[Beijing traveling] Monument to the People's Heroes

Monument to the People's Heroes located at Beijing Tiananmen Square center. on September 30, 1949, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference first session of plenary session decided that for commemoration, in the People's War of Liberation and the people revolutionize the people's hero who sacrifices, builds the Monument to the People's Heroes in capital Beijing. In the afternoon 6:00, attends Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference's all representative, held in the Tiananmen former square has built the monument the cornerstone-laying ceremony. As head's Political Consultative Conference various units chief delegate 11 holds the shovel shovel earth take Chairman Mao, establishes the monument the cornerstone. Latter widely discusses after the nation, definite tablet. To 1952, the national outstanding architect and the experts has altogether designed 100 many kinds of designs, after the parties concerned through each way questionnaire people's opinion from all walks of life, the induction, revises the final pattern.

The Monument to the People's Heroes construction committee is appointed director by Beijing Mayor Peng Zhen, Zheng Zhenduo, Liang Sicheng is appointed assistant director committee member. Under the committee supposes the engineering department, divides the design, the construction, the rock selection, the fine arts work and so on 7 groups, carries on the work. In addition, sets up a committee specially, leads under Chinese Academy of Science Contemporary history Research institute Manager Fan Wenlan, the research relief picture needs historical data theme. The monument began construction in August 1, 1952 to construct officially, in the April, 1958 22 sunsets became, on May 1 unveiled grandly in the same year.

The Monument to the People's Heroes assumes the square shape, the floor space is 3000 square meters. The monument divides the main part, the Xumi place and the pedestal three parts, altogether height 37.94 meters. The pedestal divides two, all around surrounds the white marble parapet, has the stair.

The lower level place is the hypericum shape, the thing width 50.44 meters, the north and south length 61.5 meters. The upper formation place assumes the square shape. On the pedestal is the size two Xumi places. The lower level Xumi place ties around the waist to mount eight white marble large-scale reliefs, respectively take the tiger door bolt smoke, Jintian Uprising, the Wuchang Uprising, the May 4th Movement of 1919, the May Thirtieth movement, the Nanchang Uprising, the opposition to Japan guerrilla warfare, the crossing a river campaign as the subject. At the crossing a river campaign's relief both sides, and two cosmetic relief, the subject respectively be supports the front and welcome People's Liberation Army.

The relief height 2 meters, the total length 40.68 meters, altogether have the approximately 170 character images, broadly and vividly displays our country in recent centuries earthshaking revolution historical evidence. The upper formation small Xumi place all around engraves has by the peony, the lotus, the chrysanthemum, hangs composition and so on curtain eight garlands.

The two Xumi places are supporting the big main part. The main part is a length 14.7 meter, the width 2.9 meters, the depth 1 meter, is more than 60 tons big stones. Main part frontage (northern side) engraves Mao Zedong to write a few words of appreciation “the people's hero to be immortal” eight fine gold gold large brush-written Chinese character; Back is Mao Zedong drafts the inscribed text which, Zhou Enlai paints: “since three years, in the People's War of Liberation and the people revolutionize the people's heroes who sacrifices to be immortal! Since 30 years, in the People's War of Liberation and the people revolutionize the people's heroes who sacrifices to be immortal! From this goes upstream to 1840 years, since then, to oppose the inside and outside enemies, strives for the national independence and the people free happy, sacrifices the people's heroes in all previous struggle to be immortal!”The main part both sides are decorating the relief garland which with five stars, the pine and cypress and the flag composes, symbolizes people's hero's great spirit everlasting. The entire place monument builds with more than 17000 granite and the white marble, solemn and respectful dignified, grand magnificent.