A golden statue of Mao Zedong, the founder of the People’s Republic of China, has taken shape in a village of Henan Province in central China. The statue is 36.6 meters tall and cost almost 3 million yuan. Locals said several rural entrepreneurs and residents raised the money for the statue. This 120-foot-tall gold-painted statue of Chairman Mao has been built in Tongxu County, Henan Province, China. The giant statue is an homage to the late communist leader and cost roughly $460,000 USD. The statue is located in a province that lost millions of people when hit with famine in the 1950’s as a direct result of Mao’s campaign, the Great Leap Forward.
