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The Statue of Chairman Mao (get KMZ at here)
The statue of Chairman Mao is seated the heart of Chengdu. It is the most famous landmark.
It was built in 1969, the original full name is " Chairman Mao waves hand and indicate us to go forward". This statue has lots of symbolism: the height from ground to the 3rd flat is 8.1 meters, indicates Army Day; The height of base is 7.1 meters, indicates the birthday of CPC; The height of statue is 12.26 meters, the same as birthday of Chairman Mao; there are 7 lotus on each wall of base indicate there was 70 million population in Sichuan.
The symbolism not only on the numbers, but also means something in that time. It was built in a crazy time of China. The people absolutely destoried all the ancient city, include some buildings like small "Forbidden City", just for want to show the loyalty for Chairman Mao.
When the carzy passion was exhausted, there are more meanings on this statue. There's a joke about what the statue takes to people: There's a seller who sells snacks is standing under the statue. One man asks the seller :"how much?", the seller answered:" Don't you see the Chairman mao? He indicated, 50 cents per set!" .
In 1997, Chengdu rebuilt Tianfu Square but kept this statue. Yes, this statue contains lots of memory and it alerts us do not crazy any more.
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