Dr. Sun Yat-sen's wife, great-grandfather, great-grandfather and grandfather of Soong Ching Ling, honorary chairman of China people, have lived here for three generations. Song Qingling's father, Song Yaoru, was born in this ancestral home in 186 1. To commemorate the contribution and far-reaching influence of Soong Ching Ling and her family in history, Wenchang Municipal People's Government restored the ancestral home of the Song family 1985.