Monument to the People’s Heroes

Located in south part of Tiananmen Square and across the Mao Mausoleum, this monument is a ten-storey obelisk dedicated to the martyrs of revolutionary struggle during 19th and 20th centuries. Built in 1952 and completed in 1958, this monument has also served as a place of mourning activities, as well as protest and unrest in the past.

Asia, ChinaAdam MitchellComment