Cuiheng

Cuiheng () is a village of the town of Nanlang, Zhongshan, Guangdong province. Cuiheng is best known as the birthplace of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the "Father of the Nation" of the Republic of China. Cuiheng is southeast of downtown Zhongshan, and north of Macau. The whole village is designated a special economic district, as Cuiheng New Area.

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Settlement.name: Cuiheng
Settlement.settlement_type: New Area
Settlement.image_skyline: Former Residence of Mr. Sun Yat-sen.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Former residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in Cuiheng
Settlement.pushpin_map: China Guangdong
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Guangdong
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Guangdong
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Zhongshan
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Town
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Nanlang
Settlement.elevation_m: 2.7
Settlement.elevation_ft: 9
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: China Standard

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Official name: 翠亨村
Elevation: 2.7
Image: Former Residence of Mr. Sun Yat-sen.jpg

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==History== The village was established in the latter half of the 17th century by the Feng and Mai families, who were later joined by the Yang and Lu (陸) families. The Lu surname became most numerous. At the time of Sun Yat-sen's birth in the 1860s, there were about sixty households with ten surnames. In addition to Sun, Lu Muzhen, Sun's first wife and Lu Haodong (1868–1895), an early revolutionary martyr, were also born in Cuiheng.