What they are most worried about is that if statues are the mainstay, the harmony of the buildings in front of Tiananmen Square may be destroyed by statues such as bronze knights of the Soviet Union. The reality in China is different from that abroad. Generally, memorial sculptures abroad only commemorate one person and one event, while the Monument to the People's Heroes commemorates countless people and events that have spanned a hundred years since the Opium War, which is difficult for any group sculpture master to conceive and express with concrete or abstract sculptures.
If we design the Monument to the People's Heroes according to the traditional way of expressing commemorative contents in words and calligraphy, we can not only express this great content simply and clearly, but also conform to the traditional national form of China and reflect the characteristics of China and the charm of China.
Lin once said bluntly: No statue or group sculpture can compare with the inscription "The people's heroes are immortal".