Mao Zedong is a Chinese legend

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Mao Zedong is a Chinese legend. He was great leader, the founding father of the land. Apart from the controversial during sosoknya bring the country into communist China, Mao Zedong figures are important milestones in the history of China.

Mao died in 1976, 27 years after he proclaim the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949. Up to now, not only the name dikenang, but also jasadnya. Yes, jasadnya still intact. Anyone can see it. Free.

Jasad leader is preserved in a large glass case and kept in the mausoleum which is located on the south side of Tiananmen Square, right behind the People's Heroes Monument. Tourists who visit the Tiananmen Square certainly easy to see the building with a mausoleum that is colored brown. Building in the glass case that contains a veiled Jasad Mao China's red flag that cover half the box. Visitors can still see the face of Mao with the clear side.

Mao mausoleum building inaugurated on 9 September 1977, exactly one year after the Communist party leader dies. Mausoleum building divided into three parts. The north entrance is a room that can accommodate 600 people at once, the middle of the auditorium is a homage, where Mao corpse be buried, while the southern part of the building is the path to the mausoleum. On the one side wall of the building to the south of poetry with a graven characters of China Mao Zedong.

Anyone can go to the mausoleum of Mao remains to witness the free of charge alias free. Mausoleum is open only for three hours, starting at 09.00 till 12:00. Monday mausoleum close.

Each visitor who enter with very carefully examined. Visitors may not bring bags, camera, food and drink, let alone take a video image recorder. All items can be prohibited dititipkan goods in the care that is located quite far from the location, right outside the east of Tiananmen Square.

In addition to bringing a number of prohibited goods, visitors should also stop in at the left side of the corpse Mao. Convoy should continue to run so that congestion does not occur because visitors queue every day for up to two kilometers mengular, flicker-contortion in Tiananmen Square.

For those who want to give special reverence can buy flowers at the kiosk located at the entrance mausoleum. If in front of the entrance there are flower shops, in the back door sold various souvenirs unique to China, such as key holder, T-shirts, pins, bags, and the stamp image of former leader of China.

Favorite destination

Mao Zedong Mausoleum is one of the favorite destination of tourists, both local and foreign. A number of tour guide said this. "The tourists, both local and foreign, want to see the face of Mao's close," said Chang, a tour guide.

He adds, is usually a visit to Tiananmen Square tour is always a package with visits to the mausoleum. Because, the location where the two adjacent, mutually bersisian.

Enthusiasm to see the faces light Mao not only foreign tourists but also local tourists. In some places in China, Mao figure is still very respected, especially by the older generation.

Zhou (45), a tourist from Shandong Province, said, he deliberately came to Beijing to see the face of Mao. When found some time ago, he confessed this is the first visit. "Earlier I was trying to slow way to see the face of Mao longer, but by the security officers ordered to go faster," said the man who came with his wife and his son is.