Wreath offering to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth
The Southern California Overseas Chinese Community commemorated Sun Yat-sen's 155th birthday on the 12th at the Chinatown Central Plaza. Representatives from the Chinese Associations under CCBA, the Los Angeles based Taipei Office, the traditional Overseas Chinese Association, the Vietnamese Cambodian Lao Overseas Chinese Group, and the new Overseas Chinese respectively paid tribute with the wreath ceremony at the Sun Yat-sen bronze statue.
The commemoration wreath ceremony began at 11 am in the sound of the American national anthem and the national anthem of the Republic of China. CCBA President Mei Lau, Taipei Economics and Cultural Office in Los Angeles Director General Louis Huang and Cultural Center of Taipei Economics and Cultural Office in Los Angeles Director Chang HaoChun first presented flowers to the bronze statue of the National Father and bowed three times. The solemn tribute was followed by CCBA 27 Associations, Joint Chinese University Alumni Association of Southern California, Taiwan Benevolent Association of America, Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, California Taiwanese Fellowship Association and Vietnamese-Cambodian-Liao representative.
Sun Yat-sen's 155th birthday was on the 12th . CCBA President Mei Lau and Southern California Associations held a wreath-laying ceremony. The ideal of the founding father is also embodied in the persistence of freedom and democracy among all overseas Chinese in Southern California. The founding father began the revolution and visited Los Angeles four times. He received strong assistance from the overseas Chinese in Los Angeles. The overseas Chinese have persisted in practicing the founding father's freedom and democracy concept, supporting Taiwan of the Republic of China, and guarding the hard-won freedom and democracy. The activities of the day ended successfully with the singing of the commemorative song of the founding father.
The Los Angeles Chinatown has held a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the birth of Sun Yat-sen for decades. Former CCBA President and member of the Standing Committee of the West Branch of the Chinese Kuomintang Party Michael Chang said that 40 years ago, he and his family immigrated to the United States from Macau and participated in the ceremony of commemorating the birthday of the founding father for the very first time. He said that as the founder of the Republic of China and the Chinese Kuomintang, the birthday of Mr. Sun Yat-sen on November 12th and his death on March 12th were commemorated by the overseas Chinese by offering flowers and planting trees respectively for many years, and their importance is the same as that of the National Day of October 10th .
Southern California has
thousands of Kuomintang, and nearly 800 members of the Kuomintang Party's in
the western part of U.S. alone.