
At the same time construction of a museum that will showcase personal possessions of the late Chairman Mao Zedong and other related relics has begun in his hometown of Shaoshan in central China’s Hunan Province.
Occupying an area of more than five hectares, the museum will house some 6,500 of Mao’s personal items, including official documents, poems, stationery and even his old washbasin. But only 700 exhibits, 500 of which are being displayed for the first time, will be on display. The rest will be put in storage.
It is scheduled to be completed before the end of December to mark the 113th anniversary of the birth of Mao.
The museum, estimated to cost RMB150 million (about $18.9 million) to build, will be open to visitors next year. World Hum and China.org.cn report that Mao, who was born in Shaoshan, spent much of his youth in Shaoshan.
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