(HAN YUQING)

People pay respects to a statue at Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, on March 12, in commemoration of the 88th anniversary of Sun's passing.

Born in 1866 in Xiangshan County (now Zhongshan City) in south China's Guangdong Province, Sun is known for his leading role during the 1911 Revolution, which overthrew the imperial Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and put an end to more than 2,000 years of feudal rule in China. He died of liver cancer in Beijing at the age of 58.