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Tiananmen Square
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Tiananmen Square Beijing, China June 19, 2007 Best viewed at Original Size This photo was taken from just above . Eric took this actual photo, but the editing was a joint collaboration. From the Lonely Planet: In the square, you stand in the symbolic centre of the Chinese universe. The rectangular arrangement, flanked by halls to the east and west, to an extent echoes the layout of the Forbidden City. As such, the square employs a conventional plan that pays obeisance to traditional Chinese culture, while its ornaments and buildings are largely Soviet inspired. Mao conceived the square to project the enormity of the Communist Party, so it’s all a bit Kim Il Sung-ish. During the Cultural Revolution the chairman, wearing a Red Guard armband, reviewed parades of up to a million people here. In 1976 another million people jammed the square to pay their last respects to Mao. In 1989 army tanks and soldiers forced pro-democracy demonstrators out of the square. Although it seems likely that no-one was actually killed within the square itself, a well-documented slaughter occurred at Muxidi, to the west. Despite being a public place, the square remains more in the hands of the government than the people; it is monitored by closed-circuit TV cameras, and plain-clothes police are primed to paralyse the first twitch of dissent. Bicycles cannot be ridden across Tiananmen Square – apparently tanks are OK – but you can walk your bike.
Mr. Chairman
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Mao's Portrait Gate of Heavenly Peace (aka Tiananmen) Beijing, China June 19, 2007 From the Lonely Planet: The gate is divided into five doors and reached via seven bridges spanning a stream. Each of these bridges was restricted in its use and only the emperor could use the central door and bridge. It was from this gate that Mao proclaimed the People’s Republic on 1 October 1949. The dominating feature is the gigantic portrait of the ex-chairman, to the left of which runs the poetic slogan ‘Long Live the People’s Republic of China’ and to the right ‘Long Live the Unity of the Peoples of the World.’ The portrait was famously pelted with paint-filled eggs during the 1989 demonstrations in the square; the iconoclasts were workers from Mao’s home province of Hunan. A number of spares of the portrait exist and a fresh one was speedily requisitioned.
Chinese Flag in front of Forbidden City
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Nearest places of interest:
| Great Hall of the People Dashilar （大栅栏儿） Tiananmen Square Mausoleum of Mao Zedong | 戟門橋 Tian An Men Dong (天安门东） Duan Men 社稷坛 |
