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‘The Soong Sisters: Special Memories’
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About 300 selected items of the Soong sisters collected from both China’s mainland and Taiwan will be on display at the exhibition “The Soong Sisters: Special Memories.” Alongside the old photos, documentaries and historical video clips showing the Soong sisters in public appearance, there are many personal belongings showing the rare and intimate moments of the sisters throughout their lives.
Born to a missionary family, the three Soong sisters were among China’s most significant political figures of the early 20th century. Each played a major role in influencing her husband, which, along with their own positions of power, ultimately changed the course of Chinese history.
The eldest of the Soong sisters, Ai-ling, was the wife of Kung Hsiang-Hsi, who was the richest man in the early 20th century in China. Ching-ling, the second, was married to Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China and first president of the Republic of China. And May-ling, the youngest, was a prominent political leader in her own right and married to Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the National Military Council and later leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975.
The last time the three sisters saw each other was in 1949, but, some 70 years later, the “Special Memories” exhibition “re-unites” them in Shanghai.
Visitors get to see Ai-ling’s High Algebra textbook used in her college days at the Wesleyan University; Ching-ling’s cigarette holder and many of her dresses; and May-ling’s personal letter to Chiang Kai-shek after the Xi’an Incident as well as her paintings. Many of the exhibits are first shown to the public on China’s mainland.
Date: April 28-July 31
Venue: Duoyunxuan Art Center
Address: 1180 Tianyaoqiao Rd
1180
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