The China Millennium Monument Located to the west of Chang’an (Eternal Peace)Boulevard, and the Military Museum on the north side of Fuxing Road, the 4.5-hectare(11.12 acres) area incorporates an elegant dome-shaped structure which is approached along a bronze-clad walk-way through a landscaped square within the building structure is a major meeting hall and the memorial site is dotted with special statues and sculptures. Construction of China Millennium Monument began on March 2, 1999, and the end of 1999 completed it. The monument is an embodiment of China’s splendid national culture and its ancient civilization. It is a centre of patriotic education and international cultural exchange. The monument is also a symbol of the unification of the nation to celebrate the return of Macao. And it is also China’s symbolic memorial building to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and greet the new millennium. Needle points way to millennium Workers hoisted up the Spatio-Temporal Needle, a 27-metre-high metal column weighing 17 tons, in BEIJING ON November 20, 1999. The column, which took four hours to install, stands right in the middle of the China Millennium Monument, which was built for a celebration on December 31, 1999. Millennium Bell Workers hanged a newly made copper bell named the Millennium Bell at Beijing China Millennium Monument on December 22,1999. The 3.4-metre-wide, 6.8-metre- high bell weights 50 tons and was rung to celebrate the new millennium.