Monument to the People's Heroes

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monument obelisk war memorial

The Monument to the People's Heroes is a towering granite obelisk in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square commemorating those who died in China’s revolutionary struggles in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Monument to the People’s Heroes	8
Monument to the People's Heroes canonical	3
人民英雄纪念碑	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T324237 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Monument to the People's Heroes
Context triple: [Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, nearby, Monument to the People's Heroes]

A. Hall of Military Glory
The Hall of Military Glory is a solemn memorial hall at Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia, honoring Soviet soldiers who died in the Battle of Stalingrad.
B. The Motherland Calls statue
The Motherland Calls statue is a colossal World War II memorial in Volgograd, Russia, depicting a sword-wielding woman symbolizing the Motherland’s call to defend the nation.
C. Karl Marx Monument
The Karl Marx Monument is a massive bronze sculpture of the philosopher’s head in Chemnitz, Germany, serving as a prominent symbol of the city’s socialist-era history.
D. Lenin Mausoleum
Lenin Mausoleum is the monumental tomb in Moscow’s Red Square where the embalmed body of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin has been publicly displayed since shortly after his death.
E. Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is a solemn war memorial in Westminster Abbey honoring an unidentified British soldier who died in World War I, symbolizing all those who fell without a known grave.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Monument to the People's Heroes
Target entity description: The Monument to the People's Heroes is a towering granite obelisk in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square commemorating those who died in China’s revolutionary struggles in the 19th and 20th centuries.

A. Hall of Military Glory
The Hall of Military Glory is a solemn memorial hall at Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia, honoring Soviet soldiers who died in the Battle of Stalingrad.
B. The Motherland Calls statue
The Motherland Calls statue is a colossal World War II memorial in Volgograd, Russia, depicting a sword-wielding woman symbolizing the Motherland’s call to defend the nation.
C. Karl Marx Monument
The Karl Marx Monument is a massive bronze sculpture of the philosopher’s head in Chemnitz, Germany, serving as a prominent symbol of the city’s socialist-era history.
D. Lenin Mausoleum
Lenin Mausoleum is the monumental tomb in Moscow’s Red Square where the embalmed body of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin has been publicly displayed since shortly after his death.
E. Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is a solemn war memorial in Westminster Abbey honoring an unidentified British soldier who died in World War I, symbolizing all those who fell without a known grave.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monument ⓘ obelisk ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
architect	Liang Sicheng ⓘ
category	Monuments and memorials in Beijing ⓘ Obelisks in China ⓘ Tiananmen Square ⓘ
completionDate	April 22, 1958 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	August 1952 ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
dedicatedTo	martyrs of the Chinese revolutionary struggles ⓘ people who died in China’s revolutionary struggles in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
designer	Chen Zhanxiang ⓘ Liang Sicheng ⓘ other Chinese architects and artists ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
governingBody	Government of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ linked to: State Council of China
hasPart	base reliefs ⓘ central obelisk ⓘ inscribed pedestal ⓘ stone railings ⓘ
hasRelief	Autumn Harvest Uprising relief ⓘ Crossing the Yangtze River Campaign relief ⓘ linked to: Crossing of the Yangtze River Campaign Guangzhou Uprising relief ⓘ May 30th Movement relief ⓘ May Fourth Movement relief ⓘ Nanchang Uprising relief ⓘ People’s Victory relief ⓘ Wuchang Uprising relief ⓘ linked to: 1911 Wuchang Uprising
height	37.94 metres ⓘ approximately 38 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus	important cultural landmark of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
inaugurationDate	May 1, 1958 ⓘ
inscriptionBy	Mao Zedong ⓘ
inscriptionCalligraphyBy	Mao Zedong ⓘ
inscriptionContent	Eternal glory to the people’s heroes ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn	Beijing ⓘ China ⓘ
locatedOnAxis	central north–south axis of Tiananmen Square ⓘ
location	Tiananmen Square ⓘ
material	granite ⓘ
planningContext	early years of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
positionRelativeTo	north of the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong ⓘ south of the Great Hall of the People ⓘ
style	socialist realist ⓘ
symbolizes	Chinese revolutionary history ⓘ sacrifice of revolutionary martyrs ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mausoleum of Mao Zedong → nearby → Monument to the People's Heroes ⓘ

subject linked to: Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square, Beijing

Tiananmen Square → hasStructure → Monument to the People’s Heroes ⓘ