Young Mao Zedong statue
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28°10′16″N 112°57′17″E / 28.1710°N 112.9547°E | |
Location | Orange Isle, Changsha, Hunan, China |
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Type | Statue |
Material | Granite |
Length | 83 metres (272 ft) |
Width | 41 metres (135 ft) |
Height | 32 metres (105 ft) |
Completion date | 2009 |
The Young Mao Zedong statue is located on Orange Isle in Changsha, Hunan. The monument stands 32 metres (105 ft) tall and depicts Mao Zedong's head. The Hunan People's Government began building it in 2007 and it was completed two years later, in 2009. It took more than 800 tons of granite mined from Fujian to complete.[1][2][3]
It is 83 metres (272 ft) long, symbolising Mao's age at his death, 41 metres (135 ft) wide, symbolising the number of years he led the Chinese Communist Party from the Zunyi Conference to his death, and 32 metres (105 ft) high, representing Mao's age when he wrote his poem dedicated to Changsha city.
See also
Gallery
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Front of the statue
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The back of the statue.
References
- ^ 《毛泽东青年艺术雕塑今日安装完毕》 (in Chinese). Ifeng. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ Changsha Evening News, 青年毛泽东雕塑伫立橘子洲头 Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
- ^ Moore, Malcolm (3 November 2009). "New statue of Chairman Mao surprises China". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
External links
- Media related to Youth Mao Zedong Statue at Wikimedia Commons
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