What is the symbolic meaning of the Statue of Liberty?

The Statue of Liberty, a symbol of freedom, was a gift from France in 1876 to the American independence 100. 1In June, 885, the Statue of Liberty was packed and shipped to new york. 1886 10, and then American President Cleveland personally presided over the unveiling ceremony in new york.

The steel bracket inside the bronze statue was designed and manufactured by architect Villepoduc and French engineer gustave eiffel, who later built the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The whole bronze statue takes 120 tons of steel as the skeleton, 80 tons of copper as the outer skin, and 300,000 rivets are assembled and fixed on the bracket.

The spiral staircase inside the Statue of Liberty enables visitors to climb the top of it, which is equivalent to climbing a 12-story building. The Statue of Liberty was placed on a 46-meter-high concrete pedestal, which was built by the famous capitalist Joseph Pulitzer at a cost of 654.38 million US dollars. This pedestal has become a museum of American immigration history.

On the pedestal of the granite statue, a well-known sonnet "The New Giant" by American poetess Hermana Saroqi is engraved: "Let those people who are exhausted and penniless after a long journey because they are eager to breathe free air snuggle up to each other and throw themselves into my arms! I stand at the Golden Gate, holding high the lamp of freedom. "

Architectural type

The Statue of Liberty is dressed in ancient Greek-style clothes (ancient Roman robes), wearing a radiant crown, and the thorns at the tips of the seven apexes symbolize the seven continents of the world. The waist width of the Statue of Liberty is10.6m, and the mouth width is 9 1 cm. The right hand of the torch symbolizing freedom is held high 12.8m,12 people can stand on the edge of the torch.

He holds a legal classic in his left hand, and the words "1July 4, 776" are engraved on the cover, which symbolizes the declaration of independence signed on this day; At the foot are broken handcuffs, fetters and chains, symbolizing freedom from tyranny.

And its posture is like an ancient Greek beauty, which makes people feel kind and natural. When night falls, the light on the pedestal of the statue shines upward, making the goddess look like a light blue jade carving.