Dai Ensai’s camera (Macau Museum collection)
Co-organized by Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum, under the Leisure and Culture Services Department of the Hong Kong S.A.R. Government, the Macao Museum under the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government, the Shenzhen Museum, the Guangdong Museum of Revolutionary History, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum, “Fleeting Life – Exhibition of Relics of Sun Wan, Sun Yat-sen’s Daughter, and Her Husband Dai Ensai” was inaugurated earlier on 23 April, at Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum, in Hong Kong. The exhibition, which will run until 26 August, presents Sun Wan and Dai Ensai, as well as Sun Yat-sen’s daily life scenes. This itinerant exhibition is a result of cooperation between museums of three regions: Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao. It has already been presented in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, is currently being shown in Hong Kong, and is set to arrive in Macao in September. On the other hand, in order to maintain the appeal and interest of the exhibition, its content will vary from location to location and will be adjusted according to each venue’s characteristics and each museum’s collection resources. The exhibition’s main subjects are Sun Wan, Sun Yat-sen’s second daughter, and her husband Dai Ensai. Sun Wan, raised and nurtured by her mother Lu Muzhen, moved abroad with her as a child, in order to study in the United States, not being able to see her father for five years, who was busy then with the revolution, she later moved to Macao with her husband Dai Ensai. Dai Ensai, following a period of studies in the United States, returned to his country to take a Government position, creating therefore a very close connection between the couple and Sun Yat-sen. In the wake of Dai Ensai and Sun Wan’s death, their valuable belongings were scattered among collections of several museum institutions within the three regions. This exhibition includes precious relics hailing from five Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao museums, allowing visitors to further understand Sun Yat-sen and his family. “Fleeting Life – Exhibition of Relics of Sun Wan, Sun Yat-sen’s Daughter, and Her Husband Dai Ensai” can be seen at Hong Kong’s Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum, located at no. 7 Castle Road, Central, Hong Kong, until 26 August, from 10am to 6pm from Monday to Wednesday and Fridays, and from 10am to 7pm on weekends and public holidays.
