By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING (All rights reserved (c) 2017)
Today September 30, 2017, President Xi Jinping, leaders of the People's Republic of China, the military, school children and some members of the Communist Party of China laid some flowers at the Monument to the People's Heroes at the Tian'anmen Square.
The Monument to the People's Heroes (Rénmín Yīngxióng Jìniànbēi) is a ten-story stone pillar that was erected as a national monument of the People's Republic of China to the martyrs of revolutionary struggle during the 19th and 20th centuries.
It is located in the southern part of Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, to the north of the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong. The monument was built in accordance with a resolution of the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference adopted on November 30, 1949 and construction lasted from August 1952 to May 1958.
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President Xi leads other leaders to the Monument to the people's Heroes at the Tian'anmen Square
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| The trumpets sounded for the martyrs. |
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| Leaders of the People's Republic of China line up for the ceremony. |
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| A minute silence was observed for the fallen heroes of the revolution. |
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| Red flags flew in the morning wind. |
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| Soldiers in stride with the huge bouquets for commencement of the ceremony. |
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| A guard of honour stood at attention as the huge flower bouquets were carried by soldiers. |
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| President Xi Jinping heads for the Monument to the People's Heroes. |
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| President Xi followed closely by Premier Li Keqiang as he mounts the Monument to the People's Heroes |
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| Soldiers carries nine huge bouquets to the Monument to the People's Heroes |
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| President Xi and the rest of the Chinese leaders follow the soldiers bearing huge bouquets |
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| President Xi and other Chinese leaders pay their respects |
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| President Xi Jinping leaves the Monument after paying his respects |
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| The Monument to the People's Heroes was draped in red carpet |
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| The Monument to the People's Heroes adorned with beautiful flowers |
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| School children also laid flowers |
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| All clad in black suits ready to lay their flowers |
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| Servicemen were not left out |
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| Members of some Minority Tribes on their way to lay their flowers at the monument |
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| A huge bouquet at the Tian'anmen Square |
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| A queue to honour the People's Heroes with flowers |
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| The Minorities were also represented |
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