National Day Tiananmen Flag Raising Time

On October 1st every year, the national flag is raised in Tiananmen Square at 6:10 am and lowered at 17:58.

Tiananmen was the main entrance to the imperial city of Beijing during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was built in the 15th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1417). It was originally named "Chengtianmen", which means "carrying destiny and receiving orders from heaven". meaning. The designer was Kuai Xiang, a royal architect of the Ming Dynasty. In the eighth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1651), it was renamed Tiananmen Square. It consists of two parts: the city platform and the city tower. It has a white marble Xumizuo with a total height of 34.7 meters.

The Tiananmen Gate Tower is 66 meters long and 37 meters wide. There are five gates under the city platform. The middle gate is the largest and is located on the central axis of the imperial city of Beijing. In the past, only the emperor could enter and exit through this gate. A portrait hangs above the central doorway, and on both sides are large slogans "Long live the Republic of China" and "Long live the great unity of the people of the world."

Architectural Features

The Tiananmen Gate Tower is a traditional Chinese double-eaves hilltop building, which consists of four sloping top surfaces, a main ridge, four vertical ridges, and four vertical ridges (vertical ridges). The lower end of the ridge is bent into a strip) and the upper parts of the sloping levels on both sides are turned into vertical triangular walls, forming a hybrid form of two-slope and four-slope roofs. Therefore, it is called "eight eaves and nine ridges".

The city tower is a wooden structure building. Under the eaves of the main hall are orderly arranged brackets and beams. The brackets are unique to the traditional Chinese wooden frame system. They are made of bucket-shaped wooden bow-shaped horizontal beams with warped, high and The wooden components with the characteristics of the arch, beam beams are divided into forehead beams and eaves beams. Below the bracket is the forehead beam, with colorful paintings and golden dragon patterns on it. The components between the pillars are called eaves beams, with golden dragon and seal patterns.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Tiananmen