Monument to the People's Heroes: The Monument to the People's Heroes is located in the center of Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
1On September 30th, 949, the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference decided to build a monument to the people's heroes in the capital, Beijing, to commemorate the people's heroes who died in the People's Liberation War and the People's Revolution. At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, all CPPCC representatives held a groundbreaking ceremony for the monument in the front square of Tiananmen Square. The main representatives of CPPCC units headed by President Mao Zedong laid the foundation stone for the monument. After extensive discussion in the whole country, the tablet type was determined. By 1952, outstanding architects and experts from all over the country had designed more than 100 patterns, which were summarized and revised into final patterns after the relevant parties solicited opinions from people from all walks of life in various ways.