Beijing - Chairman Mao Mausoleum

(Local Name: Mao Zhuxi Jiniantang) The rectangular Chairman Mao Mausoleum is 33m/108ft high and occupies an area of 20,000 sq.m/23,920sq.yd. It is supported by 44 granite columns, dates from 1977, and lies in the south of Tian'An Men square. The inscription ''Chairman Mao Mausoleum'' above the entrance was calligraphed by Hua Guofeng.

In the entrance hall stands a marble statue of Chairman Mao, with a landscape background painting by the artist Huang Yongyu. In the central hall lies the body of Mao in a crystal sarcophagus. On the back wall can be seen an engraved homage to the ''great chairman'' which reads: ''eternal praise be to chairman Mao, our great leader and master''.