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What is the origin of Tiananmen Square?

Tiananmen Square was the main entrance of Beijing Imperial City in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was originally named "Chengtian Tianmen", which means "Chengtian Qiyun, destiny returns". The designer is Kuai Xiang, a royal architect of the Ming Dynasty. In the eighth year of Qing Shunzhi (165 1), it was renamed Tiananmen Square.

As a symbol of Beijing and China, Tiananmen Square has attracted the attention and yearning of people all over the country and the world, and its solemn graphics are the main part of the national emblem of China.

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Tiananmen Square is the place where emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties issued imperial edicts. Tian 'anmen Square, known as the "imperial edict issued by golden phoenix", should be open to the public during the new emperor's accession to the throne, weddings, and the emperor's parents' entry into the palace. Only when offering sacrifices to heaven, earth and grain every year can you enter and leave through this door.

In addition, important ceremonies such as the emperor's wedding, the flag laying when the general went out to war, the road laying when the royal family marched, and the autumn trial of the punishments were also held here. At the same time, it is also the place of the biography of the golden palace.

The Tiananmen Gate Tower is a rare masterpiece in ancient architecture with its steady appearance and beautiful curves. Its ingenious structural layout and exquisite construction technology have condensed the wisdom and great creation of the working people in China for thousands of years, and concentrated on their superb architectural level and artistic expression.

It is not only a brilliant masterpiece in the history of ancient palace architecture in China, but also a symbol of the long history of Chinese civilization.

After 1949, Tiananmen Square became the symbol of modern China and was designed as the national emblem. Tiananmen Square, with its heavy historical connotation of more than 500 years, highly condenses China's ancient civilization and modern civilization. It is also a symbol of the new China and an unparalleled political concern and yearning, and has become a place that people of all ethnic groups in the world and China yearn for.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Tiananmen square