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Located in the center of Beijing, East Chang 'an Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. It starts from Tiananmen Square in the north, Zhengyangmen in the south, China National Museum in the east and the Great Hall of the People in the west. It is 880 meters long from north to south and 500 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of 440,000 square meters, which can accommodate 1 10,000 people to hold a grand event. It is the largest city square in the world.

The ground of Tiananmen Square in Beijing is all 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 to form Tiananmen Square. 1986, Tiananmen Square was rated as one of the "Sixteen Scenes of Jinghua", and the landscape name was "Tianan Liri".

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The development of history

1949 10 10, founding ceremony joined the armored forces 1 949 1 010, founding ceremony joined the Tiananmen Square of the armored forces, formerly known as Chengtianmen.

In the eighth year of Qing Shunzhi (165 1), 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 (1900), Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing, and Tiananmen Square was regarded as the place where the invaders stationed troops and showed off their force.

In May of the third year of the Republic of China (19 14), Zhu Qiqian of Beiyang government started the plan to rebuild the old capital.

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

It is precisely because of Zhu Qiqian's first transformation of Tiananmen Square that Tiananmen Square began to become a square in the modern sense.

In the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), Chiang Kai-shek won the Northern Expedition.

In July, 70,000 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 Japanese puppet government posted the slogan "Building a New East Asian Order" on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing.

1949 10 10/day, People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded and founding ceremony was held in the square.

At 1950, the huabiao and Shishi in front of Tiananmen Square were moved by 6 meters, because the distance between the flagpole and Tiananmen Square was not enough to span the width of the future parade.

/kloc-in 0/954, buildings such as Zhonghua Gate, Chang 'an Left Gate, Chang 'an Right Gate, and the Ministry of Punishment were demolished, as well as the warehouse chessboard street, and a monument to the people's heroes was built in the square.

1958, in order to welcome the 10th National Day, Tiananmen Square began the largest expansion in history.

The red walls of Zhonghua Gate, Pan Qi Street and Square were demolished, with a total area of 44 hectares, which is 9 times that of Luosuhong Square.

Architect Tao Zongzhen once suggested compressing the width to adapt to the continuity 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, the Great Hall of the People and the China Revolution and Military Museum built on both sides laid the foundation for the square as a political center.

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