Tiananmen Square - Gallery

Gallery

  • Tiananmen gate tower to the Forbidden City north of Tiananmen Square

  • National Museum of China on the east side of the Square

  • The Great Hall of the People on the west side of the Square

  • Zhengyangmen Gate Tower marking the south end of Tiananmen Square

  • Monument to the People's Heroes and the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong occupy the center of the Square

  • Monument to the People's Heroes

  • Mausoleum of Mao Zedong

  • Monument in front of Mao's Mausoleum on Tiananmen Square

  • Iconic image of the Tiananmen Square from the May Fourth movement of 1919

  • Students attending the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949.

  • A temporary monument in Tiananmen Square marking the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2011

  • National mourning on May 19, 2008 for the victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake

  • Students gather for a demonstration in Tiananmen Square, ca. 1917-1919.

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