The Monument to the People's Heroes is 37.94 meters high. The front (north) of the Monument is a whole granite, with a length of 14.7 meters, a width of 2.9 meters, a thickness of 1 meter and a weight of 60.23 tons. It is engraved with eight gold foil characters inscribed by Comrade Mao Zedong on1June 9, 955. On the back, the stone tablet consists of seven stones, and its content is the small inscription of 150, which was drafted by Mao Zedong and written by Zhou Enlai.
The base is divided into upper and lower floors, surrounded by white marble railings and surrounded by steps. The lower seat is begonia-shaped, with a width of 50.44m from east to west and a length of 61.54m from north to south. The upper seat is square.
There are two layers of sumeru on the base, and eight wreaths composed of peony, lotus, chrysanthemum and hanging curtains are carved around the upper sumeru. It is the longest-lasting large-scale art project since the founding of New China.
The quarrying transportation of the Extended Information Monument is an epic quarrying transportation.
After receiving the task of quarrying and transportation, Qingdao Municipal People's Government set up a large-scale material handling committee composed of Qingdao Branch of Shandong Intermodal Company (predecessor of Qingdao Transportation Group) and its subordinate units Qingdao Handling Company, Fushan Material and Stone General Factory (Qingdao Fushan No.1 Stone Yard), Taitung District Public Security Bureau and Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock Factory of the Ministry of Railways.
1952 1 0 June 21day, the Construction Committee of Monument to the People's Heroes signed a stone transportation contract with Qingdao Branch of Shandong Intermodal Company, and finally decided to complete this glorious task by its subordinate Qingdao Handling Company.
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