Beijing People’s Heroic Monument (in simplified Chinese北京人民英雄纪念碑) is located in Tiananmen Square Center. At September 30, 1949 the Chinese People’s Political Consultative first plenary session adopted a resolution to build the monument, and the foundation stone of the monument was laid by Mao, the Chinese leader at that period. After extensive discussion by the National the monument type was determined in August 1952 in an official building, and it was completed in April 1958. At May 1 the same year, the grand opening of the monument was held.

Having 37.94 meters high, the monument was divided into two levels, surrounded by white marble railing, with a lot of steps. Block-shaped bottom was 5044 meters wide from east to west, and it is 61.5 meters long from north to south. The top was a square block. There is the size of a two-tier pedestal. The monument has the names of different heroes in different events, including the “54″ exercise, “530″ campaign, the Nanchang Uprising, the anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare, and the theme of the victory of crossing the Yangtze River. At usual days, the security of this monument would be maintained by the People’s Liberation Army. Besides names, there is also a lively summary of the last century’s history of China, particularly those related to people’s revolution.

In the upper small tower there are peony, lotus, chrysanthemum, pendants and other mantle composed of eight rosettes. The Heart monument is 14.7 meters, 2.9 meters wide, one meter thick, and it weighs 103 tons.

The Heart Monument is located at the north of this monument with Mao Zedong inscribing the title “Eternal glory to the People’s Heroes”. The back of the inscription is Zhou Enlai’s writing of “Since the setup of the Republic of China, the people at the people’s liberation war and the revolution of the people lost their lives and they are the heroes! They sacrificed in order to defense against internal and external enemies and worked for national independence and freedom to make people happy, at all the expense of the struggle so that they are People’s Heroes!”

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