Tiananmen Square was first built in 1420___ In the 15th year of MingYongle, it was the main gate of the imperial city of Ming and Qing Dynasties.Its original name is Chengtian gate, which means that the emperor "carriesheaven and receives orders from heaven". After two times destroyed by fire, QingShunzhi eight years (1651) after reconstruction, renamed Tiananmen. Also knownas the "gate of the country", it is the place where major ceremonies were heldin the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Tiananmen Gate is composed of two parts: City platform and city tower. Itis 34.7 meters high, with five gates and nine towers. True to life, the roof ofthe tower is covered with resplendent glazed tiles. The hall is decorated withnine lifelike beasts, such as riding the chicken fairy and dragon, Phoenix,lion, Tianma, hippocampus, _, fish, beautiful decoration, and bullfight. In themain hall, there are carved beams and painted buildings, with 60 huge columnsarranged in order, representing the heavenly stems and earthly branches, to showthe eternal stability of the country; there are rhombic lattice doors andwindows on the north and south sides, and 17 glass palace lanterns hangingbetween the beams and columns are simple and elegant. In front of TiananmenSquare, there are Jinshui bridge, Huabiao, lion and exquisite dragon and Phoenixcarved. Tiananmen is the cream of ancient Chinese architecture, reflecting thewisdom of China's people and the quality of architectural art.
Mao Ze, October 1, 1949___ The announcement of the founding of the people'sRepublic of China in Tiananmen Square opened a new page in Chinese history. Inthe new historical period of China's social reform and opening up, Tian'anmenhas attracted guests from all over the world with its long history and profoundcultural and artistic connotation.
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