Uncover the Secret of 53 years ago: 1969, why did China tear down Tiananmen Square and rebuild it secretly?

Whenever people travel to Beijing, they always want to visit Tiananmen Square. 1949, Chairman Mao announced the establishment of New China here. Since then, Tiananmen Square has had a different status in China.

This tower, built in the Ming Dynasty, has suffered a lot since its completion. In the Ming Dynasty, this tower was burned and rebuilt many times.

In the Qing Dynasty, Tiananmen Square was destroyed and rebuilt many times. Until the founding of New China, the tower ushered in its highlight moment. Since then, Tiananmen Square has been one of the national symbolic buildings. However, in 1969, the gatehouse was demolished and rebuilt. This matter has been kept strictly confidential, and later people learned, so what is this for?

In fact, it is necessary to rebuild Tiananmen Square. Not only Tiananmen Square, but also Beijing's cultural relics and historic sites have become very dangerous after the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC). Since modern times, China has been at war for years, and Beiping and other places have been affected by the war for a long time.

Neither the Japanese nor the Kuomintang government spent time and energy to maintain and restore these cultural relics. During the Battle of Pingjin, the Central Committee made every effort to strive for peaceful liberation in order to protect the cultural relics and historic sites in Peiping. Fortunately, Fu accepted these conditions, and many historical sites in Peiping were saved from being destroyed by the war. However, when the China Cultural Takeover Committee went into town to take over Tiananmen Square, what they saw was a dilapidated tower.

At that time, Tiananmen Square was closed with only a broken lock. After entering, the tower was covered with broken bricks. Many weeds have grown around the tower and on the roof, and the surrounding walls have fallen off seriously. Many doors and windows in the city have been lost, and the rest are still broken.

Subsequently, the central government decided to complete the founding ceremony at Tiananmen Gate and set up a temporary parade platform. In order to carry out the activities smoothly, Tiananmen Square was preliminarily renovated. As time is tight, this renovation is only a rescue repair, as long as it lasts until the day of founding ceremony. The requirements for maintenance are not particularly high. As long as the surface looks reasonable, don't care about anything else.

With the efforts of countless people, founding ceremony was successfully held. Since then, Tiananmen Square has become a sacred place in the hearts of countless people. After that, any important national activities and military parade will be held in Tiananmen Square. But Tiananmen Square is broken, which is a very realistic problem. If founding ceremony can make it through once, it can't go on like this, can it?

Therefore, after the founding of New China, the Central Committee began to discuss the restoration of Tiananmen Square. It is not easy to do this. At that time, China was poor, and there were many things to deal with at home. Shortly after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the outbreak of the Korean War, China devoted all his energy to the Korean battlefield, and even neglected Tiananmen Square.

Therefore, during this period, only some minor repairs can be made to Tiananmen Square, and there is no way to completely repair it. However, Tiananmen has been in disrepair for a long time, and as long as it encounters some disasters, it is easy to have big problems. 1966, an earthquake occurred in Hebei province, which was so powerful that it directly affected Beijing.

After the earthquake, Tiananmen Square was severely damaged. After the disaster, Beijing organized an expert group to conduct a comprehensive inspection of Tiananmen Square. The final inspection results surprised the central authorities. Facts have proved that the situation in Tiananmen Square is much worse than expected.

The previous maintenance work was not in place in many places and did not solve the problem. Some infrastructure has been deformed and some places have fallen off. The most shocking thing is that there is a 10-meter hole behind the big pillar where Chairman Mao rested while attending activities in Tiananmen Square.

This incident can be said to be very serious, and the central government immediately attached importance to the maintenance of Tiananmen Square. However, after so many years of renovation work, the problem of Tiananmen Square can no longer be solved by simple renovation. If we continue to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. If we want to solve this problem, we must rebuild Tiananmen Square.

Thus, Tiananmen Square ushered in a historic moment at 1969. The Central Committee coordinated all parties and began to rebuild Tiananmen Square.

At that time, this work was very difficult, because Chairman Mao would attend related activities here the next year, and the reconstruction work must be completed before this. It is really difficult for any unit undertaking this project to do it well in such a short time.

Moreover, it was already winter and the weather was very cold, which brought more difficulties to the construction. Materials such as cement are difficult to use because of the influence of climate.

At first, many people were worried that domestic units could not do this kind of project well, and left it to foreign companies to do it. Premier Zhou doesn't think so. Tiananmen Square is very special and must be built by China people themselves. Moreover, the time is already very tight, and if it is handed over to a foreign company, the construction period is even more insecure. In the end, this burden fell on Beijing Fifth Construction Engineering Company.

