Long Live the Victory of Mao Zedong Thought () is an epoxy resin statue in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. The monument is located on

Zhongshan Square Zhongshan Square () is a city square in the Zhongshan District of Dalian, Liaoning, China named for Sun Yat-sen (popularly known as Sun Zhongshan); originally designed and built by the Russians in the 19th century. Several classical buildings ...

in the center of the city.Leffman, David, Simon Lewis, and Jeremy Atiyah.
China
'. London: Rough Guides, 2003. p. 193 The statue is one of the largest of Chairman

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ...

in the country. It is one of the main provincial

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

-era monuments not removed in later years. The monument was erected by students from the Art Academy, who worked for two years on the project. They were supervised by a committee of peasants and workers. It was inaugurated on October 1, 1970, during the 21st anniversary celebrations of the founding of the People's Republic of China.Topping, Seymour.
Journey between Two Chinas
'. New York: Harper & Row, 1972. p. 318 The statue of Chairman Mao is tall, and the base another tall. The phrase "Long Live the Victory of Mao Zedong Thought" was carved on the front of the base. Its base is surrounded by statues of 58 'worker-peasant-soldier heroes'. They are divided into eight groups, representing different struggles of the Chinese people under the leadership of Chairman Mao.
Chinese Literature
'. Foreign Languages Press., 1971. pp. 132–133 Most of the surrounding characters originally carried

Little Red Book ''Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung'' () is a book of statements from speeches and writings by Mao Zedong (formerly romanized as Mao Tse-tung), the former Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, published from 1964 to about 1976 and widel ...

s, but most of these have been removed. The first group represents soldiers and civilians, propagating the appeal of the

9th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra a ...

("Unite to win still greater victories"). The group of statues at back of the base is titled "Party Building", and seeks to display the early phase of the Communist Party. The three groups on the left ("A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire", "Long Live the People's War" and "Carry the Revolution to the End") illustrate struggles during the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...

. The remaining three groups ("Socialism is Good", "Long Live the Three Red Banners" and "Carry the

Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

Through to the End") on the right side of the base illustrate the phase of socialist revolution.

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