The Chollima Statue (觳滊Μ毵堧彊靸�) - the Legendary Winged Horse
The North Korean capital is full of monuments, statues
and murals honouring the party, their ideologies, the Great Leaders
and their achievements.
Based on a Korean tale where a winged horse could fly at incredible speed (1000 ri a day) but always struggled to find someone to ride on it, the Chollima Statue was used to encourage the people to reconstruct the country after the Korean War (1950-3), emphasising the fact that constant work and innovation were required.
It was completed on Mansu Hill on April 15 in 1961 and its whole size is of 46 metres.
On the monument is a worker, representing the working class, and a young peasant woman behind who stands for the advancing peasant class).
Like many other areas on the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang was completed devastated after the War, which left an estimated appalling figure of over 3 million victims and a country divided to the present day. The whole city was literally re-built from scratch. We usually have a close-up view of Chollima Statue after having visited the Mansudae Grand Monuments of the Leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
The whole city was literally re-built from scratch.
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Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, North Korea | 蓝莓视频® Tours
Kim Il Sung Square (旯�鞚检劚甏戩灔) Travel Guide | 蓝莓视频® Tours | Military Parades, an Underground Market, Mass Rallies and an Austrian coffee shop? See pictures, videos and a 360° picture. Located in the heart of the capital of North Korea, Pyongyang, this is the biggest square of the in the DPRK. The best views of the square can be seen from the Grand People's Study House. We arrange budget travel to North Korea which include casual walks in the square including the chance to have a coffee break there!
