Why do you think the architect chose this design for the memorial

Since all submissions were anonymous, the eight-member jury made its selection based solely on the quality of the designs It then ultimately chose entry number 1026, which it found to be “an eloquent place where the simple meeting of earth, sky and remembered names contains messages for all

The right answer is Sun Yat-sen.

There had been some influential intellectuals building a nationalist discourse even before the May Fourth Movement. But the radical and outspoken tone of the New Culture Movement achieved the grounds for a shift in minds via the intellectual work of the period and its politicization. A special emphasis is given on Sun Yat-sen’s political and intellectual contribution to the transition since he was not only a major political activist but also a theoretician whose works (Three Principles of People) have been influential on China’s nation-building process.