The special significance of the height of the Monument to the People's Heroes

The total height of the Monument to the People's Heroes is 37.94 meters. The pedestal is divided into two layers, surrounded by alabaster railings, with steps on all sides. The lower seat is begonia-shaped, east-west width of 50.44 meters, north-south length of 61.54 meters; the upper seat is square.

Lower Sumeru seat girdle on all sides inlaid with eight huge alabaster reliefs, respectively, to "Humen smoke", "Jintian Uprising", "Wuchang Uprising", "May Fourth Movement", "May 30th Movement", "Nanchang Uprising", "anti-Japanese guerrilla war", "Victory over the Yangtze River" as the theme.

On both sides of the relief of "Victory over the Yangtze River", there are two other decorative reliefs with the themes of "Supporting the Front" and "Welcoming the Chinese People's Liberation Army".

The bas-relief is 2 meters high and 40.68 meters long, engraved with more than 170 figures, vividly and summarily showing the history of the Chinese people's anti-imperialist and anti-feudal great revolutionary struggle for more than 100 years, especially in the 28 years under the leadership of the Chinese ****productivity party.

The upper part of both the east and west sides of the monument body, engraved with the red star, pine and flag composed of decorative patterns, symbolizing the martyrs of the revolutionary spirit of perpetual existence. Around the small pedestal, eight large wreaths of peony, lotus and chrysanthemum flowers are carved, which symbolize nobility and purity and express the nation's eternal remembrance and admiration for the heroes.

The top of the monument is a traditional national architectural form, a small hipped roof with rolled clouds above and a heavy mantle below. The shape of the whole monument makes people feel that there is both national style and distinctive spirit of the new era.

Expanded Information:

Build Background:

The Monument to the People's Heroes was a matter of great concern to Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and other revolutionaries of the older generation, and was completed under their completed under their direct instructions. There is a precious handwritten instruction of Mao Zedong in the historical materials.

The matter originated from the fact that after seeing the design of the Monument to the People's Heroes, three democrats, Zhu Qixian, Zhang Shizhao and Ye Gongchuo, suggested to Chairman Mao to put forward new opinions on the design of the monument, such as: the historical materials of the bas-reliefs should be chosen with special care, and the pictures of the people's *** and the establishment of the country should not be omitted; the materials used for the bas-reliefs can be considered as copper casting; and it is appropriate for the entire graphic to be further scrutinized.

Parts of the pattern should be selected separately, the Ming and Qing Dynasties pattern is weak, should not be used more. Chairman Mao Zedong after seeing the proposal, instructions: "Comrade Peng Zhen, this piece please pay the committee to discuss and invite the proposed three people to participate."

During the construction of the monument, Chairman Mao Zedong on June 9, 1955 for the monument of the heart of the stone inscribed "people's heroes will never die" eight big words. Premier Zhou Enlai wrote the inscription drafted by Chairman Mao Zedong at the first plenary session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). on August 1, 1952, the construction of the monument project officially started.

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