WikipediaExtracts:Tiananmen Square
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Tiananmen Square or Tian'anmen Square () is a city square in the city center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen ("Gate of Heavenly Peace") located to its north, which separates it from the Forbidden City imperial palace complex. The square holds the Monument to the People's Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, the National Museum of China, and the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong. They were inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2024 as a part of the Beijing Central Axis.
Chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China in the square on October 1, 1949; the anniversary of this event is still observed there. The size of Tiananmen Square is 765 × 282 meters (215,730 m2 or 53.31 acres). It has great cultural significance as it was the site of several important events in Chinese history.
Outside China, the square is best known for the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests that ended with military action due to international media coverage, internet and global connectivity, its political implications, and other factors. Within China, strict censorship is held on knowledge of the protests by the Chinese Communist Party.
