China granite monument-the monument to the people's heroes

China granite monument-The People's Heroes Monument is the first national public art project after the founding of new China, is also the largest monument in Chinese history, gathered Zheng Zhenduo, Wu Zuoren, Liang Sicheng, Liu Kaiqu a large number of China's best literary and art experts, artist. From September 30, 1949 Chairman Mao personally laid the foundation, until May 1, 1958 officially completed, is the new China since the establishment of the longest time of large-scale art projects.

China granite monument- the construction of the People's Heroes Monument not only gathered at the time of the craftsmen, the monumental stone collection scene is quite ambitious. The monument is made up of 17,000 granite and white marble, which is taken from Qingdao Fushan monument. The heartstone is the most important stone in the monument. It is a very rare granite in the history of Chinese architecture. The stone is 14.4 meters long and wide 2.72 meters, 3 meters thick, weighing more than 320 tons, transport work lasted seven and a half months, in April 1, 1953 to start on October 16 large stone arrived Tiananmen Square site, from mining to transport a total of 7116 workers participate.

According to incomplete statistics, the monument from the foundation to the completion of part of the cost of up to 300 million yuan. March 4, 1961 by the People's Republic of China State Council announced the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, ranked revolutionary sites and revolutionary commemorative buildings, No. 33.

China granite monument- The People's Heroes Monument is the largest granite monument in China and the world, and is the greatest wealth and treasure trove of the world.