This image hangs on the Tiananmen Gate (Wikipedia) |
On this day in 1949, classics writer Chairman Mao Zedong stood on the "Gate of Heavenly Peace" (Tiananmen) and declared the founding of the People's Republic of China--an event which had actually happened about 10 days earlier. Happy birthday, PRC, my home for over 11 years!
(A seriously light day in "classics history," by the way.)
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