Monument to the People's Heroes

The Monument to the People's Heroes (人民 英雄 纪念碑Chinese, Pinyin Rénmín YingXiong Jĭnìanbēi ) in Beijing is the national monument of the People's Republic of China. It is located on Tiananmen Square ( Tiananmen Square ) and was built by the Chinese architect Liang Sicheng and his wife Lin Huiyin.

The monument was built in memory of the people who have died in the revolutionary struggles of the 19th and 20th centuries in China. The plan was with the resolution at the first plenary session of the Political Consultative Conference of the Chinese people on 30 November 1949.

Description

The monument is high according to different sources between 36.88 meters and 38.1 meters and covers an area of about 3,000 square meters. It was built from August 1952 to May 1958 and is north of the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong on the southern edge of Tiananmen Square. It weighs over 10,000 tons and consists of approximately 17,000 marble and granite blocks that originate from Qingdao in Shandong Province and Fangshan District outside Beijing. Crowning it is a cornice with a curved roof made ​​of stone.

At the base of the monument there are eight large reliefs were carved out of white marble slabs and represent episodes from the First Opium War from 1839 to 1949. These are arranged chronologically in a clockwise direction:

On the front of the monument is also located a manuscript of Mao Zedong with the words " Eternal glory to the heroes of the people " The text on the back was formulated by Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai written by.