Tiananmen

Tiananmen in 2009

The Tiananmen is a monument in Beijing, China. It is widely used as a national symbol of China. It was built during the Ming dynasty in 1420. Tiananmen was the entrance to the Imperial City, within which the Forbidden City was located. Tiananmen is located to the north of Tiananmen Square, separated from the plaza by Chang'an Avenue.

Name

The Chinese name for the gate (天安门/天安門) uses the Chinese characters for "heaven" (天), "peace" (安), and "gate" (门/門). This is why the name is usually translated as the "Gate of Heavenly Peace".

Tiananmen Media

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  • A view of Tiananmen in Beijing.
• (video) Two shots of the gate followed by a shot of inside Tiananmen Square next to the gate, 2017.

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  Stone column (huabiao) with depiction of dragons and phoenixes decorates the surroundings of the Tiananmen gate.

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  Route 1 bus passing Tiananmen

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  Portrait of Chiang Kai-shek during the Republic of China era (before 1949)

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  Portrait of Joseph Stalin put up after his death, 1953

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  Portrait of Mao Zedong by Ge Xiaoguang

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  National Emblem