[6] The entire monument is located in Du Post Street Square, Minquan Road, and covers a circular plot of 20 metres in diameter, constituting the following:[7] 1.
Along the staircase is a victory corridor, displaying oiled faces of war heroes and the signatures of the Japanese surrender.
The wall of the monument has a commemorative steel tube, containing the design drawings of the project and the signatures of the individuals involved, along with representative cultural masterpieces, newspapers, stamps, and banknotes.
At the intersection of the four narrow lanes of the post office, there was a vacant area of only a few dozen square metres, known as "Dashizi", which is now the centre of Jiefangbei.
[9] The former location of the monument was initially occupied by a seven-foot-tall wooden structure known as the Spiritual Fortress, which took on the form of a square conical turret and was erected in November 1940 before being dismantled in October 1946.
On 12 March 1940, the National Government hosted the construction of the " Corporate signboard" in the centre of the Duoyou Street Square in Chongqing, which was completed on 31 December 1941.
On October 31, 1946, the foundation stone for the new monument was laid at the original site of the "Spirit Fortress" bomb crater.
In December of that year, construction work began on a reinforced concrete structure with an octagonal column and helmet roof to replace the old monument.
[10] In the Liberation Monument, a letter from US President Roosevelt to the people of Chongqing on the occasion of the victory in World War II is still in place.