South of the Monument to the People's Heroes is Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. The foyer houses a seated figure of Chairman Mao in white marble. Behind it is a 7-by-24-metre needlepoint woolen tapestry “Such a beauty is our motherland.” In the second room, Chairman Mao's remains recline in a crystal coffin, with the red flag of the Communist Party of China draped over his body. The building was completed in 1977.       
      Currently, the remains of late Chairman Mao are mechanically raised from a freezer for viewing, then lowered again at night.
Sculptures
      The sculpture groups are 6 to 8 metres high and 7 to 15 metres long. The two on the north side are designed on the theme “Great Contributions,” representing what the Chinese people achieved in the last half century under the leadership of Chairman Mao. Those on the south side have as their theme “Carry Out Chairman Mao's Behest,” expressing the Chinese people's determination to act on his behest and carry the cause the cause of our proletarian revolution through to the end.