Peasant Movement Institute station

Peasant Movement Institute

农讲所
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese农讲所站
Traditional Chinese農講所站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNóngjiǎngsuǒ Zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingnung4gong2so2 zaam6
General information
LocationYuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong
China
Operated byGuangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)     Line 1
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station code1 10
History
Opened28 June 1999
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station
Gongyuanqian
towards Xilang
Line 1 Martyrs' Park

Peasant Movement Institute Station (simplified Chinese: 农讲所站; traditional Chinese: 農講所站; Jyutping: nung4 gong2 so2 zaam6; Cantonese Yale: Nùhnggóngsó Jaahm) is a station of Line 1 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 28 June 1997. It is located at the underground of the junction of Zhongshan 4th Road[1] and Dezheng Road[2] in Yuexiu District. Its name is from nearby the former site of Guangzhou Peasant Movement Institute, an institute established by the Chinese Communist Party to train youngsters for the peasants' revolutionary movement.[3][4]

  1. ^ Chinese: 中山四路; pinyin: Zhōngshān Sì Lù; Jyutping: zung1saan1 sei3 lou6
  2. ^ 德政路; Dézhèng Lù; dak1zing3 lou6; 'Benevolent Rule Road'
  3. ^ Peasant Movement Institute
  4. ^ Memorial of Former Site of Peasant Movement Institute Directed by Comrade Mao Ze Dong