Tiananmen
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".
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tiananmen. |
Coordinates: 39°54′26.4″N 116°23′27.9″E / 39.907333°N 116.391083°E
Tiananmen Media
- 20200110 Tiananmen-3.jpg
- A view of Tiananmen in Beijing.
- Error missing media source
(video) Two shots of the gate followed by a shot of inside Tiananmen Square next to the gate, 2017.
Stone column (huabiao) with depiction of dragons and phoenixes decorates the surroundings of the Tiananmen gate.
Route 1 bus passing Tiananmen
- Chiang KaiShek Portrait Tiananmen Beijing.jpg
Portrait of Chiang Kai-shek during the Republic of China era (before 1949)
- 天安門史達林肖像.jpg
Portrait of Joseph Stalin put up after his death, 1953
- Picture of Mao Zedong at Tiananmen.JPG
Portrait of Mao Zedong by Ge Xiaoguang
.svg)
