Is Tiananmen Square the Forbidden City?

Tiananmen Square is the main entrance of the Forbidden City.

Tiananmen Square: the symbol of China people and country. It is located in the center of Beijing, the capital of People's Republic of China (PRC), at the southern end of the Forbidden City, facing Tiananmen Square across Chang 'an Avenue. It is the main entrance of Beijing Imperial City in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The designer is Kuai Xiang, a royal architect of the Ming Dynasty.

There are five gates under the city gate, and the largest gate in the middle is located on the central axis of Beijing Imperial City. In the past, only the emperor could go in and out of this gate. A huge portrait of President Mao Zedong hangs above the middle doorway, with big slogans such as "Long live the people and country of China" and "Long live the great unity of the people of the world" on both sides.

Founded in the 15th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 14 17), it was originally named "Chengtianmen", which means "Chengtianding" and is the main entrance of the Forbidden City. In the eighth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 165 1), it was renamed Tiananmen Square. It not only contains the emperor's intention to exercise power for heaven, but also should always be supreme; It also means "peace outside, long-term stability inside"

1925 10 June10, the Palace Museum was established and Tiananmen Square was opened to the public. 1 949 65438+1October1,held here in founding ceremony, People's Republic of China (PRC), was designed as the national emblem and became a symbol of People's Republic of China (PRC). Tiananmen Square was announced by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council as one of the first national key cultural relics protection units.

With its heavy historical connotation of more than 500 years, it has highly concentrated China's ancient civilization and modern civilization, becoming a world-famous and fascinating place.

The Forbidden City in Beijing, formerly known as the Forbidden City, is located in the center of Beijing's central axis. It was the palace of 24 emperors in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the essence of China's ancient palace architecture in Han Dynasty, an unparalleled architectural masterpiece, and one of the largest and best-preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. There are more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9000 houses centered on the three halls of Ethereum, Zhonghe and Baohe.

The Forbidden City in Beijing was started by Judy, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, in the fourth year of Yongle (A.D. 1406) and completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1420). Covering an area of about 720,000 square meters, the building area is about150,000 square meters. It is a rectangular city with a width of 753 meters from east to west and a length of 96 1 meter from north to south. Surrounded by a wall more than ten meters high and a moat 52 meters wide, it constitutes a "city within a city". Palace buildings are all wooden structures, with yellow glazed tile roofs and blue and white stone bases.

The Forbidden City has been selected as a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction.

The Forbidden City is known as the first of the five largest palaces in the world (the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in Britain, the White House in the United States and the Russian Kremlin).

On October 2014165438+2310, the mascot of the Forbidden City in Beijing made its debut. The mascot originated from the traditional auspicious dragon and phoenix images in China, namely "strong dragon" and "beautiful phoenix". On June 3, 20 15, 15, the Palace Museum tried to restrict the flow of 80,000 people and sold tickets in real-name registration system.