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Tiananmen Square is located in the center of Beijing, the capital of People's Republic of China (PRC), at the southern end of the Forbidden City. It faces Tiananmen Square, the Monument to the People's Heroes, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, the Great Hall of the People and the National Museum of China across Chang 'an Avenue, covering an area of 4,800 square meters. It has attracted worldwide attention for its outstanding architectural art and special political status.

Tiananmen Square is the main entrance of Beijing Imperial City in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was built in the 15th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (14 17). Formerly known as "Chengtianmen", it means "Chengtianmen, ordered by Heaven". 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.

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Development history

From the Yuan Dynasty to the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (1264), Yuan Shizu imperial edict took Yanjing as its capital, and the capital was changed in the ninth year of the Yuan Dynasty. The Dadu of the Yuan Dynasty was founded in the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1267) and completed in the twenty-second year of the Yuan Dynasty (1285), lasting 18 years. Dadoucheng is Miyagi, Imperial City and Dacheng from the inside out.

In the fifteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (14 17), skilled craftsmen from all over the country were recruited to rebuild Beijing on a large scale. At that time, Kuai Xiang, a native of Xiangshan, Wuxian County, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, was ordered to design and build the palace, and was responsible for designing and organizing the construction of Tianmen.

In the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420), Chengtianmen was built, which was a three-story wooden archway with yellow tile cornices. It was named Chengtianmen because it completely imitated Chengtianmen in Nanjing when it was built. In the middle of the archway, the plaque of "Chengtianmen" is hung high.

In the eighth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (165 1), Fu Lin, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, ordered a large-scale reconstruction on the ruins of the original site and renamed it "Tiananmen Square", which means "being ordered by heaven to protect the country". During the Kangxi period, there were two large-scale repairs.

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