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What is the origin and history of Erqi Pagoda?
Zhengzhou Erqi strike memorial tower was built in 197 1, located in Erqi Square, Zhengzhou City. It is a memorial building to commemorate the martyrs who died in the strike of Beijing-Han railway workers and carry forward the "February 27" revolutionary tradition.

Strike:1On February 7, 923, Hubei Governor Xiao Yaonan, at Wu's behest, tricked trade union representatives into "negotiating" in Jiang 'an Trade Union Club. Trade union representatives were shot dead by reactionary troops on their way to the trade union office. More than 30 unarmed workers pickets died on the spot and more than 200 people were injured, which led to the "February 7" tragedy that shocked China and foreign countries.

Architectural pattern of Erqi Pagoda;

Zhengzhou Erqi strike memorial tower covers an area of 352 square meters, with a building area of 1.923 square meters. It is a reinforced concrete structure with two parallel pentagons. This is a unique antique twin towers. The tower is 63 meters high, with a total of 14 floors (including basement), in which the base of the tower body is surrounded by three columns, which gradually decreases, and each floor has white cement railings.

The tower has 10 floors, each with cornices, covered with green glazed tiles, and the outer wall is painted with white dry-bonded stone, and each floor has red painted square lattice windows; There is a bell tower at the top of the tower with six big clocks with a diameter of 2.7 meters. On the top of the bell tower stands a 9-meter-high flagpole with a red five-pointed star. There is a basement at the bottom of the tower and an underground passage leading to the northwest.