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Lennon Wall refers to the artistic form of expressions in the protest. Lennon Wall Hong Kong literally refers to the democratic mosaic wall created during the Umbrella Movement,〔(Hong Kong Has Its Own ‘Lennon Wall’ To Show Support For Protests )〕 located at Central Government Complex, Harcourt Road, Admiralty, which is one of the main landmarks in the occupation area of Admiralty and one of the major arts of the Umbrella Movement as collective artistic works demanding democracy in the election of the territory’s top leader. It was a wall full of colourful post-it notes (more than ten thousands pieces) with people’s written messages on democracy and universal suffrage. Post types included epigrams, lyrics, foreign words and graphics. It was a wall of encouragement and solidarity. Following the end of the occupation, most of the arts were removed from its original positions while many protesters and citizens had been trying to re-create some of the arts, especially the Lennon Wall Hong Kong,〔(Hong Kong protesters to rebuild ‘Lennon Wall’ )〕 which aroused further issues such as the dispute in which a fourteen-year-old girl being arrested for drawing flowers on the wall with a chalk.〔(Teen arrested for drawing with chalk on wall at Hong Kong protest site )〕 ==Origin== Lennon Wall initially is a wall in Prague, Czech Republic, which has been filled with John Lennon-inspired graffiti and pieces of lyrics from the Beatles' songs. In 1988, this wall has become the way for expressing the irritation for the communist regime of Gustáv Husák. Since 1980s, the wall has been continuously undergoing changes while the original portrait of Lennon is long lost under layers of new paint. Nowadays, the wall in Prague represents the symbol of global ideals such as love and peace, which inspired the wall appeared on the walls of the stairs to Hong Kong Central Government Complex on Harcourt Road during the Umbrella Movement, with citizens posting colourful post-it notes with their democratic wishes for Hong Kong. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lennon Wall (Hong Kong)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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