There's a police check to exit the subway, another to get in line, a third while standing in line, and metal detectors and X-ray machines before you finally reach the Beijing landmark.
There's a police check to exit the subway, another to get in line, a third while standing in line, and metal detectors and X-ray machines before you finally reach the Beijing landmark.People's Liberation Army soldiers stand guard in Tiananmen Square at the end of the flag-raising ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing, on Oct. 1.
Now, I was at the front of a line of dozens of people trying to get onto the world's biggest public square. The vast square that unfolds at its feet is another symbol of power, which over the decades has vacillated between people — and the state. "That all happened in the 1950s, basically to prepare for 1959, which was the 10th anniversary," says Yu Shuishan, an expert on Beijing's urban architecture at Northeastern University.The square was to be a grand public venue, like the Soviet Union's Red Square, for parades and mass gatherings.In the 1960s and '70s, Mao brought thousands of young Red Guards to Tiananmen Square to sing his praises during the Cultural Revolution.
A propaganda team formed by China's revolutionary Red Guards recite quotations from Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Nov. 2, 1966.Security in Tiananmen Square increased. But it was still possible to hang out there. People flew kites in the square. You could bike or skateboard there. Tourists don't seem bothered by the extra security at Tiananmen Square, which travelers consider a"must visit" in Beijing.
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