May Thirtieth Movement Monument
 The monument in 2015 | |
| Location | Shanghai, China |
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The May Thirtieth Movement Monument is an outdoor sculpture and memorial commemorating to the May Thirtieth movement, installed at People's Park in Shanghai, China.
Description and history[]
The steel sculpture was installed just south of Nanjing Road in the 1990s. It depicts a flame and the two characters for 五 and 卅. Behind the sculpture is a bas relief explaining, in Chinese, the events that took place in 1925.[1]
Reception[]
In 2008, Shanghaiist wrote, "we wouldn't recommend it. The city's homeless population apparently fails to grasp the monument's historical richness and instead tend to use its relative seclusion to literally take a piss on their shared heritage. But, in the spirit of the monument, it's kind of fitting the way underclasses are making their voices heard. Power to the people, right on."[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Sandhaus, Derek (30 May 2008). "Today in Shanghai History: The May 30th Movement". Shanghaaist. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
External links[]
Media related to May Thirtieth Movement Monument at Wikimedia Commons
- 1990s establishments in China
- 20th-century sculptures
- Huangpu District, Shanghai
- Outdoor sculptures in Shanghai
- Steel sculptures in China