Young Mao Zedong statue

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]

Young Mao Zedong statue

Young Mao Zedong statue
Location	Orange Isle, Changsha, Hunan, China
Coordinates	28°10′16″N 112°57′17″E
Type	Statue
Material	Granite
Length	83 metres (272 ft)
Width	41 metres (135 ft)
Height	32 metres (105 ft)
Completion date	2009

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.

Gallery

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  Front of the statue
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  The back of the statue.

See also

• Adiyogi Shiva statue
• Atatürk Mask, İzmir
• Emperors Yan and Huang