Mausoleum of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square is located in the heart of Beijing. Mausoleum was built by volunteers. Mausoleums, similar to this, the world's only three: the crypt of Kim Il Sung, who is in Pyongyang; Lenin's mausoleum in Moscow; the tomb of Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi. In all these mausoleums are stored the remains of the leaders of the socialist countries.

Mao Zedong died in September 1976, and after only two months after his death, started the construction of the tomb. The volunteers, who organized the construction of buildings, united in labor groups and teams, divided between the duties and organized labor process. The mausoleum was built in August 1977 and the opening ceremony of the chambers leader Mao was appointed on September 9, the day of death Zedong.

The mausoleum was built in a way that was visible everywhere in Beijing. The building of the mausoleum know all the tourists, it was listed as a major landmark in many guidebooks. Above the entrance hangs a marble tomb in the white board, on which is written, that it is - "House of Memory Chair". The roof of the mausoleum is made in a traditional Chinese "pagodnom" style and is painted in red. Her prop 44 octagonal columns, consisting of yellow granite - futszyanskogo.

The mausoleum is surrounded by sculptures, each sculpture is a symbol. The first track is dedicated to the Democratic Revolution. The second - the building of socialism. At the entrance to the Mausoleum from the south located sculptural groups - farmer, engineer, children, scientists, soldiers, etc.

Inside the premises of the mausoleum is divided into three parts: the first - a spacious room, in the middle of which the monument to Mao. Simultaneously, this room can accommodate about 600 people. For sculpture, tapestry hanging fabric, size 24h2 meters. The relics of the leader are stored in the central hall. They embalmed and wrapped in the Chinese flag. The coffin is made entirely of crystal. The third room keeps the works created by Mao Zedong, for example, a poem he wrote. Poem rewritten hands skilled calligrapher of the 20th century.