The picture shows the pedestrian street in the central business district of Denver, which is said to be the design work of the famous Chinese designer I.M. Pei.
In the eyes of China people, Denver is not big. The income of residents here is in the middle level in the United States, and the monthly rent for a standard room with sanitation of 28 square meters 1700 to 4,000 RMB (note: including tax, excluding intermediary and tips, etc. ), which is almost the rent price in Shanghai Central.
When I go to Denver, I want to join a group tour to Yellowstone National Park and other national parks in the United States, so that I can have a rest before joining the group. Optional action? Go to the scene to verify Sun Yat-sen's hotel when he arrived in Denver1910 (Wuchang Uprising Day):1No.32 17 Street? Brown Palace Hotel.
There are two historical materials about Sun Yat-sen's time in Denver. The most important one is Denver? Check-in registration of Brown Palace Hotel 32 1, 17 Street. Brown Palace Hotel, built in 1892, is very famous in Denver.
According to the well-kept passenger check-in register of the hotel,19101010 (Tuesday) had 14 people staying in the hotel. Among them, Sun Yat-sen and Huang's entourage stayed together.
The signature of the penultimate guest registered on that day is Y.S.Sun, from San Francisco, and the check-in room number is 32 1. Sun Yat-sen is the abbreviation of Sun Yat-sen's English name Sun Yixian. Another guest signed W.S.Wong, also from San Francisco, room 323. In other words, Sun Yat-sen and Huang's entourage were the last two guests who stayed in the hotel that day.
Hotel information also shows that during its operation, six American presidents, including Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower and Clinton, all stayed in the hotel, Britain? The Beatles used to be hotel guests.
Before confirming the check-in register of Brown Palace Hotel, people often think that the vivid description in the book Seventy Years of the Late Qing Dynasty by the famous American scholar Tang Degang is true: On June 65438+ 10 Wuchang Uprising, Sun Yat-sen worked in a Chinese restaurant in Huadian City (Cantonese pronunciation in Denver)? Enterprise and Taiwan Province? (Cantonese is the teahouse).
One day, when Sun came out of the kitchen with a plate in his hand to pour tea for the guests, a colleague suddenly shouted: Lao Sun, you have a telegram. ? Sun opened it and was overjoyed. The domestic situation developed rapidly, and he was asked to return to China immediately. According to Tang Degang, this is the descendant of the restaurant owner, who is a family friend of Sun Yat-sen. ..
Based on all kinds of evidence, we can know that191kloc-0/June, under the influence of Sun Yat-sen, Zhigong and the American League in San Francisco jointly raised money for the revolution. In July, Hong Men (also known as China Revolutionary Army) was established in San Francisco to raise funds for the armed uprising. At the beginning of September, Sun and Huang went to various ports in the north and south to raise funds. According to historical records, after the establishment of the reimbursement bureau, after five months of hard work, Sun Yat-sen and others have raised $65,438+04.45438+00,000 in the Chinese community in the United States! This number was really big in those days.
The picture shows the hotel introducing its cultural heritage with pictures and objects in the window. This is the uniqueness of this luxury hotel. Selling point? .
When Sun Yat-sen got the news of Wuchang Uprising, he cancelled the original fund-raising plan, that is, he went to Washington and passed through Chicago, and the local Chinese community held it for him? May the Republic of China be established? On the morning of February 25, 65438, Sun Yat-sen took it? Di Wanxia? When the cruise ship arrived in Shanghai, Huang Xing, Song, Chen and others greeted it. At this time, many media are speculating about how much money the revolutionary who came back from overseas brought back. A reporter from Shenbao asked:? How much money did you bring this time? ? Sun answered:? Be unknown, penniless and revolutionary! ?
17 On February 29th, Sun Yat-sen was elected as the interim president of the Republic of China with 16 votes.
The picture shows the relief on the Monument to the People's Heroes in Beijing? Wuchang Uprising. Today, this may be for many people? Stranger? But this is a very important turning point in the modern history of China, and a significant event with symbolic significance.
Finally, although this hotel has been open for a hundred years, can it still be called? Luxurious? Grand Hotel. The standard double room price in Ctrip.com today is 1970- 1380 yuan RMB. The above picture shows the interior of today's hotel lobby, which still maintains the traditional style of the past.
The picture shows the standard room interior photo of this hotel.
At the end of this article, the author still wants to ask a question: when Mr. Sun raised revolutionary funds from the Chinese community in the United States, although many respondents raised a lot of money, after learning that he lived in such a luxurious hotel and lived alone in a luxurious suite, the author still had many doubts: Can't he save some money?
Do you know what most China expatriates in the United States do? Low end? Laborer: A hard-working person, a domestic helper, or a person who makes a living by running laundries and restaurants. It is not easy for them to donate some hard-earned money to support the domestic revolution! Perhaps, the author is too lacking in the spirit and realm of great cause. Then, will the author's little thoughts dissipate with the endless historical torrent?