![]() ![]() ![]() Both placards were changed to use simplified Chinese instead of traditional Chinese characters in 1964. The right placard used to read "Long Live the Central People's Government" ( 中央 人民 政府 万岁 Zhōngyāng Rénmín Zhèngfǔ wànsuì) for the founding ceremony of the PRC, but after the ceremony it was changed to "Long Live the Great Unity of the World's Peoples" ( 世界 人民 大 团结 万岁 Shìjiè rénmín dà tuánjié wànsuì). The western and eastern walls have giant placards the left one reads "Long Live the People's Republic of China" ( 中华 人民 共和国 万岁 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó wànsuì), while the right one reads "Long Live the Great Unity of the World's Peoples". However, the examples in front of the Imperial City were purely decorative, and instead connoted the majesty of the imperial government. Originally, these installations were designed for commoners to address their grievances by either writing or sticking petitions on the columns. Two stone columns, called huabiao, each with an animal ( hou) on top of it, also stand in front of the gate. In Chinese culture, lions are believed to protect humans from evil spirits. Two lions stand in front of the gate, and two more guard the bridges. Like other official buildings of the empire, the gate itself has unique imperial roof decorations. The building is 66 meters (217 ft) long, 37 meters (121 ft) wide and 32 meters (105 ft) high. ĭescription Stone column ( huabiao) with depiction of dragons and phoenixes decorates the surroundings of the Tiananmen gate. The rebuilding aimed to leave the gate's external appearance unchanged while both making it more resistant to earthquakes and installing modern facilities such as an elevator, water supply, and heating system. The whole gate was covered in scaffolding, and the project was officially called a "renovation". ![]() As the gate was a national symbol, Zhou Enlai ordered that the rebuilding was to be kept secret. The gate as it stood was by then 300 years old, and had badly deteriorated, partly due to heavy usage in the 1950s and 1960s. The gate was reconstructed again between 19. Following the establishment of the Qing dynasty and the Manchu conquest of China proper, the gate was once again rebuilt, beginning in 1645, and was given its present name upon completion in 1651. It suffered another blow in the war at the end of the Ming dynasty, when in 1644 the gate was burnt down by rebels led by Li Zicheng. Thus, the design was changed from the original paifang form to the gatehouse that is seen today. In 1465, the Chenghua Emperor ordered Zigui ( 自圭), the Minister of Works, to rebuild the gate. The gate was completely burned down by lightning in July 1457. The original building was first constructed in 1420, and was based on an eponymous gate of an imperial building in Nanjing. It has subsequently been destroyed and rebuilt several times. The gate was originally named "Chengtianmen" ( traditional Chinese: 承天門 simplified Chinese: 承天门 pinyin: Chéngtiānmén), or "Gate of Accepting Heavenly Mandate" in the Ming Dynasty. The gate had a counterpart in the northern end of the imperial city called the Di'anmen ( 地安門, Dì'ānmén Manchu: Na i elhe obure duka), which may be roughly translated as the "Gate of Earthly Peace". The Manchu translation, Abkai elhe obure duka, lies closer to the original meaning of the gate and can be literally translated as the "Gate of Heavenly Peacemaking". However, this translation is somewhat misleading, since the Chinese name is derived from the much longer phrase "receiving the mandate from heaven, and pacifying the dynasty". The Chinese name of the gate ( 天安门/ 天安門), is made up of the Chinese characters for "heaven", "peace" and "gate" respectively, which is why the name is conventionally translated as "Gate of Heavenly Peace". Tiananmen is located to the north of Tiananmen Square, and is separated from the plaza by Chang'an Avenue. The Tiananmen / ˈ t j ɛ n ə n m ə n/ (also Tian'anmen ( 天安门), Tienanmen, T’ien-an Men ), or the Gate of Heaven-Sent Pacification, is a monumental gate in the city center of Beijing, China, the front gate of the Imperial City of Beijing, located near the city's Central Business District, and widely used as a national symbol.įirst built during the Ming dynasty in 1420, Tiananmen was the entrance to the Imperial City, within which the Forbidden City was located. (video) Two shots of the gate followed by a shot of inside Tiananmen Square next to the gate, 2017. "Tiān'ānmén" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) characters ![]()
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