Square of Heavenly peace Photo: the Square of Heavenly peace" (Tiananmen)

Square of Heavenly peace" (Tiananmen) is right in the center of Beijing and covers an area of 44 hectares With the gate area once the Emperor had pronounced the decrees, and in the 50s, Mao Zedong hence proclaimed the Declaration, isvedamo about the formation of the PRC.

Tiananmen square is literally the heart of Beijing, a place for boardwalk tourists and locals with children, from here, fly kites, photographed against the backdrop of the national symbols of the country surrounding the square on all sides.

The area accommodates up to 1 million people, it is the largest in the world. Their truly huge size of the area acquired after 1949.

Tiananmen square was built in the early 15th century, at that stage, she was noticeably smaller. Most likely, the Emperor Zhu Di, who decided to found square, was fascinated by the gigantomania in a much lesser extent in comparison with the minions of Mao Zedong, which expanded in the late 50-ies of the last century the area of 44 ha.

In the center of the square there is a massive Monument to the people's heroes. His bas-reliefs represent the most important stages of the revolutionary struggle of the people of the country. On the South side of the square is the Home to the memory of Mao Zedong, which opened in August 1977, the Central part is reserved for memorial hall, which houses the remains of the infamous leader. In the room of the building is also a number of memorial halls dedicated to the life of Liu shaozi, Zhou Enlast, Zhu De and other famous revolutionary figures.

On the West side of the square is the House of Assembly of the representatives of the people, and from the Eastern Historical Museum and Museum of the Chinese revolution.

In the hours of dusk and dawn in Tiananmen square every day is a solemn ceremony of raising and lowering of the national flag of the country. The pomp of the ceremony attracts a lot of attention and tourists, and configured local Patriotic. Many try to take advance place located close to public Shrine.

Special atmosphere in the square is created by the campaigners kites. Tiananmen is a great place to observe this traditional Chinese game. On holidays the area is decorated with lanterns and flowers.

Tiananmen is one of the major attractions of Beijing.

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