• The front of the monument has the eight characters of the "people's heroes are immortal" inscribed by Chairman Mao.
  • ...during the revolutions in the 19th and 20th centuries, a ten-storied obelisk-shaped square building was constructed called the Monument to the People's Heroes.
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Wang Qishan arrive the Monument to the People's Heroes...
  • Monument to the People's Heroes is located in the center of Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
  • The Monument to the People’s Heroes was built with more than 17,000 pieces of granite and white marble composing of double platforms and double sumeru...
  • On the front of the monument there is an inscription in Mao Zedong's handwriting, which reads "Eternal glory to the people's heroes!"
  • The Monument was built in memory of the martyrs who laid down their lives for the revolutionary struggles of the Chinese people during the 19th and 20th...
  • Sources differ on the height of the monument, with estimates ranging from 121 feet (36.88m) to 125 feet (38.1m).
  • Early morning at the Monument to the Peoples Heroes in Huangpu Park on the Bund Shanghai, People's Republic of China - October 18, 2011 Editorial Stock...