Chairman Mao Memorial Hall
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Chairman Mao Memorial Hall | |
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毛主席纪念堂 | |
General information | |
Type | Memorial Hall, Mausoleum |
Location | Tiananmen Square |
Town or city | Beijing |
Country | China |
Coordinates | 39°54′04″N 116°23′29″E / 39.9010°N 116.3915°E |
Named for | Mao Zedong |
Groundbreaking | November 24, 1976 |
Completed | May 24, 1977 |
Renovated | 1997-98 |
Known for | Final resting place of Mao Zedong |
Website | |
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The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall (simplified Chinese: 毛主席纪念堂; traditional Chinese: 毛主席紀念堂; pinyin: Máo Zhǔxí Jìniàn Táng), also known as the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, is the final resting place of Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party from 1943 and the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1945 until his death in 1976.
Although Mao had wished to be cremated, his wishes were ignored and his body was
The
History
The memorial hall was built soon after Mao's death on September 9, 1976. The groundbreaking ceremony took place November 24, 1976, and the memorial hall was completed on May 24, 1977. Chairman Hua Guofeng, who supervised the memorial hall project, has his handwriting on the memorial hall's sign.
People throughout China were involved in the design and construction of the memorial hall, with 700,000 people from different provinces, autonomous regions, and nationalities doing symbolic voluntary labor.
Sculptures
Inside the memorial hall is a statue of Mao. There are four sculptural groups installed outside the memorial hall.
Visits
The memorial hall today remains a popular destination in
On 29 September 2019,
Xu Jing (徐静), one of the designers involved in the memorial hall's construction, later wrote about the process in The Place Where a Great Man Rests as well as listing the visits of important people to the memorial hall.
See also
- Mao Zedong's Former Residence and Memorial Museum in Shaoshan
- Mausoleum of Hua Guofeng
- Huaian
- Memorial to Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao
- Guangan
- Zhu De Memorial Hall
- Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
- Kumsusan Palace of the Sun
- Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
- Lenin's Mausoleum
- Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
References
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