How high is the flagpole of Tianan Gate?

The clear height of the flagpole in Tiananmen Square is 30m, and the flagpole contains 32.6m underground part. ..

Tiananmen Square is located in the center of Beijing, the capital of People's Republic of China (PRC), at the southern end of the Forbidden City. It faces Tiananmen Square, the Monument to the People's Heroes, the Memorial Hall, the Great Hall of the People and the National Museum of China across Chang 'an Avenue, covering an area of 4,800 square meters. It has attracted worldwide attention for its outstanding architectural art and special political status. Tiananmen Square was the main entrance of Beijing Imperial City in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Built in the fifteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, it was originally named Tianmen, and it was inherited from heaven, shipped and ordered.

The designer is Kuai Xiang, a royal architect of the Ming Dynasty. In the eighth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Tiananmen Square. It consists of two parts: tower and tower. There is a sumeru made of white marble, with a total height of 34.7 meters. The tower of Tiananmen Square is 66 meters long and 37 meters wide. There are five coupon doors under the tower. The ticket gate in the middle is the largest, located on the central axis of Beijing Imperial City. In the past, only emperors could go in and out. There is a portrait hanging above the door in the middle, one on each side.

architectural feature

Tiananmen Gate House is a traditional double-eaved building in China, that is, it has four sloping roofs, one straight ridge, four vertical ridges, four ridges (the lower end of the vertical ridge is folded) and the upper slopes on both sides are turned into vertical triangular walls, forming a mixed form of two slopes and four slopes, so it is called eight eaves and nine ridges.

The tower is made of wood structure, and bucket arches and beams are arranged under the cornices of the main hall. Bucket arch is unique in the traditional wooden frame system in China, and it is a kind of wooden member with the characteristics of upward warping, upward warping and arching. Beams are divided into foreheads and cornices. Below the bucket arch is the forehead, with colorful paintings and golden dragon patterns on it, as well as columns.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tiananmen Square