The embalmed body of Mao Zedong has been on display at his mausoleum in the center of Tiananmen Square since 1977, where people converge to pay their respects to the communist revolutionary and ...

Incidentally, it’s said that Mao Zedong’s remains are also in poor repair. His embalmed body lies on public display in a dimly lit chamber in an enormous memorial hall in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

It rests in a glass sarcophagus in the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi and is a popular destination for tourists. MAO ZEDONG: Embalmed body of the founding father of the People´s Republic of China was ...