When was Tiananmen Gate built?

Tiananmen Square is the main entrance of Beijing Imperial City in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was built in the 15th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (14 17). Formerly known as "Chengtianmen", it means "Chengtianmen, ordered by Heaven".

The designer is Kuai Xiang, a royal architect of the Ming Dynasty. In the eighth year of Qing Shunzhi (165 1), it was renamed Tiananmen Square. It consists of two parts: tower and tower. It has a sumitomo of white marble, with a total height of 34.7 meters. Tiananmen Gate is 66 meters long and 37 meters wide. 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. There is a portrait of Mao Zedong hanging above the middle door, with big slogans of "Long live the people and country of China" and "Long live the great unity of the people of the world" written on both sides.

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Structural shape

Tiananmen Square is located on the traditional central axis of Beijing and consists of two parts: platform and tower. Its shape is majestic and magnificent. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Tiananmen Square was the main entrance of the imperial city, with five doors and nine towers, with a height of 33.87 meters. 1970 is as high as 34.7 meters after transformation.

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Tian 'anmen Gate Tower is a traditional double-eaved building in China. It consists of four inclined top surfaces, one straight ridge, four vertical ridges, four ridges (the lower end of the vertical ridge is folded) and the upper part of the inclined floors on both sides, which becomes a vertical triangular wall, forming a mixed form of two-slope and four-slope roofs. Therefore, it is known as "eight eaves and nine ridges". The gatehouse is made of wood structure, and under the cornice of the main hall are orderly arches and beams.

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Tiananmen Square (the gate of the Forbidden City and the national symbol of China) Baidu Encyclopedia