volution of 1911;
4) the may fourth movement of 1919;
5) the may 30th movement of 1925;
6) the uprising of 1927 in nanchang, jiangxi;
7) the war of resistance against japanese aggression from 1937 to 1945;
8) the victorious crossing over the yangtze river by the peoples’s liberation army in 1949. this relief is flanked by two smaller ones—“ supplying the front” and “ greeting the p.l.a.”.
4 chairman mao’s mausoleum
chairman mao zedong, the founder of the people’s pepublic of china, passed away on sepember 9, 197
6. in commemoration of this great man, a mausoleum began to be constructed in november 1976, and was completes in august the following year. the mausoleum was officially opened on september 9, 1977.
the mausoleum is surrounded by four groups of sculpture. east of the northern entrance is the sculpture depicting the period of the new democratic revolution( 1919-1949), and west of it is the one signifying the great achievements of the chinese people during the period of slcialist revolution and construction since 1949. the sculptures in front of the southern gate are figures of workers, peasants soldiers, intellectuals, technicians and children.
inside the mausoleum are three main sections: a white marble statue of chairman mao is mounted on a platform in the front lobby. on the wall behind the statue is a 24-metre-long( 79-foot-long) tapestry, a fine needlepoint work with beautiful landscapes of the country.
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