The Comrade Mao Zedong Memorial Museum, which once portrayed the leader as a revolutionary icon, now presents him as an incorruptible leader. What this shift in emphasis says about contemporary China.

A long line of people visited the memorial hall of Chairman Mao Zedong to commemorate the late Chinese leader on Friday, one day ahead of the 41st anniversary of his death.

He then led the delegation of other top Chinese officials into the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, known in the West as the “Maosoleum,” located in Tiananmen Square. Top government and military officials ...

At the south end, his flag-draped, embalmed body, or some facsimile thereof, reposes in the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. These merely symbolize Mao’s continuing grip on China, 36 years after his ...

The north hall to the main gate can accommodate over 700 people. It is the place where the memorial activities are held. In the center of the hall erects Chairman Mao's three-meter-high sitting ...

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez visits Chairman Mao Memorial Hall on February 5, 2022. Photo: Official website of the Casa Rosada. Argentine President Alberto Fernandez laid a wreath at the ...

“Standing in front of Chairman Mao’s remains, I felt really insignificant,” said Tyson, ... “To have the chance to visit the memorial hall is a great honor for me.” Mao died in 1976.

The chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Hall stands on the former sits of Zhonghuamen Gate at the southern end of Tian’anmen Square between the Monument to the People’ s Heroes and Zhengyangmen Gate.