Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square, Beijing

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mausoleum memorial hall political monument tourist attraction

The Mausoleum of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, is a monumental memorial hall that houses the preserved body of the founding leader of the People’s Republic of China and serves as a major site of political symbolism and public pilgrimage.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mao Zedong Mausoleum	1
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong	1
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square, Beijing canonical	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mausoleum ⓘ memorial hall ⓘ political monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Socialist realist architecture ⓘ
axis	central north–south axis of Beijing ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Mao Zedong ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1976 ⓘ
contains	embalmed body of Mao Zedong ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
coordinates	39.903°N 116.391°E ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Mao Zedong ⓘ
floorCount	2 ⓘ
hasArtwork	large reliefs depicting Chinese revolutionary history ⓘ mural of Chinese landscape behind Mao statue ⓘ
hasPart	Main Hall ⓘ North Hall ⓘ South Hall ⓘ memorial rooms for other Chinese leaders ⓘ viewing gallery ⓘ
hasStatue	seated statue of Mao Zedong in North Hall ⓘ
height	33.6 m ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1977-09-09 ⓘ
languageOfSignage	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
locatedIn	Beijing ⓘ Dongcheng District, Beijing ⓘ China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Tiananmen Square ⓘ
maintainedBy	State Council of China ⓘ surface form: Chinese government
materialUsed	granite ⓘ marble ⓘ reinforced concrete ⓘ
nearby	Tiananmen Square ⓘ surface form: Great Hall of the People Monument to the People's Heroes ⓘ National Museum of China ⓘ Tiananmen Gate ⓘ
openingDate	1977-09-09 ⓘ
ownedBy	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
politicalFunction	site for mass public mourning ceremonies ⓘ venue for official commemorative activities ⓘ
religiousOrRitualAspect	secular pilgrimage site ⓘ
securityLevel	high security area ⓘ
significance	major patriotic education site ⓘ site of political pilgrimage ⓘ symbol of Chinese Communist Party legitimacy ⓘ
visitorPolicy	free admission ⓘ open to the public ⓘ
visitorRequirement	bags not allowed inside viewing hall ⓘ photography prohibited inside ⓘ security screening required ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mao Zedong → burialPlace → Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square, Beijing ⓘ

Mao Zedong → commemoratedBy → Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square, Beijing ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mao Zedong Mausoleum

Tiananmen Square → hasStructure → Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square, Beijing ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mausoleum of Mao Zedong