Ten Great Buildings of Beijing

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The Ten Great Buildings of Beijing are a group of landmark monumental structures constructed around 1959 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and symbolize the new socialist capital.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of buildings
landmark project
alsoKnownAs Ten Great Buildings of Beijing
surface form: Beijing Ten Great Buildings
architecturalStyle socialist monumental architecture
constructionEnd 1959
constructionStart 1958
country China
surface form: People's Republic of China
hasHeritageStatus important 20th-century architectural heritage of Beijing
hasPart Beijing Railway Station
Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution
surface form: Chinese People’s Revolutionary Military Museum

Cultural Palace of Nationalities
Diaoyutai State Guesthouse
Great Hall of the People
Minzu Hotel
National Agricultural Exhibition Hall
National Museum of China
Minzu Hotel
surface form: Overseas Chinese Hotel

Workers' Stadium
surface form: Workers’ Stadium
hasPurpose commemorate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China
symbolize the new socialist capital
inception 1959
languageOfName Chinese
locatedIn Beijing
China
urban core of Beijing
partOf Great Leap Forward policies
surface form: Great Leap Forward construction campaign
politicalContext early People’s Republic of China nation-building
significantEvent 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China
symbolizes modernization of Beijing
socialist construction achievements
timePeriod Mao era

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Great Hall of the People partOf Ten Great Buildings of Beijing
Ten Great Buildings of Beijing alsoKnownAs Ten Great Buildings of Beijing
this entity surface form: Beijing Ten Great Buildings