BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- More than 4,000 representatives from all walks of life attended a ceremony to pay tribute to deceased national heroes at the Monument to the People's Heroes at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing Monday morning.

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Among them were elderly veterans and retired senior officials, relatives of martyrs, honorees of national medals and honorary titles, participants to a Sept. 27 gathering to honor national role models for ethnic unity and progress, as well as students and children.