The square shape of the building represents the spirit of righteousness; and the three-tiered staircase, San Min Chu Yi (Three Principles of the People). On the roof of the main building, several inverted V's (resembling the Chinese character for man) meet at the center of the main building--all reaching to the sky, and symbolizing the great harmony between the people and heaven.
方正的正身，代表中正的精神；三層台基，象徵著三民主義；雙層的八角堂頂，構成許多人字形，聚於寶頂，與天相接，象徵著蔣公「天人合一」的思想。