For over 1000 years, a hill named Jiaoshan standing right in the middle of the Yangtze River at it´s lower reaches has been an objective fascination for calligraphers and literati. The focus of all these interest is the inscription carved on the cliffies.
In 1911, Sun Yat-sen led the democratic revolution that overthrough China´s last imperial dynansty. Subsequently, he was elected as the first president of the newly-founded Republic of China.