(front gate of Tian'anmen square. There's a picture of Chairman Mao)But anyway, Tian'anmen Square is surely a must-visited place in Beijing, since a lot of important event happens here, the latest event was the celebration of 60th anniversary of Republic of China. To reach Tian'anmen Square, you got to take subway line 1. This square has two stations; Tian'anmen East and Tian'anmen West. There's no charge to get into Tian'anmen Square.
China government put extra attention to this square. They have a lot of soldier and security volunteer in this place. Don't try to take picture together with the soldiers eventough some of them might be cute >:D because they will not allow you to do that. But candid photo will do, though... hehehe.
(left-right: me, Carey, Nguyet, Putu and Ky)Here are some words that can describe Tian'anmen square historically, i borrowed it from Mr. Wikipedia;
"The Tian’anmen Gate was first built in 1417 in the Ming Dynasty. During the demise of the Ming Dynasty, heavy fighting between Li Zicheng and the early Qing emperors damaged (or perhaps destroyed) the gate. The Tian'anmen square was originally designed and built in Beijing in 1651. It was enlarged to its present size (four times its original size) and cemented over in 1958.
(some people say the design resembles to the Red Square in Russia)
British and French troops who invaded Beijing in 1860 pitched camp near the gate and briefly considered burning the gate and the entire Forbidden City down. They decided ultimately to spare the palace and to burn instead the emperor's Old Summer Palace. The Qing emperor eventually agreed to let the foreign powers establish headquarters in the area. During the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 the siege badly damaged the office complexes and several ministries were burnt down. In the conflict's denouement, the area became a space for foreign troops to assemble their armies and horses. It was cleared in due course to produce the beginning of what is now known as the Tiananmen Square."
Tian'anmen square is connected with other tourist destinations such as Beihai Park, also known as Sun Yat Sen Park (entrance 3Y, 1,5Y if you have student card) and also Forbidden City (entrance 60Y). If you plan to visit Tian'anmen square, be prepare for the crowd. A lot of domestic and foreign tourist gather here to see the historical square.In my first time, i went to Tian'anmen square with Putu, Fany, Nguyet, Ky and Carey. Remember to save your friend's number because it's really easy for you to accidentally get separated here. There was something funny when we tried to buy water here. We told the seller that we want cold water, and she gave us... freezing water. Seriously, it was solid ice inside the bottle. Wkwkwk,, we could just wait until the ice melted and we could drink the water.
(It was really ice inside the bottle wkwk >.<) Tian'anmen square consists of some squares devided by some gates. The whole area is really huge, placed right in the middle of Beijing.
There were also some pedicabs inside the square. I don't recommend this, since the driver would charge you really high if you're a foreigner. There was also a souvenir shop inside the square, but the stuffs were pretty overpriced.
There was a lot of Chinese people from another city. Some of them really interested to foreigners and would talk to you so friendly, in Chinese, for sure. Well, could be in English if you're lucky though.
(This beautiful lake is also part of the square)If you come to Tian'anmen square early in the morning or at 5 in the evening, you can see the flag ceremony. In my second visit to Tian'anmen square, i saw the flag-lowering ceremony. The soldiers were strictly asked people to move from the center of the gate, so they had enough space to line up, create formation and move to the other side of the road to put off the flag. They even closed the road for this routine ceremony.
(the ceremony. it's also pretty famous)That's all from me, make sure you visit Tian'anmen square if you come to Beijing. It's always worth to check! :D
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