Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

located in the center of Beijing, it is located in East Chang 'an Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing. It starts from Tiananmen Square in the north, Zhengyangmen Gate in the south, China National Museum in the east and Great Hall of the People in the west. It is 88m long from north to south and 5m wide from east to west, covering an area of 44,m2. It can accommodate one million people for a grand gathering, and is the largest city square in the world.

The ground of Tiananmen Square in Beijing is all paved with light-colored granite strips treated by special technology. In the center stands the Monument to the People's Heroes and the solemn Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. On both sides of Tiananmen Square are the Working People's Cultural Palace and Zhongshan Park, which are integrated with Tiananmen Square. In 1986, Tiananmen Square was named as one of the "Sixteen Scenes of Beijing", and the landscape was named "Tianan Liri".

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Historical evolution

On October 1, 1949, he joined the armored forces in founding ceremony. On October 1, 1949, he joined the armored forces in Tiananmen Square in founding ceremony, formerly known as Chengtianmen, which was built in the fifteenth year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1417).

In the eighth year of Qing Shunzhi (1651), it was rebuilt and called Tiananmen Square.

At this time, Tiananmen Square was just a closed T-shaped palace square, which was an important place for the Ming and Qing Dynasties to hold major celebrations and issue government decrees to the whole country, and also represented the majesty of imperial power.

in the 26th year of Guangxu (19), Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, and Tiananmen Square was regarded as a place where the invaders stationed troops and showed off their military prowess.

in may of the third year of the Republic of China (1914), Zhu Qiqian of Beiyang government started the plan to rebuild the old capital.

Demolition of Qianqianlang in front of Tiananmen Square, construction of asphalt road, urn, etc., turned the originally closed palace square into an open space where you can freely walk and stay, and the majestic and mysterious imperial power was dissolved.

Because of Zhu Qiqian's first renovation of Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Square began to become a square in the modern sense.

in the seventeenth year of the Republic of China (1928), Chiang Kai-shek won the Northern Expedition.

In July, 7, people from all walks of life in Beiping organized a celebration meeting in front of Tiananmen Square.

On August 24th, Sun Yat-sen's portrait was hung on Tiananmen Gate, which was the first time that a personal portrait was hung on Tiananmen Gate.

In the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), the slogan "Building a New East Asian Order" was posted on the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing under the Japanese puppet government.

On October 1st, 1949, the People's Republic of China was founded, and the founding ceremony was held in the square.

In p>195, because the distance between the flagpole of the square and Tiananmen Square was not enough to exceed the width of the parade in the future, the huabiao and the stone lion in front of Tiananmen Square were moved by 6 meters.

in p>1954, the Zhonghua Gate, the left gate and the right gate of Chang 'an, the criminal department of the Ministry of Housing, and the chessboard street of the warehouse were demolished, and a monument to the people's heroes was built in the square.

In p>1958, in order to welcome the 1th National Day, Tiananmen Square began its largest expansion in history.

The red walls in Zhonghua Gate, Qipan Street and the square were demolished, with a total area of 44 hectares, which is 9 times that of Russian Red Square.

Tao Zongzhen, an architect, once suggested that the width should be compressed to adapt to the coherence of the surrounding roads, and was told: "Don't move, it was decided by Chairman Mao.

at the same time, the monument to the people's heroes erected on the square and the Great Hall of the People and the China Museum of Revolution and Military Affairs built on both sides set the tone of the square as a political center.

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