On this day, 26 years ago, on December 31, 1999 (November 24, 1999 in the lunar calendar), the "China Millennium Monument" monument was unveiled. At 23:49 on December 31, 1999, the "China Millennium Monument" monument was unveiled. After the red curtain was lifted, a huge white marble stele was displayed in front of the world. The inscription stele of "China Millennium Monument" is located at the southernmost entrance of the Millennium Monument. It is a stone stele with a length of 9 meters, a height of 1.6 meters and a weight of 34.6 tons. The stone stele is made of granite as the base and white marble as the body. On the front are the five golden characters "Chinese Century Altar" inscribed by Jiang Zemin, and on the back is engraved with the "Preface to the Chinese Century Altar". The "Preface to the China Millennium Monument" was written by Zhu Xiangyuan, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic National Construction Association, Vice Chairman of the Beijing City CPPCC, and Deputy Director of the China Millennium Monument Organizing Committee, who initiated and creatively built the Millennium Monument. This 283-word essay summarizes the profound meaning of various parts of the Millennium Monument and the ups and downs of the Chinese nation. The China Millennium Monument, which was built in November 1998, was described by China media as a combination of "traditional culture" and "modern art." It is located at the western end of Chang 'an Street in Beijing, between the Revolutionary Military Museum and CCTV. It covers an area of 4.5 hectares and faces south from north, facing Yuyuantan in the north, and facing Beijing West Railway Station in the south. The construction area of the China Millennium Monument reaches a total of 3 and a half hectares and is divided into the altar body, the Time and Space Probe, the Sacred Flame Square, the Bronze Corridor, the Cross-Street Bridge, the Century Hall, the Art Hall and other parts. At the southernmost entrance of the Century Monument, there is a white marble monument 9 meters long, 1.05 meters high, and weighing about 35 tons. It is said to be the largest in the world. The five characters inscribed by Jiang Zemin are engraved on it. On the north side of the monument is a sunken circular square one meter lower than the ground and a diameter of 35 meters. In the center of the square is a square sacred fire platform. In the future, the natural gas exported from Shaanxi to Beijing will always ignite the "sacred fire", indicating that Chinese civilization will never be extinguished. There are also two running water on both sides of the circular square, symbolizing the Yangtze River and Yellow River. Further north is a ground corridor 270 meters long and 15 meters wide. A 3-meter-wide bronze road is also embedded in the center, engraved with a history of 5000 years, symbolizing the five thousand years of Chinese nation culture. There are still small streams on the embossed, implying the continuous history of the Chinese nation. The main building, which is 39 meters high, shows a process from concave to flat and convex in line of sight. The designer's intention is to give people a sense of advancement. The circular main building is divided into two underground floors and three above-ground floors, with a diameter of 85 meters. It has a fixed corridor and a rotating altar surface, and slopes towards the south. The rotating altar weighs 3200 tons and is reported to be the largest and heaviest rotating altar in the world. On the Century Monument, there is a circular performance stage with a diameter of 14 meters, which can perform large-scale open-air performances such as literature and art, songs and dances, and symphonies. The steps on the inclined surface become the spectator stands and can accommodate nearly a thousand people. The main body of the Century Monument can rotate for one week every hour. It is called "Qian" and represents heaven. The static corridors on both sides are called "Kun", which represents the place. Century altar is based on the ancient "dial"(sound gui3, an ancient instrument for observing the sun's shadows to determine the moment). Standing on the rotating altar stands a huge "space-time probe" 27.6 meters high and weighing 17 tons. It is at a 45-degree angle to the horizontal plane and points obliquely to the blue sky. Attached to the "Preface to the Chinese Millennium Monument": The wind is strong and the tide is strong. Flood totem dragon, fire nirvana phoenix. The sacred fire of civilization, which has never been eliminated through the ages, is the only one unparalleled; it coexists with heaven and earth, and cultivates the sun and moon with the same light. Chinese culture has a long history, extensive and profound, and is outstanding and brilliant. Strolling through the three-hundred-meter corridor, you can see the vicissitudes of five thousand years. The country has passed for thousands of years, and the ancestors have passed for hundreds of generations; there have been many ups and downs, and there have been many ups and downs. The classics of sages and sages are as vast as a sea; the four great inventions are shared by the world. Remembering the long years and gathering thoughts. Looking back on modern times, in 36,000 years, I have experienced national suffering and experienced changes. The flames of war and smoke are burning the mountains and rivers. Turn the tide by falling, and support the building by broken beams. Spring is green again in China, and China is shining in the sun. Climbing the altar and looking far away: There were ancient people in front of them, shining with stars; Later, there were heroes and heroes. Look at the rotation of heaven and earth: the spirit of perseverance and self-improvement; the spirit of tolerance, the magnanimity of virtue and the magnanimity of carrying things. Carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future, and be majestic. Establish democracy, promote civilization, seek unity, and strive for prosperity. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will surely be Shu Tianzhao Hui, magnificent East. Centuries meet, people admire, a total of Xiangsheng, built altar Liufang, show future generations, never forget.