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 martyrs of revolutionary struggle during the 19th and 20th centuries.Photo: Yaoleilei, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in Beijing, China
- Also known as: “Renmin Yingxiong Jinianbei”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forbidden City and Zhengyangmen.
Forbidden City
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Forbidden City, located at the centre of Beijing, was the main palace of Imperial China for five centuries, until the early 20th century. It today houses the Palace Museum, one of China's largest national museums, with an extensive collection based on the former imperial collection.
Zhengyangmen
City gate
Photo: Eunice winG, CC BY 2.0.
Qianmen is the colloquial name for Zhengyangmen, a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City. Zhengyangmen is situated 440 metres south of Monument to the People’s Heroes.
National Centre for the Performing Arts
Theater building
The National Centre for the Performing Arts, colloquially described as The Boiled Egg, is an arts centre containing an opera house in Xicheng, Beijing, China. National Centre for the Performing Arts is situated 680 metres west of Monument to the People’s Heroes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xichang’anjie and Dashilan.
Xichang’anjie
Suburb
Photo: 高晶, Public domain.
Xichang'anjie Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the eastern part of Xicheng District, Beijing. The subdistrict got its name from the Chang'an Avenue. As of 2020, it had 11 residential communities under its administration, containing a total population of 36,645…
Dashilan
Suburb
Photo: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dashilan Subdistrict is a subdistrict on eastern side of Xicheng District, in Beijing, China. Dashilan is also a famous business street outside Qianmen.
Qianmen
Suburb
Photo: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Qianmen Subdistrict is a subdistrict in the western portion of Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. In 2020, there are 9,081 permanent residents in this subdistrict.
Monument to the People’s Heroes
- Categories: national monument and obelisk
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Monument to the People’s Heroes” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب أبطال الشعب التذكاري”
- Basque: “Herriaren Heroien Aldeko Monumentua”
- Chinese: “人民英雄紀念碑”
- Chinese: “人民英雄纪念碑”
- Czech: “Památník Lidových hrdinů”
- Dutch: “Monument to the People’s Heroes”
- French: “monument aux Héros du Peuple”
- French: “Monument aux Héros du peuple”
- German: “Denkmal für die Helden des Volkes”
- Hebrew: “המונומנט לזכר גיבורי העם”
- Indonesian: “Monumen Pahlawan Rakyat”
- Italian: “Monumento agli eroi del popolo”
- Japanese: “人民英雄紀念碑”
- Korean: “인민영웅기념비”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Monumentet for folkets helter”
- Norwegian: “Monumentet for folkets helter”
- Polish: “Pomnik Bohaterów Ludu”
- Portuguese: “Monumento aos Heróis do Povo”
- Romanian: “Monumentul eroilor poporului chinez”
- Russian: “Памятник народным героям”
- Serbian: “Споменик народним херојима (Пекинг)”
- Serbian: “Споменик народним херојима”
- Slovenian: “Spomenik ljudskim junakom, Peking”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los Heroes del Pueblo”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los Héroes del Pueblo”
- Swedish: “Monument över folkets hjältar”
- Thai: “อนุสาวรีย์วีรชน”
- Turkish: “Halk Kahramanları Anıtı”
- Urdu: “عوامی ہیروز کی یادگار”
- Welsh: “Cofeb i Arwyr y Bobl”
- Welsh: “y Gofeb i Arwyr y Bobl”
- Wu Chinese: “人民英雄紀念碑”
- Yue Chinese: “人民英雄紀念碑”
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