What is the historical significance of the Erqi Memorial Tower?

Erqi Memorial Tower, built to commemorate the Erqi strike, 1923, is the full name of Zhengzhou Erqi Strike Memorial Tower.

Located in Erqi Square, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, it is built in 197 1, with reinforced concrete structure. It is a unique antique conjoined twin towers in China, and it is a memorial building built to commemorate the strike of Beijing-Han railway workers.

Structure:

Zhengzhou Erqi Memorial Tower is a two-body parallel tower with a total height of 63 meters, with a total of 14 floors, of which the tower foundation is a three-story tower with a reinforced concrete structure of 1 1 floor. The tower is novel, unique and magnificent, with the characteristics of China national architecture. The top corner of each floor is an antique cornice with green glazed tiles.

There is a bell tower at the top of the tower, with six big clocks, 2.7 meters in diameter, and the music "Dongfanghong" is played on the hour. There is a red five-star on the bell tower. The plane of the tower is two pentagons connected with the east and the west, which is a single tower from the east and a double tower from the north and south. There is a tunnel at the bottom of the tower that passes through the square and communicates with the crossing.

The Erqi Memorial Tower is now called Erqi Memorial Hall. There are 10 tower hall and 1 basement hall in the museum, and various historical relics, pictures and written materials of the "February 27th" strike are displayed in the tower. A total of 14 floors "Erqi Memorial Tower" is an important symbol of Zhengzhou, which is listed in the List of Famous Modern Buildings in Zhengzhou.

It is a famous memorial building protected at home and abroad. "If you haven't been to Erqi Tower, then you haven't been to Zhengzhou." This sentence is almost a household name in Zhengzhou, which also makes the "Erqi Tower" a landmark building in Zhengzhou.