Young Mao Zedong statue
Statue in Hunan province, China
28°10′16″N 112°57′17″E / 28.1710°N 112.9547°E / 28.1710; 112.9547
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
- Adiyogi Shiva statue
- Atatürk Mask, İzmir
- Emperors Yan and Huang
- Mount Rushmore
Gallery
- Front of the statue
- The back of the statue.
References
External links
Media related to Youth Mao Zedong Statue at Wikimedia Commons
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