 Young Mao Zedong statue | |
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| 28°10′16″N 112°57′17″E / 28.1710°N 112.9547°E | |
| Location | Orange Isle, Changsha, Hunan, China |
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| Type | Statue |
| Material | Granite |
| Length | 83 metres (272 ft) |
| Width | 41 metres (135 ft) |
| Height | 32 metres (105 ft) |
| Completion date | 2009 |
The Young Mao Zedong statue[1][2] or statue of Young Mao Zedong[3][4] is located on Orange Isle in Changsha, Hunan. The monument stands 32 metres (105 ft) tall and depicts Mao Zedong's head. The Hunan People's Government began building it in 2007 and it was completed two years later, in 2009. It took more than 800 tons of granite mined from Fujian to complete.[5][6][7]
It is 83 metres (272 ft) long, symbolising Mao's age at his death, 41 metres (135 ft) wide, symbolising the number of years he led the Chinese Communist Party from the Zunyi Conference to his death, and 32 metres (105 ft) high, representing Mao's age when he wrote his poem dedicated to Changsha city.
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- ^ "Customs YES historical and cultural study tour to Hunan". Custom News. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Mao Zedong has emerged in China-- Commemorating 120th birth anniversary of Mao Zedong (2)". People's Daily Online. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Orange Isle". Hunan Provincial People's Government. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ 《毛泽东青年艺术雕塑今日安装完毕》 (in Chinese). Ifeng. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ Changsha Evening News, 青年毛泽东雕塑伫立橘子洲头 Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
- ^ Moore, Malcolm (3 November 2009). "New statue of Chairman Mao surprises China". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 February 2022.