How big is the statue of Chairman Mao hanging in Tiananmen Square?

It is more than 6 meters high, 5 meters wide and weighs 1 ton.

The renovation of Tiananmen Square was handed over to the Propaganda Department of the Political Department of the North China Military Region. The real implementation of the work is the dance team of the Art Troupe of the Propaganda Department, which is now the Comrades Art Troupe of the Beijing Military Region. On the red walls on both sides of Tiananmen Square, two huge solemn and eye-catching banners should be written: "Long live the people and country of China!" "Long live the Central People's Government!" This was drafted by Comrade Hu Qiaomu, Director of the General Intelligence Bureau. The task of painting the portrait of Chairman Mao fell on Zhou, a lecturer and painter in the Department of Practical Fine Arts of the National Academy of Art (which was merged into the Art Department of North China University after liberation and changed to the Central Academy of Fine Arts), where Xu Beihong was the dean. The task was given to Zhou because as early as1April 20, 949, during the national peace talks held at the Six Kingdoms Hotel in Beiping, an oil painting of Chairman Mao wearing an octagonal hat was hung in the meeting room, which was well received by the central leaders.

Before the "Cultural Revolution", the portrait of Chairman Mao was fixed at around 10 every year on May 1 and November 2, but it was changed to be hung every day during the "Cultural Revolution" and has been in use ever since. The portrait of the chairman that people see today is more than 6 meters high, 5 meters wide and weighs 1 ton. Because it is hung outdoors, the color will change after one year. Therefore, it should be replaced the night before June 1 every year.

Starting from 1977, he began to draw a portrait of Chairman Mao on Tiananmen Gate, "at least once a year, sometimes two". The same portrait oil painting, painted for 25 years. Ge Xiaoguang said that the feeling is different every year.

Time has passed, 53 years have passed quickly, and the country created by a generation of great men is undergoing earth-shaking changes. Madam President, just like when founding ceremony was hanged for the first time, it still affects the unchanging feelings of countless people in China. Chairman's serene face, deep insight into everything, still watching us, watching * * * and today and tomorrow!