Monument to the People's Heroes

The Monument to the People's Heroes (Chinese: 人民英雄纪念碑; Pinyin: Rénmín Yīngxíong Jĭnìanbēi), Beijing, is a ten-story obelisk that was erected as a national monument of the People's Republic of China. The Monument built in memory of the martyrs who laid down their lives for the revolutionary struggle of the Chinese people in the 18th and 19th century. It was built in accordance with the resolution of the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference adopted on November 30, 1949. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x1534, 338 KB) Tiananmen Square-Monument to the Peoples Heroes. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x1534, 338 KB) Tiananmen Square-Monument to the Peoples Heroes. ... Hanyu pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... (help· info), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris An obelisk is a tall, thin, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. ... The Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议 Pinyin: Zhongguo renmin zhengzhi xieshang huiyi), abbreviated CPPCC, is an advisory body in the Peoples Republic of China. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

Sources differ on the height of the monument, with estimates ranging from 121 feet (36.88m) to 125 feet (38.1m). It covers an area of 32,000 square feet (3,000 square metres).

The monument was constructed from August 1952 to May 1958 and is located to the north of Mao Zedong's mausoleum on the southern edge of Tiananmen Square. 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mao Zedongs Mausoleum The Mausoleum of Mao Zedong (Simplified Chinese: 毛主席纪念堂; Pinyin: ) is the last resting place of Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death. ... Tiananmen Square (Simplified Chinese: 天安门广场; Traditional Chinese: 天安門廣場; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is the large plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named for the Tiananmen (literally, Gate of Heavenly Peace) which sits to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City. ...

The monument weighs over 10,000 metric tons and contains about 17,000 pieces of marble and granite from Qingdao,Shandong Province and Fangshan District outside Beijing. Marble For the glass spheres, see marbles. ... Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... Qingdao ▶ (help· info) (Simplified: 青岛; Traditional: 青島; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ching-tao), well-known to the West by its Postal System Pinyin transliteration Tsingtao, is a sub-provincial city in eastern Shandong province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Shandong (Simplified Chinese: 山东; Traditional Chinese: 山東; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern Peoples Republic of China. ... Fangshan District (Simplified Chinese: 房山区; Traditional Chinese: 房山區; Hanyu Pinyin: Fángshān Qū) is situated in the southwest of Beijing and 38km away from downtown Beijing. ... (help· info), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...

On the pedestal of the tablet there are eight huge bas-relieves carved out of white marble covering the revolutionary episodes, which are depictions of Chinese struggle from the First Opium War in 1840 to 1949. The relieves can be read in chronological order in a clockwise direction from the east: 1) Burning Opium in the Opium War in 1840. 2) The Jintian Village Uprising in Taiping Revolution in 1851. 3) Wuchang Uprising (1911 Revolution). 4) May 4th Movement in 1919. 5) May 30th Movement in 1925. 6) Nanchang Uprising in 1927. 7) War of Resistance Against Japan between 1931 and 1945. 8) Crossing the Yangtze River Campaign, or Successful Crossing of the Yangtze River in 1949. Detail from the Elgin Marbles, an example of bas-relief. ... The First Opium War was a trade-inspired war between the Great Britain and the Qing Empire in China from 1839 to 1842. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... There were two so-called Opium Wars between Britain and China. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Jintian Uprising (金田起義) occurred on January 11, 1851, during the late Qing Dynasty of China, in what is now Guiping City in eastern Guangxi province. ... The Taiping Rebellion (1851–1864) was one of the bloodiest conflicts in history, a clash between the forces of Imperial China and those inspired by a Hakka self-proclaimed mystic named Hong Xiuquan (洪秀全), who was also a Christian convert who had claimed that he was the new Messiah and younger... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Wuchang Uprising (武昌起義, pinyin: WÇ”chāng Qǐyì) of October 10, 1911, started the Xinhai Revolution, which triggered the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and establishment of the Republic of China (ROC). ... The Xinhai Revolution (or Hsinhai Revolution, Chinese: 辛亥革命; pinyin: Xīnh ng), named for the Chinese year of Xinhai (1911), was the overthrow (October 10, 1911-February 12, 1912) of Chinas ruling Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China. ... Students in Beijing rallied during the May Fourth Movement. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Nanchang Uprising (南昌起义) (August 1, 1927) was the first major Kuomintang-Communist engagement of the Chinese Civil War. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) was a major invasion of eastern China by Japan preceding and during World War II. It ended with the surrender of Japan in 1945. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Afternoon light on the jagged grey mountains rising from the Yangtze River gorge The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Amazon in South America and the Nile in Africa. ... Afternoon light on the jagged grey mountains rising from the Yangtze River gorge The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Amazon in South America and the Nile in Africa. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

Monument to the People's Heroes with the Great Hall of the People in the background.

On the front of the monument there is an inscription in Mao Zedong's handwriting:" Eternal glory to the people's heroes!" ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 118 KB) Description: File links The following pages link to this file: Tiananmen Square Monument to the Peoples Heroes Great Hall of the People ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 118 KB) Description: File links The following pages link to this file: Tiananmen Square Monument to the Peoples Heroes Great Hall of the People ... Great Hall of the People by day. ... (help· info) (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976; Mao Tse-tung in Wade-Giles) was the chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death in 1976. ...

On the back of the monument, there is a message which was drafted by Mao Zedong and written by Zhou Enlai: "Eternal glory to the heroes of the people who laid down their lives in the people's war of liberation and the people's revolution in the past three years! Eternal glory to the heroes of the people who laid down their lives in the people's war of liberation and the people's revolution in the past thirty years! Eternal glory to the heroes of the people who from 1840 laid down their lives in the many struggles against domestic and foreign enemies and for national independence and the freedom and well-being of the people!" (help· info) (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976; Mao Tse-tung in Wade-Giles) was the chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death in 1976. ... Zhou Enlai (Simplified Chinese: 周恩来; Traditional Chinese: 周恩來; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chou En-lai) (March 5, 1898 – January 8, 1976), a prominent Chinese Communist leader, was Premier of the Peoples Republic of China from 1949 until his death. ...

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• Satellite photo of the Monument