Hier ontkomt geen enkele bezoeker van Korea aan: het beeld van de Grote Leider President Kim Il Sung. Het beeld is strategisch gepositioneerd op de top van de Mansu heuvel, pal voor het Koreaans Revolutiemuseum. Op deze wijze is het beeld vanuit grote delen van de stad te zien. Een van de mooiste zichtlijnen van Pyongyang is vanuit het Teadonggang district, over de rivier naar dit beeld. Bij een bezoek aan het beeld dient men een bloemetje mee te nemen (toevallig loop je altijd langs een prachtige Koreaanse die voor een paar dollar een boeket verkoopt). Dit bloemetje legt men aan de voeten van de Grote Leider, waarna men een buiging maakt voor de Grote leider.

"The Korean people erected the Grand Monument on Mansu Hill in April 1972 from their unanimous desire and aspiration to have the immortal revolutionary exploits of the great leader Comrade Kim ILSung remembered for all time and to carry forward and consummate the revolutionary cause of Juche which he initiated. This grand monument is composed of the bronze statue of Comrade Kim IL Sung, monuments and murals. The statue shows his majestic figure looking far ahead, with his left hand resting on his waist and his right hand raised to indicate the road for the people to follow. The mosaic figure of Mt. Paektu which forms the background to the statue is 70 metres long and 12.85 metres high. It symbolizes the glorious revolutionary traditions which he created. The large monuments standing on either side of the statue represent the period of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, socialist revolution and socialist construction. They are 22.5 metres high and 50 metres long each. The sculptural groups are 5 metres high on an average and their total length is 200 metres. The memorial to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle stands to the right of the statue. In its canter are red banners with 119 sculptures in relief around it. The memorial to the socialist revolution and building of socialism stands to the left of the statue. In the center of the monument a red banner is raised high and in its rear on both sides the flags of the Workers' Party of Korea and of the Republic and placards inscribed with "Long live General Kim IL Sung!" and "Let us drive out US imperialism and reunify the country!" stand. Around them are carved 109 figures showing the socialist revolution and construction carried out by the Korean people. And in the rear of this group there is a six-men group portraying the world revolution and the anti-imperialist and anti-US struggle. The pedestal on which the sculptural groups stand, grows progressively higher from the back to the front, and the size of the figures increases so that the indomitable fighting spirit of our people who are moving forward and the development of our revolution along the road of victory are emphasized. And the flag is shown fluttering and the colour of the red flag is accentuated by using a reddish brown natural stone, so that the revolutionary flag of Juche is represented in depth. The Grand Monument on Mansu Hill makes a perfectly harmonious formative ensemble because of the proper arrangement of the sculptural groups against the background of Mt. Paektu mosaicked on the wall, and the position and size of the monument selected in due consideration of the topographical conditions and environment of Mansu Hill."