Jiefangbei

--Basically, tourists come here for a group photo. At the top of the monument, there are several big bells, facing in different directions. Every time it's on time, the bell will ring.

--The crossroads with Jiefangbei as the center radiate four pedestrian streets in the East, West, North and south. There are high-end shopping malls, hotels and various snack bars on the pedestrian street.

--Bayi Road delicious street is nearby, not far from Hongya cave, as well as the famous Chaotianmen hot pot. Tired of walking, it's very comfortable to have a rest nearby, look for delicious food and enjoy the beautiful women.

--The best time to visit Jiefangbei is in the evening. At the beginning of Chongqing citizens' nightlife, the whole Jiefangbei area is the place where people flow most.

Memorial to the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the people's Liberation

synonym

Liberation Monument generally refers to the monument to the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the monument to the people's liberation

The monument to the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the monument to the people's liberation are also known as the monument to the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the monument to the people's liberation,

It is called "Liberation Monument" for short.

Located in the center of Jiefangbei commercial pedestrian street, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, it is the spiritual symbol of the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the only monument in China to commemorate the victory of the Chinese nation in the Anti Japanese war.

The monument to the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the monument to the people's Liberation started construction on October 31, 1946 and was completed in August 1947. On October 1, 1950, Liu Bocheng, then chairman of the Southwest Military and political Commission, inscribed the name of the monument to the people's liberation. The front of the monument is north by East, and it is an octahedral column helmet top reinforced concrete structure. The height of the monument is 27.5 meters, and the side length is 2.55 meters. There are eight underground floors in the monument. There are spiral ladders to reach the top of the monument. The four sides of the top of the monument to the street entrance are equipped with self ringing bells. Around the monument platform are flower beds, covering a total area of 62 square meters and a protection area of 642 square meters. It is a symbol of the victory of the Chinese people in the anti fascist war, as well as the liberation of Chongqing and the city of Chongqing.

In September 2000, it was announced by Chongqing Municipal People's government as the first batch of municipal cultural relics protection units after being directly under the central government;

In May 2013, it was listed as "the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units" by the State Council;

In September 2016, it was selected into the list of "the first batch of Chinese 20th century architectural heritage".

Historical evolution

On March 12, 1940, on the anniversary of Sun Yat Sen's death, a monument was prepared.

On December 30, 1941, the monument was officially completed and named "spiritual fortress" to encourage the Chinese people to fight hard and win the war of resistance.

In October 1945, the fifth provisional Council of the second session of Chongqing decided to build a "memorial tablet for the victory of the Anti Japanese War" on the site of the "spiritual fortress" in order to commemorate Chongqing's important position in the Anti Japanese War and ensure its continued extension after the war.

On October 31, 1946, under the leadership of Zhang Dulun, the then mayor of Chongqing, the foundation of the "memorial monument to the victory of the Anti Japanese War" was laid. The monument was presided over by Huang Binxun and special committee member Liu Daren, designed by architect Li lunjie, and built by Tianfu construction plant.

In August 1947, the main body of the memorial tablet for the victory of the Anti Japanese war was completed. On October 10 of the same year, it was inscribed with "memorial tablet for the victory of the Anti Japanese War".

On March 2, 1950, Chongqing Municipal military control commission and Chongqing Municipal People's government asked the Southwest Military and political commission to approve the renaming of "jigongbei". On July 7 of the same year, Chongqing Municipal People's government changed the name of some streets in the urban area, and changed the name of "monument to the victory of the Anti Japanese War" to "monument to the people's Liberation". On September 18 of the same year, Chen Xilian, the then mayor of Chongqing, formally asked the Southwest Military and political Commission for instructions that the memorial to the victory of the Anti Japanese war should be changed to "Southwest Liberation Monument" or "Chongqing Liberation Monument". Approved by the Southwest Military and political Commission, it was renamed "people's Liberation Monument". On October 1 of the same year, Liu Bocheng, then chairman of the Southwest Military and political Commission, inscribed the name of the monument to the people's liberation.

In 1958, a circular flower bed with an area of 280 square meters was built around the Jiefang monument.

Architectural features

In 1947, the monument to the victory of the Anti Japanese war was completed at a cost of 217 million yuan, all of which was poured with steel and cement. The stele is 24 meters tall and 4 meters in diameter. It is an eight sided tower building, which is divided into stele platform, stele base, stele body and lookout platform. The platform is 20 meters in diameter and 1.6 meters in height, with flower beds on the steps. The base of the stele is composed of 8 stone pillars, with 8 steles on it, which are made of Xiashi from Beibei.

