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Photo taken in Changping, Beijing, China
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The statue is li zi cheng李自成 In April 1644, Li's rebels sacked the Ming capital of Beijing, and the last Ming emperor committed suicide. He proclaimed himself as the Emperor of Shun Dynasty (大順皇帝), that made people called him Shunwang (Thunder/Great King). After his army was defeated on May 27, 1644 by the Manchus and Wu Sangui( also see Battle of Shanhai Pass), Li Zicheng fled Beijing towards his power base in Shaanxi; after a number of defeats, he ultimately died either by committing suicide off of a Lotus tree or was killed by pro-Ming militia during his escape at the age of 40. Some folk tales hold that Li didn't die upon defeat, but instead became a monk.