Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A1193-O308

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A1193-O308

Release Date: February 24, 2019

发布日：2019年2月24日

Topic: Building a Resting Place for the Souls of the "June 4th" Massacre, the World's Largest Tiananmen Monument Unveiled in California (VOA report)

标题：为"六四"亡灵打造安息之所，世界最大天安门纪念碑加州落成（美国之音报道）

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Building a Resting Place for the Souls of the "June 4th" Massacre, the World's Largest Tiananmen Monument Unveiled in California

-- VOA report

The world's largest monument commemorating the 1989 Democracy Movement on Tiananmen Square was unveiled in California, USA, on Saturday (February 23). Nearly 200 people who supported the cause of democracy and freedom in China came from all over the world to attend the unveiling ceremony. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the "June 4th" massacre.

The main body of the monument consists of two giant numbers, 6 and 4, strikingly located off Interstate 15 connecting Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

The monument's creator and sculptor Chen Weiming told VOA that he and several friends joined forces to buy the 36-acre land, which is called the Liberty Sculpture Park with the theme of democracy, freedom and human rights, commemorating the souls of Communist victims in the world.

Talking about the design concept of the "June 4th" monument, Chen Weiming said: "This sculpture is 6.4 meters high, plus a 2.5-meter pedestal, for a total of exactly 8.9 meters high, with the meaning of commemorating the June 4 Massacre in 1989. This park is 6,400 miles from Beijing, China, with its azimuth angle to be 64 degrees."

Chen Weiming said that in the future, they will also engrave the names of more than 200 people known to be killed during the June 4th Massacre that were collected by Ding Zilin, a "Tiananmen Mother", on the back of the monument base to let them be remembered by the world.

Thirty years ago, the Chinese government used machine guns and tanks to suppress the people's demands of ending corruption and peaceful demonstrations for democracy and freedom, which caused a bloody tragedy that shocked the world.

Chen Weiming said: "We don't want to forget the tragedy that occurred on 'June 4' 30 years ago. That is the pain in the hearts of Chinese people."

Fang Zheng, both of whose legs were crushed by tanks during the June 4 massacre, came to the scene with his eldest daughter. He said that such an occasion reminded him of the souls who died under the tanks of the Communist regime in LiuBuKou of Beijing.

"They never had a chance to see all this. What we survivors can do is to let everyone not forget about them," Fang Zheng said.

Wei Jingsheng, a senior Chinese human rights activist in exile in the United States, said to the people assembled there: "For 30 years, we have not forgotten. We are continuously striving hard. There will be one day when freedom and democracy is realized in China."

The monument was unveiled 100 days before the 30th anniversary of the "June 4th" and thus also ushered in a series of commemorative events this year.

Chen Weiming told the Voice of America that a tank sculpture he is creating will meet the public on June 3. In the future, two to three large-scale sculptures will be completed every year. It is planned to build a memorial hall in the Liberty Sculpture Park five years later, on the 35th anniversary of the "June 4th" Massacre, to commemorate those who died of communist persecution.

"This will be their resting place," he said.

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Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A1193-O308

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A1193-O308

Release Date: February 24, 2019

发布日：2019年2月24日

Topic: Building a Resting Place for the Souls of the "June 4th" Massacre, the World's Largest Tiananmen Monument Unveiled in California (VOA report)

标题：为"六四"亡灵打造安息之所，世界最大天安门纪念碑加州落成（美国之音报道）

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为"六四"亡灵打造安息之所，世界最大天安门纪念碑加州落成

-- 美国之音报道

全世界最大的89天安门纪念碑星期六（2月23日）在美国加州落成。近200名支持中国民主自由事业的人士从各地赶来出席了当天的揭幕仪式。今年是"六四"大屠杀30周年。

纪念碑的主体由"64"两个巨型数字组成，醒目地坐落在连接洛杉矶和拉斯维加斯的15号州际公路旁。

纪念碑的创作者、雕塑家陈维明告诉美国之音，他和几个朋友合力买下这块36英亩（218亩）的土地，将把这里打造成以民主、自由、人权为主题的"自由雕塑公园"，纪念世界各地共产主义受难者的亡灵。

谈及"六四"纪念碑的设计构想，陈维明说："这个雕塑本身高6.4米，加上2.5米的基座，刚好是8.9米，含义就是纪念89六四。这个公园离中国北京刚好是6400英里，方位倾角是64度。"

陈维明说，未来他们还将在纪念碑基座背面刻下"天安门母亲"丁子霖收集的200多名"六四"死难者的名字，让他们为世人铭记。

30年前，中国政府以机枪和坦克镇压了民众要求结束腐败，争取民主自由的和平示威，造成了震惊世界的血腥惨案。

陈维明说："我们不想遗忘30年前发生在'六四'的惨案，那是中国人心中的伤痛。"

在六四屠杀中被碾断坦克双腿的方政带着大女儿来到现场。他说，这样的场合让他想到那些在北京六部口中共坦克下逝去的亡灵。

"他们再也没有机会看到这一切。我们这些幸存者所能做就是让大家不要忘了他们，"方政说。

流亡美国的资深中国人权活动家魏京生对现场的观众说："30年了，我们并没有忘记，大家还在继续努力，总有一天中国会实现自由民主。"

纪念碑落成这天距离"六四"30周年纪念日刚好还有100天，也为今年一系列的纪念活动拉开了帷幕。

陈维明对美国之音说，他正在创作的坦克人雕塑将于6月3日与公众见面。未来每年都会有两至三个大型雕塑落成，计划在五年后，即"六四"35周年纪念日时在"自由雕塑公园"建起一个纪念馆，专门纪念那些被共产主义迫害致死的冤魂。

"这里会是他们的安息之所，"他说。

报道的原始链接：

https://www.voachinese.com/a/tiananmen-monument-unveil-ceremony-20190224/4801740.html