Mao Zedong has emerged in China– Commemorate 120th birth anniversary of Mao Zedong

Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2013 shows the flag-raising ceremony held on the Tiananmen Square. Mao Zedong declared the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Oct.1, 1949 while China’s national flag, the five-star red flag was hoisted on the Tiananmen Square. (People’s Daily Overseas Edition/ Hao Qing)

Today is the 120th anniversary of the birth of comrade Mao Zedong.

Mao Zedong was born in 1893 in Shaoshan Village in central China’s Hunan Province. He died in 1976 at 83. As the main founder of the PRC, Mao is one of the most influential figures in China’s modern history.

Comrade Mao Zedong was a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, strategist, and theorist. He had broad-mindedness and awe-inspiring vision. Till now, Mao lives on in many Chinese people’s hearts and remains an eternal inspiration to people around the world. Activities marking the 120th anniversary of his birth have been held across China recently.

The statue of young Mao Zedong is reopened after one-month cleaning work in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province. The statue was unveiled to public in Changsha on Dec 26, 2009 to mark the 116th anniversary of the birth of Mao; it is made of more than 8,000 pieces of red granites from south China’s Fujian province and vividly imitates the portrait of young Mao Zedong in 1925. (People’s Daily Overseas Edition/ Long Hongtao)

The photographic exhibition named “Chairman Mao is our family member” inaugurates in the Cultural Place of Nationalities in Beijing on Dec. 22, 2013. (People’s Daily Overseas Edition/ Hao Qing)

The Xinhua Bookstore sets up a counter to sell books about Mao Zedong in Yichang, central China’s Hubei province on Dec. 23, 2013. (Photo/Liu Junfeng)

An evening gala is held to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong in Changshang, central China’s Hunan province, Dec. 13, 2013. More than 2,000 people including Mao’s relative attended the event.(Photo/ Li Dan)

A painting and calligraphy collection exhibition marking the 120th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong is opened in Beijing, Dec. 6, 2013. More than 300 items related to Mao Zedong were exhibited to the public.(Hao Qing)

An exhibition marking the 120th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong is held in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on Dec. 17, 2013. More than 500 items related to Mao Zedong were shown. Mao’s daughter Li Min (middle) and granddaughter Kong Dongmei (right) attended the show. (Photo/Zhang Yu)

China Post issues a set of commemorative stamps to mark Mao Zedong’s120th anniversary of the birth. (Photo/ Liu Junfeng)

120 children from rural area come to Mao’s hometown Shaoshan, central China’s Hunan province to pay tribute to him on Nov. 30, 2013. (Photo/ Tang Xiaoqing)