The Chollima Statue (Korean: 천리마동상) is a monument on Mansu Hill [ko] in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The monument symbolizes the "Chollima speed" of the Chollima Movement. The legendary winged horse Chollima depicted by the monument is said to travel 1,000 ri (400 km) a day.[1]
The monument is 46 meters tall in total. The sculpture stands 14 meters high and is 16 meters long. The two figures riding the Chollima, a worker and a woman peasant, are 7 meters and 6.5 meters tall, respectively.[1] The worker raises a document from the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the peasant holds a sheaf of rice.[6] The figures are made of bronze, while the base is granite.[5]
^"Nordkorea-Bildband: Verboten schön" [North Korea Image Gallery: Forbidden Beauty]. Spiegel Online (in German). 15 June 2011. p. 11. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
^Kim Kyong-hui (March 2013). "Prestigious Sculpture Production Company". Democratic People's Republic of Korea. No. 687. p. 21. ISSN1727-9208.