The monument is 37.94 meters high, and the pedestal is divided into two floors, surrounded by white marble railings and steps. The base is begonia-shaped, with a width of 50.44m from east to west and a length of 61.5m from north to south. The upper seat is square.
There are two layers of sumeru on the base. There are eight huge white marble reliefs embedded around Sumitomo Xiada's waist, with the themes of smoking ban in Humen, jintian uprising, Wuchang Uprising, May 4th Movement, May 30th Movement, Nanchang Uprising, anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare and successful crossing the river.
On both sides of the Shengli River Crossing Relief, there are two other decorative reliefs with the theme of supporting the front line and welcoming the PLA. The relief is 2m high and 40.68m long, with more than 170 figures carved on it, which shows the great historical facts of China people's revolution in the past century.
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The eight Chinese characters "People's Heroes are Immortal" guide the design and construction of the monument. However, whether these eight words face Zhengyangmen in the south or Tiananmen Square in the north is another multiple-choice question that needs repeated scrutiny.
According to the tradition that architecture in China faces south, these eight characters should face south, but what we see today is facing north. Jia Yingting, former deputy director of the Tiananmen District Management Committee, said that the monument was once adjusted during the construction process.
Jia Yingting said that the usual crowds are concentrated in the northern half of the square, saying that everyone suggested that Chairman Mao's inscription go north. 1954 after the national day, it was changed to sit south to north.
At that time, there were more than 60 tons of stone tablets in this monument, but it was placed on the south side of the monument according to the design plan. After receiving this notice, we must quickly find a way to move to the north.
1949 laid the foundation stone on September 30th, which lasted for 9 years. The Monument to the People's Heroes was finally officially completed at 1958. The inscriptions and reliefs on the Monument to the People's Heroes clearly show the arduous course of China people's bloody struggle since the Opium War and reflect the strong desire to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Over the past 60 years, the Monument to the People's Heroes has stood in Tiananmen Square, bearing the memory of the heroic martyrs of the whole country and nation.
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