The inside of the memorial is a circle, with 140 steps of cantilevered spiral ladder, which rises to the top observation platform. The victory corridor of Anti Japanese war was set up along the spiral ladder. The observation platform is 4.5 meters in diameter, which can accommodate 20 people to visit. On the top of the platform are wind direction meter, wind speed meter, compass and other weather measuring instruments, and an alarm bell is suspended for the city's assembly and alarm. There are also 8 mercury sunlamps around the top of the monument.

The East and west sides of the people's Liberation Monument walk on eight steps paved with granite for tourists to visit. There are painted iron railings around the pedestal, and the stage is a place for festival review and artistic performance.

Cultural relics

Engrave

Embedded outside the pedestal, the steles are engraved with the following Inscriptions: order of Ming Dynasty to make Chongqing the capital of the people's Republic of China, inscription on the victory of the Anti Japanese War written by Wu Dingchang, and articles on Chongqing's contribution to the Anti Japanese War written by Zhang Qun. Facing the National Road, the front of the monument is engraved with seven official script characters of "memorial tablet for the victory of the Anti Japanese War", inscribed by Zhang Dulun. The inscription at the bottom of the name of the tablet is "Liu Bocheng's title on the first national day of 1950".

Photo

There were pictures of the heroes of the Anti Japanese War, the great achievements of the war and the surrender of Japan on the monument of the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the memorial Gallery of the people's liberation. After the liberation of Chongqing, the monument of the people's liberation was rebuilt, the original structure of the monument was preserved, and the relief pattern was changed into the image and decorative pattern of the soldiers of the people's Liberation Army.

Tablet Inscription

Under the monument to the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the monument to the people's liberation, there are commemorative steles given by various provinces and cities, and steles given by celebrities. The translation of the scroll given by US President Roosevelt to Chongqing in 1943 is also engraved on the wall of the victory corridor. A 138.5cm-long and 93.5cm-wide tablet of Jiefangbei central shopping plaza, which was erected by Yuzhong District People's Government of Chongqing on December 27, 1997 when Jiefangbei central shopping plaza was completed and officially opened, lies on the back in the flower garden on the South first floor of the Anti Japanese War Victory Monument and people's Liberation Monument.

protective measures

On May 20, 1997, in order to implement the image project of Chongqing municipality directly under the central government, Chongqing Municipal People's government decided to build a shopping mall with Jiefangbei as the center, and carry out protective maintenance and renovation of Jiefangbei.

In the renovation project, the eight columns of the monument to the people's Liberation were restored, the iron railings around the pedestal were removed, and the maple leaf red marble was installed on the three-layer pedestal, which not only highlighted the memorial significance of putting the monument, but also integrated with the commercial center; the grindstone platform on the pedestal was replaced with granite, and the three-layer trapezoidal and banded flower bed was set around the pedestal, and the flower bed was surrounded by granite All kinds of potted flowers are mainly accompanied by evergreen plants; four milky mushroom flower stands and four milky three-dimensional decorative lanterns are installed on the pedestal.

On April 16, 1991, Jiefangbei was declared as a provincial cultural relic protection unit by Sichuan Provincial People's government.

On September 7, 2000, Jiefangbei was announced by Chongqing Municipal People's government as one of the first batch of municipal cultural relics protection units.

In May 2013, the memorial to the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the people's Liberation Monument were listed as the "Seventh Batch of national key cultural relics protection units".

Cultural Activity

On December 24, 2008, more than 180000 people listened to the Ping'an bell at the Liberation Monument, setting a Guinness record.

On January 1, 2015, Jiefangbei held a new year's bell ringing activity to welcome the new year.

On September 28, 2016, the movie "passing by from all over the world" held its premiere under the Liberation Monument. As a landmark building, Jiefangbei appeared more than five times in the film.

On December 31, 2017, a large number of Chongqing people gathered at the Liberation Monument to listen to the new year's bell and welcome the arrival of 2018 new year.

On July 19, 2019, nearly a thousand people in Jiefangbei will flash to sing "me and my motherland" together to welcome the 70th anniversary of the founding of new China.

On September 13, more than 1000 citizens and tourists sang "me and my motherland" at Jiefangbei.

On the evening of September 20, the premiere of the film "captain China" was held at Jiefangbei.

Value significance

The monument to the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the monument to the people's Liberation symbolize China's victory in the anti fascist war, and it is also an important witness of the Chinese people's liberation.

The monument to the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the monument to the people's Liberation went through different historical stages, such as the Anti Japanese War, the war of liberation and the construction of new China. It is closely related to the urban development and social change of Chongqing, and also closely related to the life of Chongqing citizens. It has important historical relics value and practical utilization value.

First, the Jiefang tablet was originally a memorial tablet for the victory of the Anti Japanese war. From the perspective of historical origin, it is very popular

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