Two lines of characters on Tiananmen Square

The two lines of words on Tiananmen Square are "Long live the Communist Party of China and long live the great unity of the people of the world."

Tiananmen is a city gate of the Forbidden City. In history, it was called Chengtianmen. It has welcomed the rise and fall of two dynasties. It was not until the founding of New China that it was liberated together with Peking. It no longer belongs to any one person, but to China. Anyone can come to the Forbidden City to peek into the history of hundreds of years ago.

Today the Forbidden City is the most famous iconic tourist attraction in my country. Thousands of tourists come here every year, and the first scene that comes into view is none other than the Tiananmen City Wall. From the front Looking over, it looks very majestic, with a portrait of Chairman Mao hanging in the center, and a slogan on each side of the portrait.

They are "Long live the Communist Party of China and long live the great unity of the people of the world." It is very symmetrical, reflecting the architectural craftsmanship of ancient my country, that is, the symmetry is beautiful. Many buildings in the Forbidden City are built in pairs.

These two slogans may seem simple, but they contain hidden secrets, which is amazing! First of all, who wrote the words? He is the famous Chinese calligrapher Zhong Ling. When he first received this task, he was extremely excited, but when it was actually implemented, he found it very difficult.

People at that time still used traditional Chinese characters instead of modern simplified Chinese characters. After weighing many factors, Zhong Ling still chose traditional Chinese characters. However, the two lines of traditional Chinese characters read "Long live the People's Republic of China and the People's Government of China." Obviously everyone also discovered the problem.

Long live the People's Republic of China is 9 characters long, and Long Live the People's Government of China is 8 characters, which means that these two lines of characters must be asymmetrical. Zhong Ling was worried for a while. He knew that Tiananmen would become a postcard of China to the world, and the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China would be held here soon.

Nothing in the ceremony can go wrong, and Zhong Ling obviously cannot tolerate unsightly and harmonious things appearing in this matter that he controls. So he stood under the Tiananmen Wall for a long time, trying to find a solution to overcome this problem.