After the project was confirmed, the Fifth Construction Company got busy immediately. Tiananmen Square is a central place, and the work here is not comparable to that in ordinary places. Especially when it comes to the central authorities, we must pay attention to confidentiality.

Therefore, before the work began, the company inspected all the employees who participated in the project. From personal background to the formulation of construction procedures, each process has strict requirements.

In this way, the reconstruction of Tiananmen Square was carried out in secret. In order to ensure safety, two companies of PLA soldiers were transferred. After splitting up, they hid their identities and entered different construction teams to work. Workers are not allowed to whisper to each other on weekdays and during construction.

Different groups have their own jobs and can't communicate at will. On the surface of the demolition work, there are naturally more preparations, such as wrapping the whole Tiananmen Square with things in advance to cover the outside, and then carrying out the demolition work.

For this work, all units have made long-term preparations, and finally successfully wrapped Tiananmen Square up. The secret work of Tiananmen reconstruction has been done very well. On the surface, this is an ordinary maintenance, there is no difference at all. Even people near Tiananmen square didn't feel anything wrong.

Everything is normal on the outside, but unusual on the inside. In order to ensure the working environment of workers, all units have made more arrangements. Because it is winter outside, a boiler is added inside, so that not only workers can work in a warm environment, but also building materials can be used normally.

In addition, the expert group made a detailed investigation of all parts of Tiananmen Square and made an accurate survey of every part around it. Their positions and specific dimensions are marked down. After all, the reconstruction of Tiananmen Square is not the reconstruction of a new style. The reconstruction of such historic sites is mainly based on restoration. Therefore, after the completion of surveying and mapping, many original components and designs will be recorded and handed over to specialized factories for re-production.

After making these preparations, the demolition of Tiananmen Square began. Although so many preparations have been made, all this was completed in a short time. So the overall construction period has not been affected. The demolition work was very smooth from the beginning, and some interesting things happened in the process of demolition.

For example, some workers found a special small box at the highest roof tile in Tiananmen Square. There are precious stones and gold ingots in it, which were specially used to ward off evil spirits in ancient times. This design can be found not only in Tiananmen Square, but also in many historical sites in Beijing. Although there is no need to restore this kind of thing, the expert group still put a carved white jade stone in its original position as an evil spirit in the new era.

In the subsequent demolition work, unexploded shells were found, but fortunately, these findings did not cause any losses. Only in the process of construction, the construction team still encountered many problems. For example, the timber problem, the main body of Tiananmen Square is made of wood, and the wood used is very special.

In order to rebuild, the whole country was looking for suitable wood at that time, but it was hard to find it in Hainan and Yunnan. But these places are too far away, and it takes a lot of time to pull the wood to Beijing. Fortunately, some wood that meets the characteristics was found from abroad, and the construction period was not delayed.

In the process of reconstruction, people found that the building standard of Tiananmen Square was already very high. For example, the foundation of Tiananmen Square is so solid that it is difficult to dismantle it in a short time even by modern means. This has saved a lot of energy for the reconstruction work. On the original basis, the reconstruction work can be carried out quickly.

In order to ensure the building standards, the working group has worked hard on many details. For example, in the construction of the parade platform, some designs have been specially made to facilitate walking up and down. Like hanging the national emblem, the central authorities have strict requirements and must aim at the central axis of Beijing. In order to do this well, the working group carried out precise measurement and repeated comparison before successfully hanging the national emblem.

In addition, the foundation of Tiananmen Square has been partially raised as a whole, but in the design, the expansion of bucket arches and other components was adopted, so that outsiders could not see the traces of heightening. Other designs, such as lighting and elevators, were completed in a short time. Despite the difficulties, the overall work progressed smoothly, and the Tiananmen Gate was successfully completed within the prescribed time limit. Even when the Chairman participated in the activities on it later, the outside world did not find any signs of demolition and reconstruction.

The demolition and construction of Tiananmen Square is extremely efficient and successful in the history of the world. It lasted 1 12 days, and nearly 3000 people participated in the work at most. Finally, the project was successfully completed, and Tiananmen Square appeared in front of the people of China with a brand-new look, and continued to undertake its own mission.

Today, Tiananmen Square has undergone many renovations. In people's eyes, it never seems to get old. After the founding of New China, Tiananmen Square became an important witness to the country's development and changes, and every activity held here recorded the history of New China.