The painting, "Founding Ceremony of People's Republic of China," was created by Dong Xiwen in 1952.

The painting depicts the moment Mao Zedong declared establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on October 1, 1949.

On September 21, 1949, the 1st Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held in Beiping (now Beijing).

At the meeting, the Common Program of the CPPCC was passed and adopted as the provisional constitution, which stipulated the official name, capital city, national anthem, national emblem and the calendar of the People's Republic of China.

Mao Zedong was elected chairman of the Central People's Government Committee of the PRC, and October 1st was made the National Day.

On October 1, 1949, 300,000 soldiers and local citizens gathered in Tian'anmen Square to attend the founding ceremony.

Mao Zedong solemnly declared: "The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China has been founded!"

Subsequently, the first five-star red flag was raised in the square as 54 guns representing the 54 ethnic groups fired 28 times, symbolizing that the Chinese people led by CPC had finally gained the victory of the New-Democratic Revolution of China after 28 years of struggle.

The founding of the People's Republic was a momentous event in Chinese history, and it shows the victory of the Chinese people's anti-imperialist and anti-feudal new democratic revolution under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

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