Introduction of Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square is located in East Chang 'an Street, Dongcheng District, China, in the center of Beijing. It starts from Tiananmen Square in the north, ends at Zhengyangmen in the south, ends at China National Museum in the east and ends at 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. It can accommodate 1 10,000 people for a grand gathering. It is the largest city square in the world. ? The ground is completely paved with light-colored granite slats that have been treated by special technology. In the center of the square 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. 1986 Tiananmen Square was named as one of the "Sixteen Scenes of Jinghua" and the landscape was named "Tianan Liri".

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.

On February 12th, the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), Queen Yulong issued a letter of abdication in the name of Emperor Xuan Tong at Tiananmen Gate.

In the eighth year of the Republic of China (19 19), the "Paris Peace Conference" was held, and the reasonable demands of the China delegation were rejected, which aroused strong opposition from the people of China. On May 4th, representatives of Beijing Normal University, Peking University, China University and other 13 schools held a rally and demonstration in front of Tiananmen Square, and an anti-imperialist patriotic movement with students as the main body and strong support from workers and industrial and commercial circles across the country broke out.

In the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935), on December 9th, thousands of students from colleges and universities in Beiping held an anti-Japanese national salvation demonstration, opposed the autonomy of North China, rebelled against Japanese imperialism, and demanded that the Kuomintang authorities stop the civil war and realize the anti-Japanese.

On February 2nd, the peaceful liberation celebration of Beiping was held in Tiananmen Square. 10 year 10 month 1 day, the inauguration ceremony of the Central People's Government of People's Republic of China (PRC) was held in Tiananmen Square. At 3 pm, the ceremony began. Mao Zedong solemnly declared to the world from Tiananmen Gate: "The Central People's Government of People's Republic of China (PRC) was established today!" And press the button to raise the first five-star red flag of New China, and then hold a grand military parade.

1on March 5, 953, Stalin, the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, passed away. In 1950s, there was an upsurge of learning "Big Brother of the Soviet Union" in China. At 5 pm on March 9, people from all walks of life in Beijing held a memorial meeting in front of Tiananmen Square.

1August, 966, the Red Guards movement swept the country. Subsequently, the national Red Guards began to connect in series and gradually concentrated in the capital Beijing. In this way, from August to 165438+ 10, President Mao Zedong received the Red Guards and the masses in eight batches and ten batches, with a total number of about120,000.

On April 4th, people in Tiananmen Square mourned Premier Zhou and denounced the Gang of Four. On the morning of the 5th, all the mourning wreaths in the square were emptied, and the propaganda car played the notice of clearing the field.