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Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum
Qianmen Street
Beijing
Beijing & Around
China
Type: Historical Interest
Hours: Tues-Sun 8:30- 11:30 am, Tues & Thurs 2-4 pm, July & August mornings only.
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Beijing
Beijing & Around
China
Type: Historical Interest
Hours: Tues-Sun 8:30- 11:30 am, Tues & Thurs 2-4 pm, July & August mornings only.
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Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum was built in the middle of it. From here,proceeding north will shortly bring you to the mausoleum where you’ll have to leave your bag with your guide or a friend to go inside. Every morning you’ll see lengthy lines waiting for their glimpse of the Chairman, who is refrigerated overnight and then rises again in the morning.
There is something very surreal in a visit to the mausoleum – from Mao’s perfectly plasticated appearance to the fake flowers that people buy to offer, which are then quickly collected and returned for re-sale. There have been suggestions that the body on display is as false as the flowers but we’re unlikely to ascertain the truth on that one for some time.
What is striking is the adulation still shown to Chairman Mao. As the bigger picture of what happened under the Great Helmsman becomes more apparent, there is dissention within the younger generation, but the sheer numbers of seriousfaced visitors to the mausoleum are testimony to Mao’s enduring popularity.
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