The Shanghai People's Heroes Memorial Tower () is a concrete structure in
Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
, China. The structure is located at the north end of
the Bund
The Bund is a waterfront area and a protected historical district in central Shanghai. The area centers on a section of Zhongshan Road (East Zhongshan Road No.1) within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the wester ...
, at the confluence of the
Suzhou Creek
Suzhou Creek (or Soochow Creek), also called the Wusong (Woosung) River, is a river that passes through the Shanghai city center. It is named after the neighboring city of Suzhou (Soochow), Jiangsu, the predominant settlement in this area prior ...
and the
Huangpu River
The Huangpu (), formerly romanized as Whangpoo, is a river flowing north through Shanghai. The Bund and Lujiazui are located along the Huangpu River.
The Huangpu is the biggest river in central Shanghai, with the Suzhou Creek being its ...
, within the grounds of the
Huangpu Park
Huangpu Park () is the name of the triangular stretch of green at the northern end of the Bund in Shanghai, the oldest and smallest park of the city. It is the site of the large Monument to the People's Heroes, commemorating those who helped t ...
.
The structure was built by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government in 1993 to commemorate revolutionary martyrs, as well as those who have died fighting natural disasters.
The structure stands tall, and is built in the stylised shape of three rifles leaning against each other to show respect to those who fought for their homeland.
Gallery
File:Monument to People's Heroes.jpg,
File:In Pudong; Monument to the People's Heroes in the foreground (9542850246).jpg,
File:View up Monument to the People's Heroes, Shanghai.jpg,
File:20191112 Monument to the Peoples Heroes-2.jpg,
See also
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Monument to the People's Heroes
The Monument to the People's Heroes () is a ten-story obelisk that was erected as a national monument of China to the Martyr (China), martyrs of revolutionary struggle during the 19th and 20th centuries. It is located in the southern part of Tiana ...
in
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
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Civilian War Memorial
The Memorial to the Civilian Victims of the Japanese Occupation, usually called the Civilian War Memorial (Simplified Chinese characters, Chinese: ; ; Tamil language, Tamil: ஜப்பானியர் ஆதிக்க காலத்த ...
: a monument in Singapore with architectural similarities
External links
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1990s establishments in Shanghai
Monuments and memorials in Shanghai
The Bund
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