China - Beijing - Tourists outside The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall

Crowds of Chinese tourists gather outside the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, commonly known as the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong or the Mao Mausoleum, is the final resting place of Mao Zedong, chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death in 1976. The mausoleum is located in the middle of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)