Portraits overlooking Tiananmen

A hand-painted, framed, oil portrait of Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Mao Zedong overlooks Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Measuring 6 × 4.5 metres and weighing up to 1.5 metric tons, it is the largest hand-painted portrait in Asia. Made partly of fiberglass and reinforced plastic, the portrait is replaced every year ahead of China's National Day on October 1.

While the portrait of Mao is standardized today, there have been at least nine other versions. Most were made and used during the early People's Republic, with the current version having been created sometime during the Cultural Revolution.

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