Chollima Statue

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| location = Pyongyang, North Korea

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| material = Granite and bronze

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| dedicated_to = Chollima Movement

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{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 천리마동상

| hanja = 千里馬銅像

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| mr = Ch'ŏllima Dongsang

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The Chollima Statue ({{Korean|hangul=천리마동상|context=north}}) is a monument on {{ill|Mansu Hill|ko|만수대}} in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The monument symbolizes the "Chollima speed" of the Chollima Movement. The legendary winged horse Chollima depicted by the monument is said to travel 1,000 ri (400 km) a day.{{cite book|last=Corfield|first=Justin |title=Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5zKWBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA32|date=1 December 2014|publisher=Anthem Press|location=London/New York|isbn=978-1-78308-341-1|pages=32–33}}

History

The monument was constructed as a gift to Kim Il Sung.{{Cite web | title = Nordkorea-Bildband: Verboten schön | trans-title = North Korea Image Gallery: Forbidden Beauty | work = Spiegel Online | date = 15 June 2011 | accessdate = 15 October 2015 | url = http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/nordkorea-bildband-fotostrecke-109186-11.html | language = de|page=11}} It was built by the Merited Sculpture Production Company of the Mansudae Art Studio.{{cite magazine|author=Kim Kyong-hui|date=March 2013|title=Prestigious Sculpture Production Company|magazine=Democratic People's Republic of Korea|issue=687|page=21|issn=1727-9208}} The statue was unveiled on 15 April 1961, the 49th birthday of Kim Il Sung. The impetus to build the monument was Kim Il Sung's speech "Let Us Further Develop Popular Art" given to rural amateur artist groups on 7 March 1961.{{cite book|author=Kim Il-sung|title=Kim Il Sung: Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLZxAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Foreign Languages Publishing House|location=Pyongyang|page=42}} The Chollima Statue was awarded the People's Prize.{{cite web |url=http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2006/200604/news04/17.htm |archive-date=12 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012092230/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2006/200604/news04/17.htm |title=Chollima Statue, Symbol of Juche Korea |author= |date=15 April 2006 |website=KCNA |publisher= |access-date=7 October 2015}}

Features

The monument is 46 meters tall in total. The sculpture stands 14 meters high and is 16 meters long. The two figures riding the Chollima, a male worker and a woman peasant, are 7 meters and 6.5 meters tall, respectively. The worker raises the "Red Letter" of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and the peasant holds a sheaf of rice.{{cite AV media|title=Chollima Statue|location=Pyongyang|publisher=Foreign Languages Publishing House|work=Naenara|date=n.d.|time=1:00|url=http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/video/?chonlima+720+405)|access-date=13 February 2016}}Pyongyang's Monuments and Architecture Archived 2018-03-23 at the Wayback Machine. The figures are made of bronze, while the base is granite.

Chollima Statue

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