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 Wearing Red in Tiananmen
Square, Beijing by jumpingnorman
Tiananmen, translated in Chinese, as the Gate of Heavenly Peace is ironically the site of the brutal repression of massive demonstration for democratic reform on June 3-4, 1989. It did serve as a suburban residence for emperors, a place in the countryside yet near the capital.
This is considered the largest public square in the world and is located at the center of Beijing. Tiananmen Square is composed of Tiananmen Tower, Monument to the People's Heroes, Great Hall of the People and Mao Zedong Memorial Hall.
When I visited, there was some sort of Chinese Holiday and it was nice seeing the throngs of citizens enjoying this humongous complex. I was also wearing RED to go with walls and the Chinese flag, and also for good luck Leave a Comment
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 Tiananmen Gate by filipdebont
Maybe it is one of the most famous views in Beijing.
In front of this gate there is a kind of moat. Like this there are several beautiful bridges across it.
Lucky for us, people who like to make (beautiful) pictures, some are closed, and like this it was possible to make a picture without people on it. This is not so evident when you are visiting Beijing.
On both sides of Mao’s picture there are two big slogans. Leave a Comment
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 Tiananmen Gate by magor65Leave a Comment Address: Tiananmen Square
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 Square, Kites etc & Forbidden
City Looming Large by aussiedoug
Tiananmen Square was our first stop on the first day of our 4 days of organised tours. So I wasn't here by a matter of choice (apart of course from booking the package tour. lol!). However, I would suggest that you begin your tour of Beijing from this spot for a number of reasons.
Firstly & most obviously are the historical reasons. For me, I'll work backwards from the most recent memorable event (unfortunately for the wrong reasons) & that of course is that unforgettable image of the lone protestor against that tank in 1989. I don't think I will ever have that image erased from my consciousness. But as you've already seen in my Beijing intro I'm so pleased that I've seen it the way I did with the ordinary humanity & hence the reason for the above title. We could go back further to 1919 when it was also a scene of protest for thousands of university students who were apparently protesting against the corruption & other issues of China's Republican Government of that time.
Another important reason for beginning your Beijing siteseeing here is that there isso much else around it & straight across the road. Mao's mausoleum (which I unfortunately did not get to visit - hopefully next time) is an integral part of the square which was once the Imperial Way there's an excellent example of the transition of China from Imperial to Republican to Communist government. And standing there I wondered what type of Government China will have in another 10 - 20 years as Capitalism seems to be taking such a firm grip of the economy.
Where else to ponder these things, but Tiananmen Square. Quite frankly there really isn't a lot to do in the square itself apart from people watch & watch the kite flying while perhaps also buying one as I did for my girls. Leave a Comment Directions: In the very center of Beijing. If you can't walk there, get off the Subway at Tian an Men Dong on the Number 1 East-West line. You can also access it from Qian Men subway stop, a part of the Circle Line of Subway stops - Line 2.Website: http://www.roundtiananmensquare.com/index.html
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 Tiananmen Gate by filipdebont
This is the way to go if you want to visit the Forbidden City.
The road that separates the Square with the gate is very, very busy. Lucky for us tourist you can reach the other side via a walking tunnel. Leave a Comment
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This place of "Heavenly Peace" is named after the big gate on the north of the square. The Gate of Heavenly Peace is the one, where Mao Ze Dong proclaimed the Communist Republic of China 1949.
Tian An Men Square is said to be the biggest square in the whole world. There has been a big square in this location since 1417. But only in 1952 it became as big as you can see it today: 440.000 square metres!
Around the square you find the Chinese Parliament - Peoples Congress, History Museum of China and in the south the beautiful Qianmen-Gate, an old city gate from the Qing-Dynasty. In the middle is the mausoleum of Mao Ze Dong, where you can see himself lying in a sarkophagus of glas. Opposite of the famous Gate of Heavenly Peace (the one with the Mao Portrait) there is the Monument to the People's Heroes, where you can watch the raising of the national flag every day.
Tiananmen Square is a great place to watch tourists from all over China and the world. And Tiananmen is the favourit place for Beijingers to let their kites fly. Leave a Comment
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Tian'an men Square is located at the heart of the city of Beijing. It is a vast open area that is surrounded by Communist style buildings. Tian'an men is where Mao proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949. A huge portrait of him remains on the Ming dynasty gate where he made the famed proclomation. Mao's mausoleum, Monument to the People's Heroes, and China's National Museum are best known and can be seen in this square. The national flag is raised at dawn and lowered at dusk on a daily basis. There is some sort of procession that takes place during those times. Leave a Comment
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 Young Chinese visiting
Tiananmen Square by filipdebont
It looks as this big Square is not only a highlight for us, Westerner tourists.
This Tiananmen Square was very full with . . . Chinese tourists. Herds of young tourists passed by all dressed with the same shirts and base-ball caps, in order to recognise them and to keep the group together. And of course accompanied by a guide with the typical guide-flag.
Follow the guide please . . . . Leave a Comment
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 Chinese History Museum by filipdebont
The one is the Chinese Revolution museum (Zhongguo Geming Bowuguan), where you can learn more on the revolutionary commitment and the role of the Communist party.
And the other one is the museum of Chinese History (Zhongguo Lishi Bowuguan), were you can learn everything on the Chinese history, like about the Beijing man, the terracotta statues from Xi’an . . . Leave a Comment
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