{"id":380,"date":"2016-01-07T14:14:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbox.ieagle.com\/?p=380"},"modified":"2016-01-08T12:05:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T12:05:03","slug":"121-feet-statue-of-mao-zedong-in-henan-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ieagle.com\/flyhigh\/121-feet-statue-of-mao-zedong-in-henan-china\/","title":{"rendered":"37 Meters Tall Gold Plated Statue of Mao Zedong is a New Tourist Attraction in Henan, China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Henan, a province with a few centuries-old Buddhist temples in Central China, has got a new tourist attraction that is a towering statue of Mao Zedong<\/strong>, the founding father of the People\u2019s Republic of China. The colossal <strong>statue of Mao Zedong, painted in gold, is 121 feet tall<\/strong> and seated at a vantage point amidst rugged farmlands. The construction by a group of capitalists has earned a mixed response from China\u2019s thinkers, diplomats, and elites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogbox.ieagle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/121-Feet-Statue-of-Mao-Zedong-in-Henan-China.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-395 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogbox.ieagle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/121-Feet-Statue-of-Mao-Zedong-in-Henan-China.jpg\" alt=\"121- foot Gold Plated Statue of Mao Zedong, Henan, China, Tourist attractions in China\" width=\"805\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The statue of Mao Zedong seating on a chair with hands crossed in his lap and looking towards the infinity took nine months to be completed and cost 3 million Yuan<\/strong>. Many local entrepreneurs contributed to the fund for the massive construction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chinese citizens are divided in their opinions about Mao Zedong, a most powerful communist revolutionary who ruled<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogbox.ieagle.com\/yoga-on-glass-bridge-in-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">China<\/a><\/strong> with a heavy hand for three decades. He is blamed for the death of millions on the one hand and widely respected on the other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His regime is considered one of the grimmest periods in the history of China due to a widespread famine in the late 1950s, which is said to have claimed 40 million lives as a consequence of Mao Zedong\u2019s economic policies. Ironically, <strong>the statue of Mao Zedong has been erected in Henan, the center of the famine and the cradle of 3000-year old Chinese civilization<\/strong>. A few critics have questioned the construction of the statue in Henan, \u201cHave they forgotten the Great Famine to build this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The towering statue of Mao Zedong in Henan has garnered compliments and criticism on SinaWeibo, a Chinese micro blogging site equivalent of Twitter. <strong>China\u2019s current President Xi Jinping referred to him as one of the greatest leaders in the history of China<\/strong>. The extravagant cost of building the statue has irked some people, while some other have voiced the slogan \u201cLong Live Chairman\u201d while bowing their heads before the statue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the controversial <strong>statue of Mao Zedong will add to the historic and heritage tourism of Henan<\/strong> where the ruins of several dynasties are lying scattered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Visit China and explore its tourist attractions especially when <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ieagle.com\" target=\"_blank\">cheap airline tickets to China<\/a><\/span> are available at iEagle.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henan, a province with a few centuries-old Buddhist temples in Central China, has got a new tourist attraction that is a towering statue of Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People\u2019s Republic of China. 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