 when it was the 130th anniversary of Premier Sun Yat-sen.【At the Academy Gate】 The Academy covers an area of 10,600 square meters .Its two-storey school board buildings are brick-timber framed. Three main passages and four rows of housing buildings are its layout. The four rows of housing buildings have the same design and stand symmetrically on either the east or the west side of an invisible north-south axis. Surrounded by walls, these four buildings lead onto the main passages. As we can see, the buildings on the campus are linked into a complete whole by passages. We can also feel its quietness and grace. The place we a。