Mao Zedong Square

Mao Zedong Square is located in the center of Shaoshan City's core scenic area and takes its name from the bronze statue of Comrade Mao Zedong that stands there. The statue is 6 meters tall, with a pedestal height of 4.1 meters and a total height of 10.1 meters, symbolizing the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1. The bronze statue of Mao Zedong, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, with a "Chairman" badge on his left chest and a manuscript in his hand, recreates the dignified bearing of the great leader at the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China. Five Chinese characters "Comrade Mao Zedong" are engraved on the front of the bronze statue's maroon marble pedestal. The characters were inscribed in 1992 by Jiang Zemin, then general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), president of the People's Republic of China, and chairman of the Central Military Commission.

(Photo source: shaoshan.gov.cn)

(Photo source: Xiangtan Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio, Television and Sports)

Mao Zedong Square is a landmark commemorative facility in Hunan Province, constructed with the approval of the CPC Central Committee to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong. It was completed in December 1993. As a key project of the National Patriotism Education Demonstration Base "No. 1 Project," the CPC Central Committee approved the renovation and expansion plan for Mao Zedong Square in January 2008, and the project was completed and reopened in December of that year. Covering a total area of 102,800 square meters, Mao Zedong Square holds simple, elegant, solemn, dignified, and sacred atmosphere. It is an important site for people across the country to commemorate Mao Zedong's great achievements, conduct education on patriotism and revolutionary traditions, and promote the great founding spirit of the Communist Party of China.

Chinese source: shaoshan.gov.cn