On this day, 76 years ago, on September 30, 1949 (August 9, 1949 lunar calendar), the foundation stone was laid for the Monument to the People's Heroes. Mao Zedong laid the foundation stone for the monument. On September 30, 1949, the foundation stone was laid for the Monument to the People's Heroes. Zhou Enlai proposed at the first session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference that "the Monument to the People's Heroes who sacrificed for the country be built in Tiananmen Square," which was unanimously approved by the delegates. On September 30, after the closing ceremony, all the delegates held the groundbreaking ceremony of the Monument to the People's Heroes outside Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. Zhou Enlai addressed the presidium on behalf of the presidium and said: "The first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference called on the people to commemorate the dead and inspire the living. We have specially decided to build a monument to the After Chairperson Mao Zedong read the inscription, he shoveled soil with a shovel in his hand to show respect for the martyrs. The inscription was written by Mao Zedong and written by Zhou Enlai. The inscription reads: "Over the past three years, the people's heroes who died in the People's Liberation War and the People's Revolution will be immortalized! Over the past 30 years, the people's heroes who died in the People's Liberation War and the People's Revolution will be immortalized! This goes back to 1840 years. From then on, in order to oppose internal and external enemies and strive for national independence and people's freedom and happiness, the people's heroes who died in the past struggles will be immortalized!" On September 30, 1949, Zhou Enlai addressed the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Monument to the People's Heroes