ABSTRACT
The Purple Mountain gives the capital a claim to the attention of travellers, it is to Nanking that the mountain owes its fame. The plan of a monumental site outside the capital, which is now being carried into execution, originated some five centuries ago, when the huge tomb of the first emperor of the Ming dynasty was built on the slope of the Purple Mountain just above his palace. The new age has now taken possession or the Purple Mountain. On the highest summit the military authorities have built a fort for the defence of the city against air attack, and in connection with this the upper part of the hill is entirely closed to ordinary traffic. When Dr. Sun Yat-sen died in Peking on March 12th 1925, after an almost endless succession of reverses and difficulties, it was decided, in agreement with his own express desire, that he should be buried on the slope of the Purple Mountain.
